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Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Lonsdale, and relict of William Lascelles of Brackenburgh, co. York. The children of this marriage were George, … Marmaduke Witham, 4th son of George Witham of Cliffe co. York. Nicolson and Burn (vol. i, p. 230) state that "The … they may commemorate and pray for them. There is a great deal more of this Inquest but it is very discoloured by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… consists of loam. The Oxford canal and the Trent-Valley railway pass through. The living is a discharged vicarage, … Chandler; impropriator of Thursley, J. Knowles, Esq. The great tithes of Witley have been commuted for 13, and the … in the later style. The transepts are large, and the western, which is in the decorated style, is lighted by an …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… the eastern a much restored or modern lancet-light; the western window is probably also modern. There is no masonry …
A History of the County of Oxford
… blanket making is not certain, but by 1830 John Early and Co. were established both at New Mill and at Witney Mill, the … 1830s, it remained divided until bought by Charles Early & Co. in the 1880s. In 1882 the firm renewed the lease of … at the end of the century. 64 By 1813 Messrs Hankins and Co. were lessees at 52 10 s. a year, increased before 1818 to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… promoted large industrial estates on the town's western edge, complementing privately developed estates …
A History of the County of Oxford
… centre. In the mid 16th century it was described as a 'great market town . . . replenished with much people', 5 and … smallpox rampant, and the cost of maintaining the poor too great, with an 'abundance' of poor labourers needing … Buttery, and Wm. Lark: cf. Acts of Court of the Mercers' Co. 14531527 (1936), ed. L. Lyell and F. D. Watney, 69, 122, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In the 1540s Witney was nevertheless described as a 'great market town', 1 and several new fairs were established … on Corn Street, whose name derives from quarries at its western end and whose eastern stretch, the only part within … iii. 342; Univ. Brit. Dir. [ c. 1790], iv. 806; Pinnock's Co. Histories (1819), 69; PO Dir. Oxon. (1847 and later …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the main LondonGloucester route along the borough's western edge. 53 Initial expansion of Witney's industry …
A History of the County of Oxford
… emigration, 4 may be partly attributable to the lack of a railway, which added significantly to transport costs and, by … John (d. 1862) from 1851 and operating as Charles Early & Co. from 1864, gradually expanded his business and premises, … Oxon. d 213, f. 65 and v.; Select Cttee on Oxford and Gt. Western Union Railway Bill (Parl. Papers (HL) 18378 (227), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and 800 workers, half of them employed by Charles Early & Co., and by 1922 there were over 1,000 workers and 400 looms. … considerable expansion of dyeing plants. 9 Charles Early & Co., William Smith & Co., and Marriott & Sons remained the chief manufacturers, …