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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (W.) from Ely, … the king's books at 8. 11. 0.; net. income, 100; patrons and appropriators, the Chapter of Ely. There is a place of … exist of a monastery that was subordinate to the abbots of Crawford. Witchford (St. Nicholas) WITCHFORD ( St. Nicholas), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… or Farm Mill near the 12th-century manorial precinct, and of Woodford or Witney Mill at the town's northern end, at … Witney Mills deeds (1678, 1687), in possession of J. B. Crawford. Below. PRO, C54/3418, mm. 3941. ORO, MS Wills Oxon. … tenure of the copyhold fulling mill, below. Notes by J. B. Crawford on agreement of 1837, formerly in possession of C. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… council acknowledged the need to improve infrastructure and attract new industries if Witney was not to become … employers until the 1970s or later. In the mid 1960s Crawford Collets employed 250 people at expanded premises, … 10 Aug. 1973; Witney Gaz. 14 Aug. 1980; inf. from J. B. Crawford (formerly of Early's). ORO, B1/A/7. Spectator, 17 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: trade and industry 1900-1945 TRADE AND INDUSTRY 19001945 During the … development, arose directly from the Second World War, Crawford Collets Ltd and the West London Optical and Tool … blanket industry, were a machine-tools factory (presumably Crawford's), Compton and Webb's military clothing factory, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials … from 1940 it was occupied by the engineering firm Crawford Collets Ltd, which demolished it in 19767 except for … bore the inscription JE 1825: inf. from Mr J. B. Crawford. Below, econ. hist. (18001900). ORO, tithe award and …
The Environs of London
… to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on … the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the distance of nine miles from London. The parish is … of pasture, lying within a ring fence. Rectors, Thomas Lindsay. Philip Stubbs. Thomas Lindsay, instituted to this …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, Worcester and W. divisions of the county, 111 miles (N. W. by W.) from … N. division of the wapentake of Yarborough, parts of Lindsay, county of Lincoln, 5 miles (N. by E.) from …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… men. Know all of you, that I animated by unfeigned charity and zeal . . to the praise, glory, and honor of God Almighty, and the most holy mother of God, … Brown, George Robison, Thomas Law, David Knoxis, David Lindsay, John Hamilton, Andrew Oliver and Robert Craig, …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XXXII Charter of James III confirming the City and Barony in free regality (1476) XXXII. Charter by King James III., granting and confirming to the Bishop of Glasgow and his successors … lord Badenoch, Archibald earl of Angus, David earl of Crawford, Colin earl of Argyle master of our household, …