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A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY Agriculture Open Fields and Commons From at least the 1170s until inclosure in 1776 … Agricultural Trades In the late 17th century commercial malting expanded. From then until the early 19th century … 1684) and small farmer John Fletcher (d. 1709) possessed malthouses and were presumably commercial maltsters. 189 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… valley, about 3 miles (4.5 km) north of Bampton. Witney and Burford are 4 miles (6.5 km) north-east and north-west respectively, both in the Windrush valley. 1 … the building which later contained the Masons Arms and two malthouses further west. 115 At least one building had also …
Broadwell Parish: Broadwell
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… 5 miles (8 km) south of the former market town of Burford, and 7 miles (12 km) south-west of Witney. The parish's name … was the primary focus of the late 11th-century estate, and the village retains a medieval parish church of some size … workers. Rural crafts and trades (including commercial malting) were recorded at both Broadwell and Filkins, but …
Broadwell Parish: Filkins
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… Broadwell Parish: Filkins FILKINS TOWNSHIP The large and thriving village of Filkins, 12 with its concentration of … and Brize Norton there were significant amounts of malting: maltsters included members of milling families such … any one time there seem to have been at least two or three malthouses. 5 One at Goodfellows Farm was 'new-erected' in …
Broadwell Parish: Holwell
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… parish, around 2 miles (4.5 km) south-west of Burford and 8 miles (13 km) west of Witney. Throughout its history it has been a small agricultural community, and during the 19th and earlier 20th centuries it became an … William Wright to live at Holwell to manage his estate and malting business, 9 but the Wrights lived chiefly at Kelvedon …
Broadwell Parish: Kelmscott
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… known for its association with the designer, writer, and socialist William Morris (d. 1896), Kelmscott 6 remains a small and secluded hamlet, sharing much in common with its more … The village has always been predominantly agricultural, and contains several high-quality 17th- and 18th-century …
Broadwell, Langford and Kelmscott: Cotswolds to Thames
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… Broadwell, Langford and Kelmscott: Cotswolds to Thames BROADWELL, LANGFORD AND KELMSCOTT: COTSWOLDS TO THAMES The Rural Parishes covered … (potter) was recorded at Holwell in 1279. 1 Commercial malting was developed at Holwell, Broadwell, and Filkins from …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12
… is a small rural parish 18 km NNW of Gloucester and 5 km south-east of Ledbury (Herefs.). Situated at the … ancient parish was bordered by Herefordshire to the north and west and Worcestershire to the east. Before disafforestation in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… rectory, valued in the king's books at 4. 15. 7., and in the gift of the Marquess of Bristol: the tithes have been commuted for 270, and the glebe consists of an acre and a half. The church is a neat edifice. Bromfield (St. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… probably means 'woodland clearing of the fort guardian', and much of Broseley remained wooded in the Middle Ages. 12 … For 350 years from the late 16th century coal, ironstone, and clay were successively exploited in the riverside parish, and Broseley grew rapidly from an agricultural village with …