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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 … court during the later 16th century, involving farmers and tradesmen from a wide area, arose presumably from trading at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… international scale. More general resurgence of the town's population and economy followed, though possibly not until … the borough which they presumably sublet to less wealthy tradesmen. 25 Among that leading group Roger Hering, who in … suggest that a range of trades persisted. 41 Some tradesmen had wide horizons, a tanner's widow in 1412 owning …
A History of the County of Oxford
… adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers still … the town, was apparently confined to a horse-powered rowing machine provided by the Blanket Company for its … 92 Professions and Services The town's manufacturers and tradesmen, together with significant numbers of gentry, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Nonconformist schools better suited to the town's needs. John Holloway's Bluecoat school at West End, endowed … with some history and geography, required by farmers and tradesmen: numbers rose steadily from twelve in 1847 to 36 … aiming in the 1880s to 'assist the professional men, tradesmen, and farmers' of the area by offering English, …
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 … 17856. 217 Many house fronts were remodelled by prosperous tradesmen and manufacturers, characteristic alterations … Ltd in 1938, established the Witney & Oxford Aero Club Ltd in 1934 and the Witney Aeronautical College in 1936, …
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 … grindstones, fuller's earth, and spinners' wheels), other tradesmen's tools and stock were listed. In 1669 a … had over thirty; an apparently separate Church workman's club established the same year, also open to Dissenters, …
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 … nine prominent clothiers, drapers, and other tradesmen all active in the borough court, among them the two … 18th century, provided limited health care, and a medical club for those on low wages was mentioned about 1880. 272 A …
A History of the County of Oxford
… east, and almost certainly it long predated the borough's foundation. 1 The ecclesiastical parish, conterminous with … probably an error, arising possibly from the parish church's location just outside the borough boundary within Curbridge … A Church of England Working Men's Society and a Workman's Club were set up in 1888, and Norris was instrumental in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… too, was focused on prominent clothiers and other tradesmen; inhabitants accused of aiding Parliamentary … the growing centrality of Nonconformity to the town's social and civic as well as religious life (Figs. 546). An … Congregational Churches in Berks., S. Oxon. and S. Bucks. Assoc. (1905), 270; DNB s.v. Cotton Mather, Increase Mather. …
A History of the County of Essex
… third highest in Lexden hundred, 20 reflecting Wivenhoe's growth as a port whose develop- ment was linked with the … with most of the south of Wivenhoe being the lord's demesne except for a considerable amount of copyhold land … Story of Wivenhoe, 86; Anglesey Antiq. Soc. & Field Club, Trans. 1993, 5567: copy in E.R.O. E.R.O., D/DEt T17. …