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A History of the County of Oxford
… as well as more obvious rivals such as Burford, Bicester, or Abingdon (then Berks.). Even by the 1540s and 1550s, when … in the 16th century and later drawn from the town or immediate area. 11 From the 17th century Witney maintained … a new fulling mill in Hailey. 27 Other leading fullers or clothiers acquired mills in surrounding villages: the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a tenth of the working population in 1851 were farmers or agricultural labourers, with another 3 per cent engaged in predominantly agricultural crafts such as smithying or coopering, and 7 per cent described merely as 'labourers' in either agriculture or industry. Lawyers, doctors, churchmen, and those of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… structural changes before the Second World War, when one or two manufacturing firms moved to Witney partly to escape … in the maintenance unit at Brize Norton airfield or in the Oxford car factories, and there was already a … 320, 329; Witney Gaz. 4 Mar. 1976 (article on workho.). P. Davis, Witney (Airfield Focus no. 49, 2002), 2237; Witney …
A History of the County of Oxford
… school run presumably by local clergy existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, one of a … while a growing number of private and endowed elementary or Nonconformist schools, among them a Quaker school … (1986 edn), 36; inf. from L.E.A. Inf. from L.E.A.; Ducker Davis survey held by L.E.A.; Witney Gaz. 3 Jan. 1991. Above …
A History of the County of Oxford
… out by a bishop of Winchester in probably the late 12th or early 13th century within a large pre-Conquest estate. … III/i/8, pp. 303, 306, 329, 473; S. C. Jenkins and P. W. Davis, 'West Oxon. at War', Rec. Witney, 5 (Dec. 1978), p. 8. … 202; below (bldgs: blanket ind.). Account based on P. Davis, Witney (Airfield Focus no. 49, Peterborough, 2002); …
A History of the County of Oxford
… gable to the street, perhaps of the late 15th or early 16th century. No. 49 Market Square is a … GA Oxon. c 256 (55); Witney Gaz. 4 Mar., 11 Mar. 1976; P. Davis, Witney (Airfield Focus no. 49, 2002), 4. Below, … Electric Theatre c. 1912, in private possession (1996); P. Davis, Witney (Airfield Focus 49, 2002), 8. ORO, Witney UDC …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Eaton in 1588. 35 The treatment, from the 16th century or earlier, of the demesne land and site of Godstow abbey as … Tree Farm in the north-east. 59 The land rises from 60 m. or lower along the Thames to over 70 m. in the east, along … Berks. Map (1761); T. Jefferys, Oxon. Map (1767); R. Davis, Oxon. Map (1797). Below, Econ. Godstow Eng. Reg. ii, …
The Environs of London
… there, in 1420 10. Whether this was another manor, or whether the Hickmans held under the Abbey of Waltham, I am … the inscriptions of which have been since either removed or defaced:Anne, wife of Daniel Thelwall, 1638; Elizabeth, … was buried in the chancel, Nov. 8, 1644." Sir Thomas Rowe (or, as his name was frequently written, Roe) was born at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a total of only c. 3 5 s., less than nearby Hanborough or any Oxfordshire market town except Eynsham. 72 In 1327 … to have been succeeded there by the mercer John Barnes (or Baron), ten times mayor in the early 16th century. … the dearth of grain named 29 residents with stocks of malt or grain for brewing and baking, and 17 were councillors. 32 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… paid to the lordship of Striguil, presumably for assarts or rights of common in Tidenham Chase. 40 It was included in … (d. 1904) and from c. 1925 successively by Martin Davis and Arthur Davis. 77 The latter sold it to Mr. G. E. Hunt in 1957, who …