Search
A History of the County of Oxford
… century sublet houses on Corn Street and near the market place. 207 The carpenter Thomas Carter was also a timber …
A History of the County of Oxford
… low, suggesting that much of the town's trading took place outside the formal market structure. In the 1540s … new rents for shops built on encroachments in the market place nevertheless argue against a general decline in local … markets and fairs were probably concentrated on the market place and Church Green: there is no evidence of an early …
A History of the County of Oxford
… businesses, all concentrated around High Street and Market Place, included W. H. Tarrant and Sons' grocers, tea-dealers, … Lamb Inn site at the corner of Corn Street and Market Place by the 1850s. In the 1890s the firm had its own … tied houses. 64 The Britannia Brewery east of the market place, reportedly established by William Gillett in 1860, was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… sausage manufacturer (G. Brazil) established at Gloucester Place in 1934, moving in 1947 to a larger factory at Corn …
A History of the County of Oxford
… line of Emma's dyke. 6 The topography is reflected in the place name Witney ('Witta's island'), whose use to describe … 13th century: New Alresford, laid out around a new market place in 1200, was granted a fair in 1202 at the same time as … borough was presumably the large wedge-shaped market place, running northwards from the church and flanked with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… house may have been that on the east side of the market place, used in the early 19th century as a corn returns … occupying a prominent site at the north end of the market place. The house was probably owned by the Gunn family, 25 at … 'on the stair', implying a landing large enough to place furniture. Domestic Amenities The capital investment …
A History of the County of Oxford
… respectively west and east of Church Green and the market place, West ward west of High Street and along Corn Street, … for public performances or gatherings in the market place or on Church Green. 104 After new bylaws were agreed in … renewed in 121920 and 134950, and a tumbrel in the market place was repaired using the lord's wood in 132930 and 13467. …