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Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… of Anora his wife and Roger his brother, to the prior and convent of Kertmel of the free fishery in the water called …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Society of Friends, and Wesleyans. The free grammar school, on Church Green, was established under an act …
A History of the County of Oxford
… submitted their accounts to the rector, the master of the grammar school, and the bailiffs. More land was bought … In 1660 the houses were demolished for the new grammar school, on which the charge was subsequently levied. … f. 201. PRO, PROB 11/77, f. 430v.; M. A. Fleming, Witney Grammar School, 16601960 (1960), 5, 63; above, educ. PRO, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… unendowed, however, and the subsequent establishment of a grammar school implies that education in Witney was still … 18th century education in Witney was dominated by the grammar school, founded in 1660 by the grocer Henry Box (d. … boarders in two private boarding schools. Below (grammar sch.; private schs.). Oxf. Jnl. Synopsis, 23 July 1786; Rep. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… boundary stones, and that at West End by the turnpike toll-bar. 18 Extension of the borough westwards along Corn Street … end, along burgage plots running back from High Street; a 'bar' mentioned in the 14th century was possibly a barrier … 18th century, transforming the town's central part. The grammar school (Fig. 57), a handsome two-storeyed building in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Hipped roofs probably first appeared in Witney with the grammar school of 1660. 29 No. 2 Market Square, on an … town) council. It includes a stage, ballroom, gallery, bar, and committee rooms. 203 Market House ( Butter Cross) In … n. 406; below, protestant nonconf. Fleming, Witney Grammar Sch. 2831. Plummer, Witney Blanket Ind. 178; W. H. Summers, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… transept aisle to Henry Box (d. 1662), founder of the Grammar School, was 'ruthlessly broken up' in 1867, 205 …