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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: trade and industry 1900-1945 TRADE AND INDUSTRY …
A History of the County of Oxford
… his 'imperfect' education, which had included no grammar, history or geography, at a night school run by a former … despite large government grants and assistance from the county council. 19 Witney Grammar School 20 Witney grammar … was established there in 1898 both the Grocers and the county council recognized the benefits of the grammar school …
A History of the County of Oxford
… when Witney was one of the fastest-growing towns in the county, increased it to 666 ha. (1,645 a.), 4 rising to 922 … the dominant town of west Oxfordshire, ranking within the county behind only Oxford, Banbury, and Henley, though some … the Oxfordshire average, with some ten per cent of the county's new houses in the 1980s being built in the Witney …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was installed in the principal, ground floor room. 196 County Court In the early 1850s county magistrates held … with national and local newspapers. The Witney Natural History and Literary Society, founded in 1858, similarly … PRO, MH 12/9753; Magd. Coll. Mun., MS 800 (i), p. 60. Victoria & Albert Museum, London, E. 1448 1231977; ORO, PLU …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the 20th century, and the appropriation of others by the county council or other bodies, the arrangement continued … hoc arrangements until the early 20th century, Oxfordshire County Council paying an annual contribution which was … Kibble, Charming Charlbury (1930), p. vii; M. D. Anderson, History by the Highway [1967], 171. Oxf. Chron. 14 Feb. 1852, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… called lord in 1939. 28 Manor House ('Bishop's Palace') History and Occupation 34. Reconstruction of the medieval … were repaired or remodelled during their tenancy 45 the history of the site during the 16th and 17th centuries is … various abortive schemes, was bought by Oxfordshire County Council. The excavated parts of the medieval manor …
A History of the County of Oxford
… empty and semi-derelict until bought in 1969 by the county council, which repaired and restored it as part of the … dd Par. Witney c 40, a (8). Above (chantries); for later history and demolition, below. Bodl. MSS Top. Oxon. a 64, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a parish, in the union of Wallingford, hundred of Ock, county of Berks, 4 miles (N. W. by N.) from Wallingford; … a parish, in the union of Wallingford, hundred of Ock, county of Berks, 4 miles (S. W.) from Abingdon; containing … of Great Budworth, union of Northwich, S. division of the county of Chester, of a mile (E.) from Northwich; the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of 1002 acres of land, an extra-parochial liberty, in the county of Nottingham, 2 miles (S.) from Bingham. This … division of the hundred of Barlichway, S. division of the county of Warwick, 2 miles (S.) from Alcester; containing 121 … and the head of a union, in the hundred of Manshead, county of Bedford, 15 miles (S. W. by S.) from Bedford, and …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii …