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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… when the flow of water was improved by cutting Moreton's Leam. Bishop West spent £200 on a new sluice, which was … the Nene for 7 miles downstream from Wisbech to Peter's Point. This would have given a 5-foot fall, but the … £150 in demolishing a bank that was part of Kinderley's improvements (1726). 17 By 1751 it was possible in a dry …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 18th centuries, besides some 19th-century cottages and a row of council houses. The hamlet of Hole Street, c. ½ m. … 1181 and 1204, were presumably his descendants. 54 William's son Henry 55 had apparently succeeded by 1210, 56 and was … their livelihood from nonagricultural employment. 20 A potter was recorded in 1812. 21 By the mid 19th century the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… not clear: after 1795, when the almshouse was rebuilt as a row of six cottages, each was usually let to non-paupers at … by subscriptions, loans, and a subvention from the town's Freeland estate charity, 1 together with sale of old … the bailiffs and excluded from charitable uses. 4 Holloway's and Townsend's Almshouses Two other almshouses were founded …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its expanding cloth industry, … riots. Conditions improved only with the blanket industry's recovery in the early 19th century, as piecemeal mechanization transformed the town's industrial organization. 14 The Cloth and Blanket Industry …
A History of the County of Oxford
… declined or remained low, suggesting that much of the town's trading took place outside the formal market structure. In … was presumably planned to avoid competition from Witney's market. 6 A second annual fair, held for five days from the … by the churchwardens in 17923, and a partly occupied row remained in 1816, but was removed before 1840. 51 By the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… international scale. More general resurgence of the town's population and economy followed, though possibly not until … about 121213, a venture presumably stimulated by Witney's early success; since Newland failed, however, expansion may … 14 Other occupational surnames included Crocker (i.e. potter) and Cooper, and the names Tinker, Merchant, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers still … 2 and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's 'staple' trade. 3 Difficulties in the 1850s, when the town's population fell through emigration, 4 may be partly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Curbridge were added in 1932, bringing the town's area to 1,306 a., and intakes from Curbridge (47 a.) and … the river and surrounded by low-lying alluvium. The river's surviving eastern branch formed the town's and parish's … said to be 'in' or 'opposite' the shambles or butcher row, presumably replaced temporary stalls or booths, and may …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality stone building … been built parallel to the street. A house on High Street's east side, described in 1704, had a parlour, hall, entry, … from three to four cottages before 1761, were rebuilt as a row of six in 1795. 43 Sometimes division followed from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the right to deliver and return royal writs, the king's officers being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors except in connection with Crown pleas. 1 In 1284 the … one external tap in 1945, 266 probably typical of the row. Health Provision Witney had surgeons and apothecaries …