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A History of the County of Oxford
… and debts owed him in London, 57 while the wealthier Joseph Selman (d. 1692) had at least two looms, with large … or fellmongers. 73 In 1692 the wealthy blanket-maker Joseph Selman owned a weaving shop, shear shop, dye shop, and … the Staple Hall Inn, and a barn on the west side of High Street was used as a blanket hall, 111 but by 1720 the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Green: there is no evidence of an early market on Corn Street, whose name derives from quarries at its western end … 53 By then loaded carts and waggons stood also in Corn Street, where some corn was sold, and graduated tolls were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the laying-out of 16 new burgage plots along Bridge Street in 121920, presumably reflected both steady demand and rising population. 4 The Bridge Street extension linked the borough with plots laid out in … representing subdivided plots. 9 Rents for the new Bridge Street plots appear initially to have been 12 d. for an …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a small horse- or donkey-powered spinning factory on Corn Street. 14 Power-looms seem not to have been introduced until … employers being the ironmonger and iron-founder Joseph Staples with nine, a cabinet-maker and upholsterer … was established soon after 1847 by Edward Early's son Joseph and Edward's employee and tenant William Smith, at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ran a successful blanket-cleaning service. 16 44. Bridge Street Mills ( W. Smith & Co.): ( a) The street frontage, built probably c. 1899. ( b) Bridge Street Mills from the south-west in 1999. 45. Witney Blanket …
A History of the County of Oxford
… National school was established in 1813 on Bridge Street, prompting a sharp fall in the number of private … school under the auspices of the Wesleyan school on High Street, whose headmaster became its first principal. The … and Newland. The Witney school, on the west side of High Street, 29 taught elementary reading to up to 30 Protestant …
A History of the County of Oxford
… sword found on the line of Emma's dyke south of Corn Street, a Bronze-Age spearhead found south of the town, and … the lane called the Crofts across the narrow neck of Corn Street. The early borough may thus have comprised little more … the borough was extended north of the river along Bridge Street: 14 thenceforth until the late 19th century the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the 14th century, 4 and the name Crundell (later Corn) Street referred probably to quarries immediately west of the … and the north face of a wing to the rear of No. 62 High Street is rendered in a thick, impasto-like coat. 9 The … few fragments of late-medieval date remain. No. 1012 High Street 11 has a timber-framed gable to the street, perhaps of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Church Green and the market place, West ward west of High Street and along Corn Street, Middle Ward along the rest of High Street, and North ward, otherwise the Ward beyond or beneath …