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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: medieval trade and industry ECONOMIC HISTORY Medieval Trade and Industry During the earlier 13th century the recently … in household and estate administration or in demesne agriculture. The frequent presence of the bishop and his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The … the working population, by far the largest single group, 2 and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's … and 7 per cent described merely as 'labourers' in either agriculture or industry. Lawyers, doctors, churchmen, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… taught some pupils, but by 1548 he did 'little service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a … done until 1890, however, when evening classes in science, agriculture, and drawing were started in the Wesleyan schools … included departments for engineering and construction, agriculture, business studies, and general studies, and by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was developed as the chief commercial, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Manor and Manor House ('Bishop's Palace') MANOR AND MANOR HOUSE ('BISHOP'S PALACE') Witney Manor In 969 King … Aelfhelm. The estate was conterminous with the later manor and parish, but may have been assembled only since the mid …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reflected the experience of many small cloth towns, 1 and may have had its origins in an earlier tradition of local … accused of disseminating the scriptures in English and of questioning Catholic doctrine. Several of the group seem to have been associated with the cloth industry and to have had London trade links, those from Witney …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the … per cent worked in fishing compared with 7.8 per cent in agriculture and horticulture; 31.6 per cent were employed in shipbuilding, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… abbey consolidated much of its demesne land in Wolvercote and St. Giles's parish into a single block of land straddling … the process: in return for land at Ailmerswell, Horestone, and Hawsland ditch in the north end of St. Giles's, Godstow … in 1851 (the mill was not working that year). In 1871 agriculture was still the largest employer; there were 62 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, contained two settlements, Upper and Lower Wolvercote; the adjoining extra-parochial areas of Godstow, Cutteslowe, King's Weir, and Pixey Mead were incorporated in the later 19th century. …