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A History of the County of Oxford
… attempted to make the vicarage over to the rector of Witney to raise £120 for dilapidations, but was himself … was closed for burials in 1889. A new cemetery for Witney union was consecrated the following year, on former glebe north of Landells Lane bought by the Witney board of guardians as rural sanitary authority. It was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and on Ilbert de Lacy's estate. 46 Hay for winter feed at Witney was bought at Bampton in 1334-5, 47 and in 1609 … an unparallelled trade in fellmongers' wares, brought from Witney, made into jackets, breeches, and leather linings at … century and early 19th attended more accessible markets at Witney, Faringdon, Burford, and Oxford, and at Bampton in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were mixed, though scholarships were won regularly to Witney, Bampton, and Burford grammar schools. 66 By 1927 the … the pupils were transferred to Wood Green Comprehensive in Witney, and the Bampton school closed. A new Church of … Fell. Giles, Hist. Bampton, 160-1; cf. M. A. Fleming, Witney Grammar Sch. 6, 13; Par. Colln. i. 17. O.R.O., MS. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The road from Brize Norton, and a pre-inclosure road from Witney and Lew which formerly intersected it north of the … by which the town was surrounded and finding their way to Witney, Burford [or] Oxford ... in the best way they could'. … roads were worse than elsewhere. A turnpike road from Witney was established in 1771, meeting the Brize Norton road …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were vaccinated. 19 After 1834 Bampton formed part of Witney union. 20 The workhouse, at first a district workhouse … meetings continued in 1894 when Bampton became part of Witney rural district, and residual civil functions passed to … bore-hole and a 40-foot water tower near the gas works. 28 Witney R.D.C. took over the water supply before 1939, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to Thomas Yate, who in 1588 conveyed it to Leonard Yate of Witney. 88 An agreement between Leonard Yate and Michael …
A History of the County of Oxford
… year, and the fittings were removed to Oxford and later to Witney. 9 In 1676 c. 45 undifferentiated nonconformists were … and held conventicles attended by friends from Witney, Alvescot, and Aston as well as Bampton; following his … though only 3-5 inhabitants were claimed as members of the Witney and Faringdon circuit. 25 Membership remained low or …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton Deanery, Shifford, Hardwick and Brighthampton, and Witney, paid on 207 ploughs. 7 The composition of the … East Weald (later Claywell) in Ducklington, and Caswell in Witney. Denleghe (later Delly End) in Witney's hamlet of Hailey was separately listed in 1316. 12 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the National Stock was nearly twice that of Witney, 338 and by 1780 the society possessed sufficient …
A History of the County of Oxford
… places where branches or offices were opened included Witney (late 1850s), Oxford (1877), Abingdon (1880), Chipping … develop wine and spirit sales, and take over Hudson's Witney brewery and Hunt's of Burford. In 1918 the only other …