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A History of the County of Oxford
… opened in 1769 the main carriage route to Oxford from Witney passed through Long Hanborough and joined the … served by the flourishing market towns of Chipping Norton, Witney, and Abingdon. 84 The carriers usually operated from …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Chichester 1669, and clerk of the king's closet, rector of Witney, Oxon, 1671, bishop of Oxford 1671-4, and of Durham …
Court of common pleas: The National Archives, CP40
… the making of the bond, it was agreed between them at Witney in Oxfordshire that JG would seal and deliver to RB a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 6 d. Crawley CRAWLEY, a hamlet, in the parish and union of Witney, hundred of Bampton, county of Oxford, 1 mile (N. W. by N.) from Witney; containing 252 inhabitants, a few of whom are …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Status, and Services Crawley's inhabitants attended Witney church until 1761 and Hailey chapel from then until … part of the funding came from Charles Jerram, rector of Witney 183453, who for three years or so had held weekly … until 1982, when the parish was reunited with that of Witney. 3 The chapel was closed in 1984 4 and became a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as many as 24 ploughlands and 25 ploughteams were noted on Witney manor: of the 30 ploughlands on the manor in the early … fields (see Fig. 63) may have dated from the foundation of Witney borough in the late 12th or early 13th century, when … century and later contained 3045 field acres, more than in Witney's other townships. 7 63. Crawley township c. 1816, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… have been received, however. 1 Around 1759 the rector of Witney arranged reading lessons for a few children from … received a quarter of the bread charity established by the Witney Quaker and landowner Elijah Waring, by his will proved … and by a Scheme of 1957 the charity was incorporated in Witney Parochial Charities. 8 Land for a bread charity under …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and 19th centuries, a couple of outlying farms, lay in Witney parish's north-west corner; in the early Middle Ages … a separate civil parish, though it remained part of Witney and later of Hailey parish for ecclesiastical … and northern boundaries were those of the 10th-century Witney estate, and are discussed above (and see Fig. 63). 4 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Crawley Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Witney Manor Court A court for Witney manor, including its outlying settlements, existed probably before the foundation of Witney borough in the 12th or early 13th century. Following …
A History of the County of Oxford
… farm MANOR AND MANOR FARM Crawley township was part of Witney manor by 969 and so remained. 1 A freehold granted for … 7 yardlands, a mill, and 10 rent in Crawley, Hailey, and Witney, together with keepership of the bishop's wood, chase, … and land were let to local farmers, 17 and were sold from Witney manor in 1886. 18 62. Crawley Manor Farm from the …