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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and impropriators, the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford. The great tithes have been commuted for 488. 12., and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a branch of the river Froome: the Gloucester and Hereford canal was opened to Withington, in Feb. 1844. The living is a … the surface is flat, and the soil consists of loam. The Oxford canal and the Trent-Valley railway pass through. The … the head of a union, in the hundred of Bampton, county of Oxford; containing, with the chapelry of Hailey, and the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… given to Witney women they considered applications from Oxford and elsewhere and tried to avoid religious bias. 9 … ( d. 1632), doctor of laws and chancellor of the bishop of Oxford: by lifetime gift before 1628, 30 to the use of poor, … similar bequests to Northleach (Glos.). 52 Mr Bolt of Oxford: before 1682, 5 to the poor of Witney. John Martin, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodford corn mills were separately let for 21 years to an Oxford miller, 17 but before 1527 William Bishop took over …
A History of the County of Oxford
… housing development, partly to reduce growing pressure on Oxford; that in turn created an increased need for local … attracted in part by easy access to car factories at Oxford, Coventry, and Birmingham, opened a motor accessory … single employer in the area apart from British Leyland in Oxford. 23 46. Smiths' of England Engineering works (top) and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 3 Its taxable wealth in 1524 placed it behind only Oxford among local market towns, though of just over 55 paid … centre for west Oxfordshire: within the county only Oxford, Banbury, and Henley had larger populations. 6 The … The Company successfully vindicated its rights before the Oxford Assizes, though in the mid 18th century there were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fifteen long-standing stallholders in 1963, including an Oxford fishmonger, a greengrocer, and a trader from London; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 'la boucherie' (presumably the butchers' shambles) in Oxford, and shambles in Witney were recorded from the 14th … taxed (though not as a borough) on 179, it ranked below Oxford, Banbury, Chipping Norton, and Thame, but still above … traders, the largest recorded in the county outside Oxford; among them were two corvesers, though the trades of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1870s, and in 1877 William sold the bank to Gilletts' of Oxford, which already had an agency at Witney and was … of business at Gilletts' Witney branch exceeded that at Oxford, reflecting the custom of prominent blanket … Prov. Dir. (18234), s.v. maltsters; for coal transport by canal, above, intro. (communications). Pigot's Lond. & Prov. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the maintenance unit at Brize Norton airfield or in the Oxford car factories, and there was already a perceived need … Trust: Labour Management at Early's Blanket Mill, 190060' (Oxford Brookes PhD thesis, 1996). Plummer and Early, Blanket …