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A History of the County of Oxford
… FAIRS Witney had a weekly market and two annual fairs from the early 13th century, though their economic fortunes, as … of Winchester was granted an annual fair at Witney, held on Ascension day and the three days following; 2 presumably … Lond. & Prov. Dir. (18234). Giles, Hist. Witney, 69; Sale Cat., Manor and Showell Farms, Crawley (1872): copy in COS; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: the industrial revolution in Witney c.1800-1900 THE … was a small horse- or donkey-powered spinning factory on Corn Street. 14 Power-looms seem not to have been … (1854 and later edns), mentioning it only from 1869; Sale Cat. (1875): copy in COS. PRO, HO 107/1731; cf. Lascelles' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century. No. 49 Market Square is a timber-framed house on a prominent island site, formerly jettied on the principal … in 1680, presumably a wardrobe in which clothes could be hung rather than folded. 95 Looking glasses, hitherto … file 32436, plans. PRO, IR 58/65162/231. Based on Sale Cat. (1894): copy in ORO, Welch XXVIII/7. PRO, IR …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured … or small portmoot met usually around 612 times a year on a Wednesday or Friday, and the two tourns, lawdays, or … pp. 357 sqq. Ibid. III/i/8, pp. 260, 288, 308, 334; Sale Cat. [ Apley Barn Pumping Stn.], 27 Mar. 1947: copy in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ('BISHOP'S PALACE') Witney Manor In 969 King Eadgar gave the 30-hide estate of Witney to his 'minister' Aelfhelm. The … the lease to Robert Dudley (d. 1588), earl of Leicester; 7 on his death he was succeeded as lessee by Stephen Brice (d. … Peerage, viii. 499503. Hants RO, 11M59/E2/154967a; Sale Cat., Outlying Portions of Blenheim Estate (1921): copy in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century … with territories north of the river Windrush dependent on a probable minster at Minster Lovell, and those south of … Leverett (d. 1785) gave a large brass chandelier which was hung in the nave, 176 and in 1794 the church acquired, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant … rector. 3 Probably that tendency, too, was focused on prominent clothiers and other tradesmen; inhabitants … 1745; High Street Methodist Church website (2002). ORO, Cat. to combined circuit (NM2/E). Embling, 'Primitive …
A History of the County of Essex
… of Elmstead parish. In 1986 the part of Wivenhoe on the west side of the Colne was transferred to St. … of the crucifixion by the Belgian painter, J. H. Mols, hung on the south wall of the south chapel in 1995. A new … of Tithes Commuted and Apportioned, p. 74. E.R.O., sale cat. B1578; inf. from Church of England Record Centre. …
A History of the County of Essex
… and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might … amount of copyhold land near Wivenhoe Cross and some on the east side of High Street just south of Wivenhoe Hall. … 778; P.R.O., HO 107/ 1782; E.R.O., D/DHi E3. E.R.O., sale cat. B 2469. P.R.O., MAF 68/2121. V.C.H. Essex, i. 518. …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east bank of the river Colne where it widens to form … Building List, Wivenhoe. E.R.O., D/DU 225/14; ibid. sale cat. B3896. Ibid. D/P 277/8/1. Ibid. sale cat. B752; O.S. Map …