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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR … 2 The cottages remained part of the reconstituted Witney Town Charities in the late 20th century. 3 Under a … were founded in the early 18th and early 19th centuries by Witney businessmen living in London, both of whom made other …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: agriculture AGRICULTURE After the creation of the town Witney manor, encompassing the three rural townships, … the Middle Ages from the bishop's manor house near Witney church, with its extensive agricultural buildings; 2 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: ancient mills ANCIENT MILLS In 1086 Witney manor included two water mills together rendering 32 … the 12th-century manorial precinct, and of Woodford or Witney Mill at the town's northern end, at what may both have …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: ecomonic development since … to improve infrastructure and attract new industries if Witney was not to become largely a dormitory town, a … national recession of the 1970s and 1980s, which affected Witney seriously, slowing but not reversing its industrial …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: economic life 1500 to 1800 ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its expanding cloth … for around 10 per cent. 2 In the early 16th century Witney was a small but expanding town of probably under 1,000 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: markets and fairs MARKETS AND FAIRS Witney had a weekly market and two annual fairs from the … place outside the formal market structure. In the 1540s Witney was nevertheless described as a 'great market town', 1 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: medieval trade and industry … in 121920, and there seems no doubt that by the 1270s Witney was a town in the fullest sense, notwithstanding its … of Cogges about 121213, a venture presumably stimulated by Witney's early success; since Newland failed, however, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: the industrial revolution in Witney c.1800-1900 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN WITNEY, c. 18001900 During the 19th century Witney was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: trade and industry 1900-1945 … AND INDUSTRY 19001945 During the earlier 20th century Witney's economy remained chiefly dependent on the blanket … unemployment even during the depression of the 1930s. 1 A Witney chamber of trade and commerce, founded by local …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Education EDUCATION Provision To 1660 A school … 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, one of a prominent Witney burgess family, learnt to read there. 1 John Scolemaster of Witney was mentioned about 1375, though his surname was …