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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… S.W.) Witherslack is a parish on the W. border of the county 8 m. S.W. of Kendal. The church is the principal …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… last representative of the Barrows by the compiler of this history; the latter have descended to Sir Maurice … of Wythirslake in Kendale with the appurtenances in the County of Westmerland, by Roger Lassels, late escheator, into … king's justices assigned to take the assizes in the said county should first come to Appelby on Monday next after the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Bodmin; … of North leach, hundred of Bradley, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 6 miles (W.) from Northleach; … St. Peter), a parish, in the hundred of Broxash, union and county of Hereford, 4 miles (E. N. E.) from Hereford; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: agriculture AGRICULTURE After the creation of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: ancient mills ANCIENT MILLS In 1086 Witney manor … mechanized. The following account summarises the history and ownership of Woodford and Farm Mills; Crawley … other machinery. 73 In 1966 it was bought by Oxfordshire County Council for use a record store, but was sold in 1998. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: ecomonic development since 1945 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT … West Oxfordshire) with far heavier unemployment than the county average. Firms looking for provincial locations …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: economic life 1500 to 1800 ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO … expanding cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing … and population centre for west Oxfordshire: within the county only Oxford, Banbury, and Henley had larger …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: markets and fairs MARKETS AND FAIRS Witney had a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: medieval trade and industry ECONOMIC HISTORY Medieval Trade and Industry During the earlier 13th … group of foreign traders, the largest recorded in the county outside Oxford; among them were two corvesers, though …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: the industrial revolution in Witney c.1800-1900 THE … in the 1880s acting also as coroner, bailiff of the county court, and clerk to the burial board. 94 Prominent … custom of prominent blanket manufacturers; the London and County Bank, which had opened an agency at Witney by the …