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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (W.) from Ely, … the king's books at 8. 11. 0.; net. income, 100; patrons and appropriators, the Chapter of Ely. There is a place of … ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of Wimborne and Cranborne, hundred of Cranborne, Wimborne division of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from … The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for 320, and the glebe comprises 60 acres. The church, which contains …
A History of the County of Oxford
… council acknowledged the need to improve infrastructure and attract new industries if Witney was not to become … firm Smiths' of England, attracting both local employees and large numbers of incomers, began a fundamental and long-term shift in the town's social and economic …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The … the working population, by far the largest single group, 2 and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's … booksellers, stationers, and printers: James Shayler, a stationer and bookseller by 1815, printed sale catalogues and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was developed as the chief commercial, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was … the Witney Express, was established by the local stationer James Shayler in 1861, followed in 1866 by the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … within their estates, including freedom from toll, murage, and attendance at shire or hundred courts; the right to distrain and to receive fines and forfeited goods usually belonging to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Parish church and church life PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reflected the experience of many small cloth towns, 1 and may have had its origins in an earlier tradition of local … accused of disseminating the scriptures in English and of questioning Catholic doctrine. Several of the group seem to have been associated with the cloth industry and to have had London trade links, those from Witney …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but no Witney townsmen seem to have been implicated, and in 1577 only five recusants were reported there. 2 Among … Tempest family lived at Witney in the early 17th century, and in 1641 Francis Rathbone, one of a recusant gentry family … women, including a shopkeeper, mantua-maker, publican, and tailor's wife. 6 Two or three Catholic families remained …