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A History of the County of Oxford
… commercial, industrial and residential centre of west Oxfordshire, its population rising from under 4,000 in the … 1377, however, when only Oxford, Banbury and Thame among Oxfordshire market towns appear to have had a larger … century the town seems to have fared less well than some Oxfordshire towns: only 62 taxpayers qualified for the first …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Hall Built in 1926 as a territorial drill hall for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, the hall was … almost certainly predated the borough's foundation, west Oxfordshire played a crucial strategic role, with … was the involvement of Witney men in an abortive west Oxfordshire uprising in 1398, when up to 200 people from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… under ad hoc arrangements until the early 20th century, Oxfordshire County Council paying an annual contribution … supply or housing. In 18956 the rate yielded around 740; Oxfordshire County Council contributed 400 towards highway … reorganization in 1974 Witney became part of the new West Oxfordshire District, the district council acquiring most of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1993, following various abortive schemes, was bought by Oxfordshire County Council. The excavated parts of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with the late Anglo-Saxon estate, was large for Oxfordshire, covering 7,182 a. and including, besides the … late 13th century at 100 marks (66), was the wealthiest in Oxfordshire except for the prebend of Thame. The vicar, by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1520s Witney people were among a close-knit group of west Oxfordshire families accused of disseminating the scriptures … to only 28 families. Baptists, whose activities in west Oxfordshire were concentrated elsewhere, 9 never featured … Alvescot, 70 and it remained a focus of Quakerism in west Oxfordshire: around 30 Quaker families were reported in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… tradition in the town either then or later. 1 In 1549 Oxfordshire gentry met at Witney to coordinate suppression of the Prayer Book rebellion, which had spread to Oxfordshire from the West Country, but no Witney townsmen …
A History of the County of Oxford
… leaving 682 a. in the civil parish. In 1932, under the Oxfordshire Review Order, Cutteslowe, with the 51 a. of Pixey …
The Environs of London
… the tombs of Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Horde, Esq. of Oxfordshire, (by Barbara Trinder,) married, first to John … between Thomas, son of Sir John Curzon of Water Perry in Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth, daughter of William Burroughes, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Blenheim building works as receiver general of taxes in Oxfordshire. 80 In 1708 the corporation allowed him an … from a tenant John Hanwell (fl. 1395), tax collector in Oxfordshire and probably a royal servant. 60 In 1450 it was …