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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Parish church and church life PARISH CHURCH … and Hailey. There is, however, no evidence of a minster at Witney, and before the estate was assembled in possibly the … taking a lead in welfare and social matters, reorganizing district visiting and thrift clubs, and arranging parish …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT … NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the town from the late 17th … in an earlier tradition of local Lollardy: in the 1520s Witney people were among a close-knit group of west …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Roman catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM Despite … either then or later. 1 In 1549 Oxfordshire gentry met at Witney to coordinate suppression of the Prayer Book … had spread to Oxfordshire from the West Country, but no Witney townsmen seem to have been implicated, and in 1577 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… park, and the Blackwater here empties itself into it. A district church, dedicated to St. Mark, was built in 1840; it … and the remainder woodland and plantations. The northern district is chiefly uninclosed moor, but the soil in other …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the county of Nottingham, 2 miles (S.) from Bingham. This district, the soil of which is rich, is bounded on the east …
A History of the County of Essex
… At that time 12.1 per cent of employment within the urban district was in agriculture, fishing, and mining, 49.6 per … but about half the resident population worked outside the district, mainly in Col- chester. 36 Wivenhoe Sand, Stone & …
A History of the County of Essex
… developed into a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new Colchester district, later designated borough. 86 Natural boundaries … of land along the front- ages which the new Wivenhoe urban district council used to widen the road c. 1898. 49 Before …
A History of the County of Essex
… roads. Wivenhoe became part of Lexden and Winstree Highway District in 1868. 69 An iron parish cage on Anchor Hill, … the way for the vestry's transformation into an urban district. 71 Wivenhoe urban district was created in 1898, … ashpits, and cesspools cleaned. Lexden and Winstree rural district council became responsible for the removal of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… established in 1847, extend over part of the registration-district of Weardale. In 1824, a town-hall, of stone, was … Seal. The town is situated on an eminence, in a district abounding with mines of coal, iron, and limestone; … to parliament, to be elected by the 10 householders of a district consisting of the townships of Wolverhampton, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the earlier 19th century, 65 were fairly typical of a rural parish, despite the proximity of Oxford. The mill … of 100 s. worth of woollen cloth between Godstow and Witney between 24 and 29 June, 69 but there is no later …