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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: markets and fairs MARKETS AND FAIRS Witney had a weekly market and two annual fairs … of an early market on Corn Street, whose name derives from quarries at its western end and whose eastern stretch, the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: medieval trade and industry ECONOMIC HISTORY Medieval Trade and Industry … Other inhabitants were employed presumably at the bishop's quarries near Corn Street and elsewhere, which in the 13th … references to tanners, butchers, masons, carpenters, and quarrying suggest that a range of trades persisted. 41 Some …
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 … factories including Witney Mills and New Mill. 68 Small quarries around Corn Street continued to be worked: several …
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 … corruption of Crundel (later Corndel) street, referred to quarries at its west end, 153 and despite the street's … at 'Crondelbarr'; it may, however, have been nearer the quarries from which the street was named: below (origin and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials … at least the 12th century. 3 Stone and lime from Witney quarries was mentioned from the 14th century, 4 and the name Crundell (later Corn) Street referred probably to quarries immediately west of the borough; manorial and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … apparently found subsidized work in the blanket factories, quarries, and roads: in 1820 169 was spent on road labourers, … officers may have owned or rented one of the Corn Street quarries in the 1470s, when the churchwardens sold 36 ft. of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… W. by N.) from Wallingford; containing 125 inhabitants, and comprising 869 a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, … by an ancient intrenchment supposed to be British, and to have been afterwards occupied by the Romans, Roman … above the level of the sea: there are several excellent quarries of stone. Witton House, an elegant stone edifice, is …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which … II The Towns, Wivenhoe, 3. E.C.S. 19 Apr. 1974; Dir. of Quarries, Pits and Quarry equipment (1994 edn.). Eve. Gaz. 15 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to Tintern Abbey, together with several granges … Wye the parish is bounded by a range of limestone hills, and towards the Severn by a rich vale of red marl; it is … of which some mines are in operation, and there are quarries of good building-stone. The living is a perpetual …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… paid for it to the Dane-geld after the rate of a carucat and an half. The Land was then for twelve oxen, or twelve … but at 60s. The Soc extended into Totteshale, Brauncote, and Sudtune. [Pedigree] The family of Mortein were the next … Henry the firsts time, at the foundation of Lenton Priory; and Adam de Moretonio, 2 22 H. 2. gave account of xxx marks …