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A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … estate. From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was … rebuilding. 208 Some rebuilding presumably followed a fire in 1734, said to have destroyed thirty houses in a few …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials … lintel and tie-beam ends which were originally covered for their better protection, reflects 20th-century taste. … with stone-slated roofs and wooden lintels to windows. A fire at New Mill in 1818 destroyed buildings already adapted …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … twice-yearly tourn or view of frankpledge, which continued for the rural townships following the borough's foundation. 4 … shambles, besides regular payments for maintenance of a fire-engine. 84 The vestry elected collectors of the poor for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Parish church and church life PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and … conterminous with the late Anglo-Saxon estate, was large for Oxfordshire, covering 7,182 a. and including, besides the … and Hailey. There is, however, no evidence of a minster at Witney, and before the estate was assembled in possibly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… W. by N.) from Wallingford; containing 125 inhabitants, and comprising 869 a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, … of Exeter College, Oxford: the tithes were commuted for land in 1809. Funeral urns and other Roman antiquities … for the roads. At Witton Park pit is a manufactory for fire-bricks and draining-tiles. There is railway …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the … as formerly; the articles consists chiefly of clothing for the West India markets, swanskins for the Newfoundland … This town, which, having suffered severely from fire in the year 1595, and again in 1724, is almost entirely …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the … small and insignificant. In 1327 its assessment for subsidy was one of the lowest of the parishes in Lexden … Harvey's business never fully recovered from a disastrous fire in 1872. Between 1881 and 1888 the yard was occupied and …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 … a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … and Anchor Hill, which appear to be 16th century, and Garrison House and the range facing the river to the east of …
A History of the County of Essex
… warren in their demesne lands in Wivenhoe. 39 In the 14th and 15th centuries courts with view of frankpledge were held … higher. 50 In the 16th century bequests were often made for relieving the poor, 51 and weekly collections are … 78 PUBLIC SERVICES. An engine which may have been a parish fire engine attended a fire in 1774. 79 In 1904 the urban …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… who, after a judicial combat at Salisbury, was executed for high treason, was lord of the principal part of this … granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to Tintern Abbey, together with several granges … year 1727, after the destruction of an ancient mansion by fire, and completed in 1741, by Horatio, second Baron …