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Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… 'A' sherd from the outer edge of the barrow and two Romano-British tile fragments in the rubble of the barrow mound. A … 011172), a large round barrow excavated in 1863, is said to have yielded more than 200 4th-century Roman coins; accounts differ as to whether they were contained in a jar. There were also …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1940s the urban district council acknowledged the need to improve infrastructure and attract new industries if Witney was not to become largely a dormitory town, a recurrent theme in the … was the largest single employer in the area apart from British Leyland in Oxford. 23 46. Smiths' of England …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: economic life 1500 to 1800 ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century … suggests an expanding economy and population, 9 and immigration during the 16th and early 17th century, … indentures nevertheless imply that long-distance immigration was probably limited, with most apprentices in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… founded borough, despite temporary setbacks, seems to have thrived. Fairs were founded in 1202 and 1231, the … whole, however, and certainly an assertion that it ceased to be 'a centre of trade' and that the borough 'hardly … St. Albans, Gloucester, and Brecon. Long-distance immigration was nevertheless probably limited. 8 All tenants …
A History of the County of Oxford
… industry remained dominant, its success in adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued … fell through emigration, 4 may be partly attributable to the lack of a railway, which added significantly to … to Witney Mills (1898): copy in Bodl. GA Oxon. 8 701; British Industries Business Review (1895), 29. Smith, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… remained chiefly dependent on the blanket industry and to a lesser extent on glove manufacture, and seems generally to have thrived despite a slight fall in population, with … was a notable market, though most blankets were sold to British firms. 17 Rugs, mops, and horse-collar cloths were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its population rising from under 4,000 in the 1930s to over 20,000 by the end of the 20th century. 2 The ancient … was said to be 'replenished with much people', reflecting immigration both from the surrounding countryside and, … Cal. QS, i, pp. 153b, 181; ORO, Welch XXVIII/1. Universal British Dir. (17908), iv. 806; Pigot's Lond. & Prov. Dir. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the name Crundell (later Corn) Street referred probably to quarries immediately west of the borough; manorial and … the early and mid 16th century, a period of expansion and immigration, there seem to have been proportionately fewer … sports clubs, included a strong Women's Institute, a British Legion, a Young Men's Social Club based at Church …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and attendance at shire or hundred courts; the right to distrain and to receive fines and forfeited goods usually belonging to the … to the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford was acquired from the British Red Cross Society in 1923 and was replaced in 1934, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with the first phases of the stone-built manor house to the east, and almost certainly it long predated the … dependent possibly on Bampton. 2 The church was dedicated to St Mary the Virgin by 1485 and possibly by the 1270s, when … of Winchester); F. M. Powicke and E. B. Fryde, Handbook of British Chronology (1961 edn), 259; Oxf. Dioc. Yr. Bk. (1980 …