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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 8. 11. 0.; net. income, 100; patrons and … in the king's books at 12. 12. 3., and in the gift of H. C. Sturt, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for 269. 10.; … containing 624 inhabitants. It comprises 2153 a. 3 r. 7 p., of which 1577 acres are arable, 448 meadow and pasture, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Witchampton 24 WITCHAMPTON (9806) (O.S. 6 ins., ST 90 NE) The parish, irregular in shape and … and two Hemedeswordes (East and West Hemsworth), ( V.C.H., Dorset, iii, 68, 86, 101). Today, both Hemsworths are … century to accommodate the inhabitants of Moor Crichel (p. 44), displaced in the making of Crichel Park. An extensive …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Bodmin; containing 468 inhabitants. The parish … between Dunster and Taunton, and comprises 1787 a. 2 r. 31 p., of which 592 acres are common or waste: limestone is … In the town are places of worship for Independents, the Society of Friends, and Wesleyans. The free grammar school, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR Almshouses The Church … by subscriptions, loans, and a subvention from the town's Freeland estate charity, 1 together with sale of old … William Lee (d. 1632), John Walter and Elizabeth West ( c. 1640), and Andrew Holloway (d. 1688) were for distribution …
A History of the County of Oxford
… INDUSTRY 19001945 During the earlier 20th century Witney's economy remained chiefly dependent on the blanket industry … W. Smith & Co.): ( a) The street frontage, built probably c. 1899. ( b) Bridge Street Mills from the south-west in … Workho.] (1922): copy in Bodl. GA Oxon. c 256 (55). R. P. Beckinsale, 'Factors in Development of Cotswold Woollen …
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 … in Figs 5 and 7. The Medieval Borough 5. Witney Parish c. 1890, showing later urban expansion. The internal … of rent. ORO, Witney tithe map. PO Arch., Post 42/117, p. 673. ORO, Witney tithe map; below (origin and devpt); …
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 … than the low end. It is possible that the stair is of c. 1600, and that the ends of the house have been reversed, … shed; N. whipping room and gig shop; O. weaving sheds; P. old drying shed; Q. dye house; R. dye store; S. cottages; …
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 … urban district council. 64 Parish Government The Vestry to c. 1830 An assembly of lay parishioners, including … life). Below (courts from the 16th cent.). Witney Ct. Bks. p. xviii; above, econ. hist. (15001800: Blanket Co.). Below …
A History of the County of Oxford
… east, and almost certainly it long predated the borough's foundation. 1 The ecclesiastical parish, conterminous with … Twenty-one out of twenty-five recorded rectors between c. 1200 and 1500 were graduates, or men about whom enough is … of the BVM. Giles, Hist. Witney, 312, illust. oppos. p. 38; Bodl. MSS Top. Oxon. d 213, ff. 767; d 216, ff. 1819; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the growing centrality of Nonconformity to the town's social and civic as well as religious life (Figs. 546). An … 116 56. The Methodist chapel and schools on High Street, c. 1895. In the later 1840s, during the ministries of Charles … Staunton (1673), 7; for fam., Witney Ct. Bks. refs. at p. 217. Above, intro. (social life: Civil War); churches. …