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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Seals of the guild and the corporation SEALS OF THE GUILD AND THE CORPORATION A 15th-century seal of the … This design, with more Gothic canopies, has been adopted for the arms granted to the borough in 1929, which have a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to the extent that two journeys were made by members of the Corporation 'concerning the King's Majesties … Shippinge' and 'about the Towne business to get abatement for the shippmoney', though the results are not recorded. 71 … attending a Commission of Sewers in the castle. A crowd of soldiers however clamoured for him, crying: 'give us Wren, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… lord of the manor the power to levy 4 d. toll on foreign ships entering or leaving the port. Since the blocking of the … of the County Planning Dept.), Map No. 50. viz. building, transport, commercial and financial, public administration, … ( Oxford Replanned, by T. Sharp, 1948). The proportions for Cambridge, Lynn, and Peterborough were not worked out on …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Wiston WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south … estimated at 290 a. 13 Part of Solewick had been disparked for arable by the late 16th century, 14 perhaps including the … removed. 19 There is evidence of deliberate landscaping, for instance in the creation of Wiston pond and in the laying …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… (b)XIV S.E.) Wistow is a parish and village 3 m. S.S.W. of Ramsey. The church, bridge and Limetree Farm are the … dni."; ( b) the Resurrection with figures of sleeping soldiers in plate-armour and camails and angel; both subjects … with brick and was wrought-iron capitals S.G.E., perhaps for Stephen and Elizabeth Gosling; the southern of the two …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a dormitory town, a recurrent theme in the second half of the 20th century. 1 The arrival in 1950 of the engineering … pressure on Oxford; that in turn created an increased need for local employment, particularly during the national … of industrial consultants and with the cooperation of the Transport and General Workers' Union. New buildings allowed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century its economic fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it … small artisans, retailers, and building trades accounting for some 2530 per cent, butchers, bakers, and victuallers for … Company's monopoly were damaging local industry. 45 Since ships usually set sail in spring such markets may, as in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough status. 1 By the early 14th century some parts of its economy were apparently contracting, notably the local … in 12201 the bailiff claimed a 20 s. rent-allowance for burgesses who had 'withdrawn because of poverty', although no reason for their difficulties was given and the reversal appears to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney was transformed by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial … success in adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers … to the lack of a railway, which added significantly to transport costs and, by hindering coal-supply, delayed the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Introduction WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 km.) … estate. From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was … with Cotswold wool-producing areas and with London. Water transport seems to have been less important certainly in the …