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A History of the County of Oxford
… were perhaps also for sale at the fair or market. 34 A petition around 1670 for additional fairs, including hiring … the market place was surfaced with tarmac in 1903 to meet national requirements, following a temporary closure ordered …
A History of the County of Oxford
… rapidly, with some leading clothiers operating on a national or international scale. More general resurgence of … growth of Witney's cloth industry, in part a response to national trends, probably helped to stimulate the town's … Witney's industry during the 13th century, coinciding with national trends and with the borough's early growth, was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… pairs of blankets a year, between a fifth and a quarter of national output; 6 capacity remained broadly similar after … by electricity supplied from a turbo-alternator and the national grid. 8 Rotary milling machines replaced fulling …
A History of the County of Oxford
… schools, which also taught reading. 12 A nondenominational National school was established in 1813 on Bridge Street, … 13 A Wesleyan day-school was opened in 1851. 14 The National school was at first ill-disciplined and 'not so well … pupils to be sent elsewhere or educated at home. A petition in 1768, signed by several influential …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on Bridge Street and at Church Green, St Mary's National school (1856) at Church Green, and the union … and despite temporary slowing of the pace during the national recessions of the 1970s and early 1990s, a tenth of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1981. 24 Other Witney houses generally followed national stylistic trends. A number of buildings remain with … Woodgreen - an essentially suburban growth which followed national trends. 153 The Buildings of the Blanket Industry … room in the newly built Corn Exchange, stocked with national and local newspapers. The Witney Natural History and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… sealers and, from the 1540s, two leather-sealers reflected national legislation. Two chamberlains, reduced to one from … was bought back in 1976, following a 1,400-signature petition to return it to public use. 131 At first the council … head of population, and significantly above the county and national average. 198 In 18023, when expenditure had fallen, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Church Green, in Vicarage close on the site of the later National school, was mentioned from the 1480s, 38 and in 1535 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was evident in early 19th-century proposals for a National school, which, 'considering the peculiar …
A History of the County of Oxford
… No Popery', 9 while in 1850 a public meeting in Witney to petition against establishment of Roman Catholic dioceses was …