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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR Almshouses The Church … supplemented, in the late 19th century, by two coal charities. 23 Of those one was briefly combined with a coal benevolent fund, to which subscribers paid what they …
A History of the County of Oxford
… such as the banker John Clinch (d. 1827), the dyers and coal merchants James and William Marriott, and, at Woodgreen, … animals remained a feature of the town. 9 The demand for agricultural land was evidently recognized, a land agent … cottages were built in the 16th century had little land for gardening. 11 By the 1830s, however, allotments for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… success in adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers … added significantly to transport costs and, by hindering coal-supply, delayed the adoption of steam power: such … 40 James Marriott (d. 1904), whose family worked as dyers, coal merchants, and farmers for much of the 19th century, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… acquired 22 members, though a traders' exhibition proposed for 1934 was abandoned through lack of interest. 2 A few … car factories, and there was already a perceived need for new industry within the town. 3 The Blanket Industry … builders Leigh and Sons, Young's engineering, Marriott's coal business, and the Eagle Brewery. 30 Pritchett and Co.'s …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from 1560, when the wealthy clothier Walter Jones left 10 for its 'repair and amending' so that 'children may there be … the churchwardens glazed its windows, 5 and small bequests for its upkeep were made in the early 17th century. 6 … away' to the National schools by 'bribes of clothing, coal, and bread', suggesting that religious considerations …
A History of the County of Oxford
… estate. From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was … of Dean and with the Midlands, principally for import of coal and salt; both companies offered preferential rates for coal passing through Witney, where coal prices, in contrast …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lintel and tie-beam ends which were originally covered for their better protection, reflects 20th-century taste. … although by then the Marriotts were principally dyers, coal merchants, and farmers rather than blanket makers. 109 … listing rent from power looms and increased expenditure on coal. ORO, B1/Y1/1. Plans and notes in possession of J. B. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… twice-yearly tourn or view of frankpledge, which continued for the rural townships following the borough's foundation. 4 … town bailiffs accounted to him throughout the Middle Ages for borough income from rent, courts, markets, and fairs, and … 289 Until the advent of the railway the need to haul coal by road probably limited the gasworks' capacity to a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… adherents necessarily lived within the town or parish. For much of the 18th century Dissent, though strong, never … but Methodism remained a dominant force in the town for much of the 20th century. The 19th-century Methodist … that registered for worship in 1826, was rented from a coal dealer for use as a chapel, 137 though as usual with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Exeter College, Oxford: the tithes were commuted for land in 1809. Funeral urns and other Roman antiquities … is wholly distributed among the poor, who also receive in coal the produce of 9 acres allotted at the inclosure. … some woodland and plantations. The substratum contains coal and lead, the former indifferent, and the latter very …