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A History of the County of Oxford
… 121011 the manorial mills were let for a total of 16 13 s. 4 d., rising by 1213 to 18. 2 The number of mills varied with … of the sites from the 19th century is discussed above. 4 Witney or Woodford Mill Medieval Mills Though individual … In 1649, when Witney manor was sold by the Parliamentary commissioners, it was said to include three water corn mills …
A History of the County of Oxford
… wealth per person in Witney was by then slightly higher. 4 Buoyed by the presence of wealthy wool merchants and by a … in the borough court book were for terms of between 4 and 11 years, with the usual conditions. 95 Occasionally … obtaining a corporation for the town, and in 1640 the Commissioners of Trade included Witney among 60 clothing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reflected both steady demand and rising population. 4 The Bridge Street extension linked the borough with plots …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1850s, when the town's population fell through emigration, 4 may be partly attributable to the lack of a railway, which … ORO, Swan X/2. Below. Report Assistant Hand-Loom Weavers Commissioners (Parl. Papers 1840 (639), xxiv), p. 549; … Young, Oxon. Agric. 325. Rep. Assistant Hand-Loom Weavers Commissioners, pp. 5479; cf. Plummer, Witney Blanket Ind. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… there be taught', implying that it was then out of use. 4 About 1571 the churchwardens glazed its windows, 5 and … their authority; after intervention by the Charity Commissioners the trustees compromised, encouraging but not … Batt (d. 1926). The property was conveyed to the Church Commissioners, from whom the county council took a long …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from Witney quarries was mentioned from the 14th century, 4 and the name Crundell (later Corn) Street referred probably … suggested in the first published report of the Poor Law Commissioners. A two-storeyed entrance block contained a … for segregation of men and women as stipulated by the Commissioners. 233 In 1861 a new chapel, designed in a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the rural townships following the borough's foundation. 4 A separate borough court, sometimes called a portmoot, was … be involved in charity administration. In 1613 the charity commissioners ruled that the bailiffs should account at the … poor 'too great to sustain', 189 and in 1701 the charity commissioners complained that some charitable income was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the borough, together with manorial rights and courts. 4 In 1551, following Bishop Gardiner's deprivation, the manor … the 16th century, were retained by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners with Church Leys, and were sold to other … Je. I/1, ff. 17, 35v., 40v., 42v.; ibid. MSS Wills Oxon. 4/6/29, 295/1/24; below, Curbridge, econ. hist. Hants RO, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the 1640s seem to have included a Witney clothier, 4 while the Presbyterian preacher William Martin (d. 1686) … Hubbard's house was licensed for Presbyterian worship in 1672. 35 Whether a more permanent Witney meeting house was … regularly preaching at Cogges in the late 1660s, 61 and in 1672 a house at Witney was licensed for Baptist worship. 62 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of BurleyArches, rape of Pevensey, E. division of Sussex, 4 miles (S. E.) from Cuckfield; containing 732 inhabitants. … of the duke and duchess. Twelve almshouses were founded in 1672, and endowed by John, fourth duke, for the residence and … the Earl of Bedford, the overtures of the parliamentary commissioners were privately submitted to him here, prior to …