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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (G.b.) Witham. The Parish Church of St Nicholas. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxxiv. S.E. (b)xxxv. S.W. (c)xliv. N.E. (d)xlv. N.W.) Witham is a … shop, 300 yards S.W. of (20) and 200 yards N.E. of Witham Bridge. d(22). Houses with shop, S.W. of (21), were built as …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… of Roger de Midhop. It descended in Thomas de Pykering's posterity until after the death of Lady Anne Knevet, the … John Barrow, rent 12s. 11d.; 1 messuage called "Chamley's," owner John Barrow, rent 12s. 11d.; 1 messuage called … by the decay of Beathwaite Green "cawsey" and Sampepool Bridge; Le Fleming MSS. (Hist. MSS. Com.), 42. 1669 Hearth …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Bodmin; containing 468 inhabitants. The parish … of Withiel. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: … students from Oxford, and over which a substantial stone bridge of three arches was erected in 1822. It consists …
A History of the County of Oxford
… began a fundamental and long-term shift in the town's social and economic structure. Such changes were … and commercial development. 2 The break with the town's pre-War economy was completed by the rapid decline, from … combined with national recession. Smith and Philips' Bridge Street and Crawley mills were closed in 1975, having …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its expanding cloth industry, … riots. Conditions improved only with the blanket industry's recovery in the early 19th century, as piecemeal … leaving 'all the looms' and a house and workshop near the bridge to two sons. 118 Like their 16th-century predecessors …
A History of the County of Oxford
… international scale. More general resurgence of the town's population and economy followed, though possibly not until … century, and the laying-out of 16 new burgage plots along Bridge Street in 121920, presumably reflected both steady … about 121213, a venture presumably stimulated by Witney's early success; since Newland failed, however, expansion may …
A History of the County of Oxford
… adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers still … 2 and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's 'staple' trade. 3 Difficulties in the 1850s, when the … was needed, and by the 1870s, with new premises on Bridge Street, he was well established as a leading …
A History of the County of Oxford
… INDUSTRY 19001945 During the earlier 20th century Witney's economy remained chiefly dependent on the blanket industry … manufacturers, accounting for 90 per cent of the town's production in 1949; 10 in the mid 1920s Smith's merged with … and ran a successful blanket-cleaning service. 16 44. Bridge Street Mills ( W. Smith & Co.): ( a) The street …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Nonconformist schools better suited to the town's needs. John Holloway's Bluecoat school at West End, endowed in 1724, catered … National school was established in 1813 on Bridge Street, prompting a sharp fall in the number of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Curbridge were added in 1932, bringing the town's area to 1,306 a., and intakes from Curbridge (47 a.) and … the river and surrounded by low-lying alluvium. The river's surviving eastern branch formed the town's and parish's … 121920 the borough was extended north of the river along Bridge Street: 14 thenceforth until the late 19th century the …