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A History of the County of Oxford
… a success as none of the fish have since been seen. Below Witney the river has been restocked since 1901 with 1,000 … Probably the recent instalment of a drainage system at Witney will tend greatly to the improvement of the river … of Burford, but these fish are rarely found below Witney. The Evenlode enters the county at Bledington, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Giles) STANDLAKE ( St. Giles), a parish, in the union of Witney, hundred of Bampton, county of Oxford, 5 miles (S. S. E.) from the town of Witney; containing, with the hamlet of Brittenton, 707 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… land in Appleton (then Berks.) to the poor of Standlake, Witney, and Eynsham. Standlake's share, one quarter, was c. … in bread and money. A bequest by James Leverett of Witney, by will dated 1783, 56 seems not to have been …
A History of the County of Oxford
… his deprivation c. 1646 his curate Nicholas Shorter, a Witney man and graduate of Balliol College, was presented …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in a good season'. 82 The chief markets, as earlier, were Witney and to a lesser extent Abingdon and Oxford; very … and though Wednesday and Thursday markets at Bampton and Witney may initially have attracted trade to the area, … INDUSTRY.Woollen textile manufacture, dependent perhaps on Witney's wool and cloth trade and later on its blanket …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In 1939 the seniors were transferred to the Batt school in Witney despite local opposition, leaving 57 pupils and 2 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Thames and Windrush, lies c. 4 miles (7 km.) south-east of Witney and 7 miles (12 km.) south-west of Oxford. 23 The … chief northsouth route by the later Middle Ages was from Witney through Ducklington and Brighthampton to Newbridge in … lesser ones were upgraded. A lane past the church to the Witney road became a 30-foot carriageway, later called Downs …
A History of the County of Oxford
… when the poor were chiefly employed spinning wool for a Witney factory; it had closed by 1803, when 31 adults and 4 … 64 After 1834 Standlake and Brighthampton belonged to Witney union, and from 1894 to Witney rural district. In 1974 they became part of West …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1866. 8 It was transferred from the Faringdon to the Witney circuit c. 1917. 9 Dissent generally in the parish was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… STANTON-HARCOURT ( St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Witney, hundred of Wootton, county of Oxford, 4 miles (W.) …