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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 … partial recovery perhaps based partly on the town's wool trade. 37 During the 15th century the town seems to have … on roads southwards to Abingdon (Berks.) and Southampton. Trade-links with Southampton were recorded in the 15th and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials … as clothiers whose possessions included no stock-in-trade or raw materials; significantly, such men often had … business, suggesting that they had been able to give up trade and in effect retire. Andrew Hodson, called a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … standard jurisdiction over minor public-order offences and trade regulation. 14 In 1279 the burgesses were exempt from … existed. All such officers were ordinary townsmen, the trade-officers being usually chosen for their professional …
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 … associated with the cloth industry and to have had London trade links, those from Witney including a weaver, a town …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… W. by N.) from Wallingford; containing 125 inhabitants, and comprising 869 a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, … by an ancient intrenchment supposed to be British, and to have been afterwards occupied by the Romans, Roman … good arable, meadow, and pasture, with some woodland and plantations. The substratum contains coal and lead, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the … W. division of Somerset, 28 miles (W.) from Somerton, and 155 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2984 inhabitants. … for the Newfoundland fishery, and blankets for the home trade: the number of persons regularly employed varies from …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the … 16th and 17th centuries, supply- ing wool for the cloth trade of Colchester and other towns, but arable farming was … in exchange for herrings, and bulkier brigs for general trade. 6 Wivenhoe reached the peak of its fame for yacht- and …
A History of the County of Essex
… a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … 86 Natural boundaries were formed by streams on the east and north-west, Wivenhoe and Whit- more heaths on the north-east, and the river Colne …
A History of the County of Essex
… warren in their demesne lands in Wivenhoe. 39 In the 14th and 15th centuries courts with view of frankpledge were held … on the lord's land, breach of the assize of ale, and of infringing the lord's rights of avesage, pannage, and larder were heard; admissions to and surrenders of …