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A History of the County of Oxford
… east of the church, and in 1868 were rebuilt to designs by William Wilkinson (Fig. 59). Holloway's estate in Curbridge, … vacant places. 7 59. Holloway's almshouses as rebuilt by William Wilkinson in 1868. William Townsend (d. 1832), a … nonconf.; below (list of charities). Gent. Mag. 102 (i) (1832), 373; Oxf. Times, 23 July 1910; Witney Gaz. 23 July …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Clinch (d. 1827), the dyers and coal merchants James and William Marriott, and, at Woodgreen, the currier Samuel …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the lease was renewed at the same rent for 16 years to William Wady the elder, lessee also of Crawley corn mill, followed by 20-year leases to William Wady the younger (ending c. 1499), and to Richard … for use a record store, but was sold in 1998. 74 VCH Oxon. i. 401; above, intro. (communications; origin and devpt). …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In the 1540s the tanners Thomas Taylor (d. 1549) and William Gunn were each taxed on 20, roughly equivalent to … 17th century mercers and haberdashers such as Richard and William Clempson (d. 1602 and 1608) or Walter Dalton were … Wills Oxon., Witney inventories. HMC De L'Isle and Dudley I, p. 298; above, manor. For Collier, PRO, E 159/350; Cal. SP …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1280s the tolls were briefly let to the prominent burgess William Raulin, 14 and from the early 14th century seldage … Ind. 13. R. Blome, Britannia (1673), 187. ORO, Cal. QS, i, pp. 156b157; cf. ibid. pp. 163, 256. Blenheim Mun., shelf … note on tolls; ORO, P4/2/MS 1/5, ff. 2, 6; ibid. Cal. QS, i, pp. 156b157; ii, p. 272b; Oxf. Jnl. Synopsis, 30 Sept. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century. 14 Other occupational surnames included Crocker (i.e. potter) and Cooper, and the names Tinker, Merchant, and … three houses and 20 a., was presumably descended from the William Lambert who helped secure a charter from the bishop … fell steadily, and from 1305 they were leased, at first to William Raulin and later, with the borough rents, to the town …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Brooks, Thomas Collins, George Hathaway, and James and William Marriott. 19 By 1838 there were only eight principal … catastrophic impact on rural spinners was emphasized by William Cobbett in 1826, describing the 'decay and misery' of … Cross, 'Industries of Witney', Jnl. Industrial Archaeol. i (1964), 130; Pigot's Lond. & Prov. Dir. (18234); Kelly's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… expansion of dyeing plants. 9 Charles Early & Co., William Smith & Co., and Marriott & Sons remained the chief … Makers, 125; for new buildings, ORO, Witney UDC III/i/5, pp. 71, 115. ORO, B1/A/3. Ibid. Witney UDC III/ii/10a, … A. E. Cross, 'Ind. of Witney', Jnl. Industrial Archaeol. i (1964), 130; Jenkins, 'Ind. Archaeol. Witney', 21; Oxon. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 16 The experiences of the future blanketmanufacturer William Smith (d. 1874), born in 1815 to a relatively humble … Schemes, were combined with those of the new school. 26 William Blake's Schools 27 Elementary schools at Witney, … Grammar School, 16601960 (1960), 212. Below. ORO, WCC VIII/i/1a; Bodl. MS Ch. Oxon. 642. ORO, MS Oxf. Dioc. d 707, f. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to Northleach (Glos.) 'execrable . . . the worst turnpike I ever travelled in'. 67 The alternative Oxford route through … probably from information supplied by the Witney antiquary William Langford (181181), who traced earthworks near the … Charles Early & Co.'s Witney Mills on Mill Street, William Smith & Co.'s Bridge Street Mill, established in the …