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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 century the recently founded borough, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: the industrial revolution in Witney c.1800-1900 THE … by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: trade and industry 1900-1945 TRADE AND INDUSTRY 19001945 During the earlier 20th century Witney's economy remained chiefly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… To 1660 A school run presumably by local clergy existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, one … taught some pupils, but by 1548 he did 'little service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a … his 'imperfect' education, which had included no grammar, history or geography, at a night school run by a former …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 … of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … Cogges Manor Farm, 3, suggesting the earlier course on topographical grounds. Allen, Mount House, 227; for the old …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 and … with national and local newspapers. The Witney Natural History and Literary Society, founded in 1858, similarly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured … 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
… Witney borough Manor and Manor House ('Bishop's Palace') MANOR AND MANOR HOUSE … ('BISHOP'S PALACE') Witney Manor In 969 King Eadgar gave the 30-hide estate of Witney to his 'minister' Aelfhelm. The … called lord in 1939. 28 Manor House ('Bishop's Palace') History and Occupation 34. Reconstruction of the medieval …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Parish church and church life PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century … 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
… (St. Peter) WITTENHAM, LITTLE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wallingford, hundred of Ock, county of Berks, 4 … W. by N.) from Wallingford; containing 125 inhabitants, and comprising 869 a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, … 157 inhabitants. This place, at the time of the Domesday survey, was styled Witone, and subsequently Wicton. In …