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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney was transformed by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The blanket industry … in 1851 blanket-workers still comprised almost 19 per cent of the working population, by far the largest single group, 2 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, one of a prominent Witney burgess family, … were vested in the Wardens of the Grocers' Company as Governors; the Provost and four senior Fellows of Oriel … in 1939, chiefly to secure the necessary resources, the governors allowed the school to be formally taken over by the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality … councillor. Many of the same people served as school governors, or on the urban district council. 434 The Earlys' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … of a 1 s. fine for nonattendance. Possibly those were the 'governors and guardians' mentioned later that year, since the … seems not yet to have adopted Gilbert's Act. 210 Three 'governors' and four 'guardians', apparently unsalaried, were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WITTENHAM, LITTLE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wallingford, hundred of Ock, county of Berks, 4 miles (N. W. by N.) from … good arable, meadow, and pasture, with some woodland and plantations. The substratum contains coal and lead, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 5 miles … of a romantic succession of small hills, studded with plantations and old oaks, and forming an agreeable contrast …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 4 miles … 391 are rough marsh, turf-grounds, &c., 115 wood and plantations, 72 heath, and 151 water, the last comprehending …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., 1635, aged 18. [ 5] Woodbridge, Benjamin of Wilts, sacerd. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Nov., 1638, aged … chaplain to Charles II., silenced by the act of conformity; died at Inglefield, Berks, 1 Nov., 1684, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. The details of the estate held by Edward, sheriff of Wiltshire, in 1086 are not recorded. No teams were employed on the demesne of Brictric's estate at that time. 8 In 1297 50 a. of arable …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Woodditton WOODDITTON Woodditton lies immediately south of Newmarket, 8 a town established c. 1200 astride the road … bounds were beaten along the frontages on the south side of Newmarket High Street. 10 Newmarket was separated from its parent parishes of Exning and Woodditton by stages: All Saints was created as …