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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT … NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the town from the late 17th … in an earlier tradition of local Lollardy: in the 1520s Witney people were among a close-knit group of west …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Roman catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM Despite … either then or later. 1 In 1549 Oxfordshire gentry met at Witney to coordinate suppression of the Prayer Book … had spread to Oxfordshire from the West Country, but no Witney townsmen seem to have been implicated, and in 1577 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of 100 s. worth of woollen cloth between Godstow and Witney between 24 and 29 June, 69 but there is no later …
Alumni Oxonienses
… ii. 371; & Foster's Index Eccl. Wright, Thomas s. Edw., of Witney, Oxon, p.p. Hart Hall, matric. 12 March, 1674-5, aged … Reg. Wyat, Henry (Wiat) born in Worcester, s. Richard, of Witney, Oxon, pleb. Magdalen Coll., matric. 2 Dec., 1636, … Judges and Barristers. Wyatt, Richard s. Richard, of Witney, Oxon, pleb. Magdalen Coll., matric. 16 April, 1641, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Holloway. 73 The architect was George Wilkinson of Witney and the contractors Messrs. Wyatt of Oxford. 74 The … 1570 Richard Cornwell sold a house there to Thomas Yate of Witney. 10 Yate had earlier bought a shop on the north, the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… had fallen well behind the expanding Banbury and Witney. 1 Woodstock began to attract resident gentry, partly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1620s the justices sent some to the house of correction at Witney. 12 Whipping was a common punishment for minor …
A History of the County of Oxford
… I/16; County Mus., P.R.N. 4719-20; above, Intro. O.R.O., Witney Prim. Meth. Circuit, Q.M. min. bk. 1843-9. Ibid. MS. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to markets at Woodstock and Eynsham, others to those at Witney and Oxford. Many parishes lay within the royal forest …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Lane runs north-westwards towards Long Hanborough and Witney; it was referred to in 1693 as the Witney to Oxford road. 67 The lack of protest in Yarnton at … station was built in 1861 when a branch line was opened to Witney and Fairford. 72 During the Second World War …