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A History of the County of Oxford
… large numbers of local boys were educated there 'to the great satisfaction of their parents', probably implying … in 1902 the schools were accordingly united as the co-educational Witney Grammar and Technical School, and the … library. 49 After the building of a new Wesleyan chapel a co-educational day school, under consideration by 1849, was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parish's eastern boundary until the 20th century, and the western branch, though long abandoned, was partly preserved … the eastern side of Woodstock road as far as closes called Great and Little Costells, which, with the north side of West … southwards to take in the church, Mount House, and railway goods station, and northwards to take in Witney Mills …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to import brick from far afield before the opening of the railway, although no local brickworks are known. Houses … when the capital demands of their business were so great. There were, however, men described as clothiers whose … several such developments, notably in terraces off the western end of Corn Street and at right angles to High …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on a Wednesday or Friday, and the two tourns, lawdays, or great portmoots for the borough on a Monday near Hockday and … and Street Lighting The Witney Gas (later Gas and Coke) Co. built a gasworks east of High Street in the late 1830s, … successor Arthur Lea Leigh. 289 Until the advent of the railway the need to haul coal by road probably limited the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… aligned north-south; in the 13th century it had a 'great chimney', glazed windows, and a porch, and by the … perimeter; an abutting range, running southwards along the western curtain wall, was added soon after. An 'outer … 48 By the 1690s the house may have faced eastwards to a 'great yard' or barnyard rather than to Church Green, perhaps …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were added in the early 13th century, unusually with western aisles. Both transepts retain 13th-century windows in … the 1560s the churchwardens charged 12 d. for ringing the great bell at funerals, and in 1573 they paid for recasting the great and third bells; since they faced 'great charges' over …
A History of the County of Oxford
… house visits by one class leader reportedly made him a 'great favourite, especially among the poor'. A tea meeting …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a township and parochial chapelry, in the parish of Great Budworth, union of Northwich, S. division of the county … of land, chiefly arable; it is traversed by the road and railway from Norwich to Yarmouth, and bounded on the south by … Thornton family, of whom James left two daughters, who, as co-heiresses, conveyed it by marriage to the Trevelyans and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and Saturday, at the former of which, the principal, a great deal of business is transacted in corn, &c. A great … of which 70 are common or waste. The London and Brighton railway passes through. The living is a perpetual curacy; net … by the Basingstoke canal, and the London and South-Western railway, the latter of which has one of its principal …
A History of the County of Essex
… Heath common. 41 In the 1630s the manors of Wivenhoe and Great Bentley (about four miles away to the east) were being … of sprats were caught by stow-boats for farm manure. The railway enabled the sprats to be transported to London … a voyage which led to the founding of the Hudson's Bay Co. 99 He and others also built many ships for the navy, …