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A History of the County of Oxford
… 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
… Other inhabitants were employed presumably at the bishop's quarries near Corn Street and elsewhere, which in the 13th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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
… 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 … Eng. Place-Name Elements, i (EPNS 25, 1956), 11617; for quarries, Hants RO, 11M59/B1/22; 11M59/B1/206; Witney Ct. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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 (possibly) town quarries were recorded in 1479. 5 The master mason Thomas of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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
… 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
… 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
… of which some mines are in operation, and there are quarries of good building-stone. The living is a perpetual …