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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Witcham (St. Martin) WITCHAM ( St. Martin), a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (W.) from Ely, … written Whit-thorn-wick, is mentioned in the Domesday survey; and in the year 1115, the church and tithes of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Witchampton 24 WITCHAMPTON (9806) (O.S. 6 ins., ST 90 NE) The parish, irregular in shape and covering some 2,100 acres, occupies a shallow dry valley on the E. bank of the R. Allen; it is entirely on Chalk, between 100 ft. and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Ancient and historical monuments in Westmorland Witherslack 112 WITHERSLACK (C.g.) Witherslack, the Parish Church of St. Paul (O.S. 6 in. (a)XLI, N.E., (b)XLI, S.E., (c)XLII, …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at … last representative of the Barrows by the compiler of this history; the latter have descended to Sir Maurice …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Withiel (St. Uvell) WITHIEL ( St. Uvell), a parish, in the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: agriculture AGRICULTURE After the creation of the town Witney manor, encompassing the three … predominantly agricultural, with profits from rents and farming forming the bulk of the lord's income: in 1552 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: ancient mills ANCIENT MILLS In 1086 Witney manor … rendering 32 s. 6 d. a year. Probably they stood near the sites of Waleys or Farm Mill near the 12th-century manorial precinct, and of Woodford or Witney Mill at the town's northern end, at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: ecomonic development since 1945 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1945 By the late 1940s the urban district council acknowledged the need to improve infrastructure and attract new industries if Witney was not to become …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: economic life 1500 to 1800 ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its … cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: markets and fairs MARKETS AND FAIRS Witney had a weekly market and two annual fairs from the early 13th century, though their economic fortunes, as …