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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: trade and industry 1900-1945 TRADE AND INDUSTRY 19001945 During the earlier 20th century Witney's economy remained chiefly … acquired 22 members, though a traders' exhibition proposed for 1934 was abandoned through lack of interest. 2 A few …
A History of the County of Oxford
… To 1660 A school run presumably by local clergy existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, one … from 1560, when the wealthy clothier Walter Jones left 10 for its 'repair and amending' so that 'children may there be … for university, it failed 'those that are intended for trade', causing existing and prospective pupils to be sent …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 … estate. From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was … partial recovery perhaps based partly on the town's wool trade. 37 During the 15th century the town seems to have …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 and … lintel and tie-beam ends which were originally covered for their better protection, reflects 20th-century taste. … as clothiers whose possessions included no stock-in-trade or raw materials; significantly, such men often had …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured … twice-yearly tourn or view of frankpledge, which continued for the rural townships following the borough's foundation. 4 … standard jurisdiction over minor public-order offences and trade regulation. 14 In 1279 the burgesses were exempt from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century … conterminous with the late Anglo-Saxon estate, was large for Oxfordshire, covering 7,182 a. and including, besides the … rector being supported by a team vicar with responsibility for Hailey and Woodgreen. In 1988 the latter was redesignated …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant … associated with the cloth industry and to have had London trade links, those from Witney including a weaver, a town … adherents necessarily lived within the town or parish. For much of the 18th century Dissent, though strong, never …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WITTENHAM, LITTLE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wallingford, hundred of Ock, county of Berks, 4 … of Exeter College, Oxford: the tithes were commuted for land in 1809. Funeral urns and other Roman antiquities … good arable, meadow, and pasture, with some woodland and plantations. The substratum contains coal and lead, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of … as formerly; the articles consists chiefly of clothing for the West India markets, swanskins for the Newfoundland fishery, and blankets for the home trade: the number of persons regularly employed varies from …
A History of the County of Essex
… and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might … small and insignificant. In 1327 its assessment for subsidy was one of the lowest of the parishes in Lexden … 16th and 17th centuries, supply- ing wool for the cloth trade of Colchester and other towns, but arable farming was …