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A History of the County of Oxford
… presumably exporting primarily through London. Red- and blue-dyed blankets and duffields were traded for beaver-skins …
A History of the County of Oxford
… boarders in two private boarding schools. Below (grammar sch.; private schs.). Oxf. Jnl. Synopsis, 23 July 1786; Rep. … Sch. 106. 'Witney Par. Diary', pp. 345; 'Holloway's Blue Coat School: Statement . . . by Cttee of Witney Wesleyan …
A History of the County of Oxford
… north corner of Corn Street and the market place, 236 the Blue Boar (renamed the Marlborough Arms in the early 19th … Crown part of a house owned by the Wenmans, 243 while the Blue Boar occupied part of a 'late manor house' (presumably … with carriageways giving access to courtyard stabling; the Blue Boar and the Lamb were both of that type, 247 while the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of No. 62 High Street is rendered in a thick, impasto-like coat. 9 The exposure of this rubble walling, together with … and office (ground floor), stores over; C. rubble and blue-slated weaving shop and mop room, stores over; D. rubble … n. 406; below, protestant nonconf. Fleming, Witney Grammar Sch. 2831. Plummer, Witney Blanket Ind. 178; W. H. Summers, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the town hall and used at the bailiffs' annual feast. A 'blue streamer with a golden lion', mentioned in 1580 and sold … in the 1790s the overseers provided the beadle with a new coat, and in the 1820s the churchwardens contributed to a … in the 1830s the town inspectors continued to appoint a 'blue-coated and red-collared beadle'. 174 Witney was said to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the substratum, is quarried for building purposes, and blue lias for the roads. At Witton Park pit is a manufactory …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… advocategeneral of India, were educated at the school. The Blue-coat charity school, for 100 boys and 50 girls, who are …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Return of Income and Expenditure for every Public Elem. Sch. 1875-6 [C. 1882], pp. 216-17, H.C. (1877), lxvii. …