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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… is treated separately in this article. The parish lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the river and its tributaries form the parish boundary on … ceiling beams. The parlour has a carved overmantel and fire-place of c. 1600 with the emblem of a Tudor rose …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (O.S. 6 ins., ST 90 NE) The parish, irregular in shape and covering some 2,100 acres, occupies a shallow dry valley … and W. sides of the lower stage, appear to have been made for the spindles of clock-hands, now gone; the N. side … floors. Many signs of burning suggested destruction by fire. The few finds included coins of Tetricus I, Constantine …
A History of the County of Oxford
… or Farm Mill near the 12th-century manorial precinct, and of Woodford or Witney Mill at the town's northern end, at … the bishop invested in several new or expanded mills both for corn-milling and for fulling; an unspecified new mill at … for building the surviving mill after it was destroyed by fire in 1837. 67 Early remained lessee in 1863, paying 125 a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… council acknowledged the need to improve infrastructure and attract new industries if Witney was not to become … pressure on Oxford; that in turn created an increased need for local employment, particularly during the national … Refitting at Marriott's Mount Mills followed a serious fire in 1953. 9 The merger in 1960 of Early's and Marriott's, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing … small artisans, retailers, and building trades accounting for some 2530 per cent, butchers, bakers, and victuallers for … expanding town of probably under 1,000 inhabitants, with at least as many again living in its rural townships. 3 Its …
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 … success in adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers … local cloth-workers for his innovations, and following a fire in 1818 John (d. 1862) and Edward Early (d. 1835) and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: trade and industry 1900-1945 TRADE AND INDUSTRY 19001945 During the … acquired 22 members, though a traders' exhibition proposed for 1934 was abandoned through lack of interest. 2 A few … glove factory at Newland, rebuilt following a disastrous fire in 1926, continued until the late 1930s, when the …
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 … estate. From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was … rebuilding. 208 Some rebuilding presumably followed a fire in 1734, said to have destroyed thirty houses in a few …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials … lintel and tie-beam ends which were originally covered for their better protection, reflects 20th-century taste. … with stone-slated roofs and wooden lintels to windows. A fire at New Mill in 1818 destroyed buildings already adapted …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … twice-yearly tourn or view of frankpledge, which continued for the rural townships following the borough's foundation. 4 … shambles, besides regular payments for maintenance of a fire-engine. 84 The vestry elected collectors of the poor for …