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A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… railway line to penetrate the hundred, a branch line from Witney (Oxon.) to Fairford, was in operation from 1873 until …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BRITTENTON, a hamlet, in the parish of Standlake, union of Witney, hundred of Bampton, county of Oxford; containing 162 …
History Theses 1901-1970
… of London, 16561956. P.L.S. Quinn. London Ph.D. 1958. Witney grammar school, 16601960. Mary A. Fleming. Reading …
A History of the County of Oxford
… hoggets, and 97 pigs. 108 In 1464 two men one of them from Witney were presented for unjustly keeping flocks of 120, … worked in conjunction with Caswell Manor farm in Witney parish, but it remained a distinct unit until probably … in 1937, 175 while Lower Astrop was farmed from Caswell in Witney parish probably from the late 1930s. 176 Otherwise …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Thames valley, about 3 miles (4.5 km) north of Bampton. Witney and Burford are 4 miles (6.5 km) north-east and … 'Black Moat') had been added to the adjacent parish of Witney, and the parish boundary north-west of the moat had … Brize Norton to Burford, Worsham mill, Minster Lovell, Witney (via Curbridge), Bampton, Black Bourton, Kencot, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… passed to a new parish council and to the newly formed Witney Rural District Council, and in 1974 Brize Norton …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century until 1800 to the Wenman family of Caswell (in Witney parish), and to Christ Church from 1933. Two other … to William Worley of Brize Norton and John Clinch of Witney as tenants in common, owning half each. 53 The … By 1520 Astrop belonged to Richard Wenman of Caswell (in Witney parish), who placed it in trust in 1521. 146 It …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Henry Powell, curate in the 1750s1760s, was usher at Witney Grammar School and vicar of Minster Lovell from 1762. … (son of Robert Tozer, Congregationalist minister of Witney) and apparently served by lay preachers; attendance at … Baptists). Though it was regarded as an out-station of Witney Congregational chapel, 193 Congregational use possibly …
Broadwell Parish: Broadwell
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… market town of Burford, and 7 miles (12 km) south-west of Witney. The parish's name implies that Broadwell was the … the parish, leading to Kencot and on towards Burford and Witney (Figs 2 and 6). 9 This was the road along which … interests in the parish, among them sheep farmers, Witney merchants, and neighbouring gentry. 2 By contrast most …
Broadwell Parish: Filkins
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… north-eastwards to Kencot connected with an early route to Witney, which may be of Roman origin and which in the 16th … 1962. 16 Local carrier services to Burford, Faringdon, and Witney operated from the late 19th century, and one village … By inclosure in 1776 the estate was owned by Ann Brooks of Witney, spinster, who leased it to the Purbricks. 10 In 1809, …