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A History of the County of Oxford
… of the rectory house, comprising three separate tenements in which 'the poor of the borough are placed'; when and how … value until the loan was repaid, and further improvements in 1814, including addition of kitchens, were funded … following year just over 61 from the rents was distributed in beef, and though there was disagreement as to whether that …
A History of the County of Oxford
… rents and farming forming the bulk of the lord's income: in 1552 the manor was valued at just under 94 gross, compared … demesne farm, including up to 500 a. of arable in the early 13th century, was administered throughout the … 17th century, and agricultural buildings there remained in use by local farmers until the 19th. The demesne's extent …
A History of the County of Oxford
… not to become largely a dormitory town, a recurrent theme in the second half of the 20th century. 1 The arrival in 1950 of the engineering firm Smiths' of England, … was the largest single employer in the area apart from British Leyland in Oxford. 23 46. Smiths' of England …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from the early 17th century, by increasing specialization in blankets and other broadcloths. 1 Thenceforth until the … the period some 3540 per cent of recorded trades in the borough were associated with the cloth industry, with … for sale, included wax, tapers and candles, thread, paper, pens and pencils, gunpowder, sugar, and weavers' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: the industrial revolution in Witney c.1800-1900 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN WITNEY, c. 18001900 During the 19th century Witney was … to Witney Mills (1898): copy in Bodl. GA Oxon. 8 701; British Industries Business Review (1895), 29. Smith, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and seems generally to have thrived despite a slight fall in population, with relatively limited unemployment even … commerce, founded by local shopkeepers and store managers in 1920, acquired 22 members, though a traders' exhibition … was a notable market, though most blankets were sold to British firms. 17 Rugs, mops, and horse-collar cloths were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… To 1660 A school run presumably by local clergy existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, … about 1375, though his surname was probably hereditary. 2 In the early 16th century a chantry priest evidently taught … 'little service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a schoolmaster. 3 A schoolhouse was mentioned …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably the late 12th or early 13th century within a … west Oxfordshire, its population rising from under 4,000 in the 1930s to over 20,000 by the end of the 20th century. 2 … Cal. QS, i, pp. 153b, 181; ORO, Welch XXVIII/1. Universal British Dir. (17908), iv. 806; Pigot's Lond. & Prov. Dir. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 … The capital investment that made clothiers appear rich on paper was not necessarily reflected in the contents of their … sports clubs, included a strong Women's Institute, a British Legion, a Young Men's Social Club based at Church …
A History of the County of Oxford
… being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors except in connection with Crown pleas. 1 In 1284 the bishop procured excommunication against unnamed … to the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford was acquired from the British Red Cross Society in 1923 and was replaced in 1934, …