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A History of the County of Oxford
… adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers still … 2 and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's 'staple' trade. 3 Difficulties in the 1850s, when the … Blanket Makers, 87, fam. tree oppos. p. 20; memorials in St Mary's and Holy Trinity churches. W. L. Parry-Jones, Trade …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Nonconformist schools better suited to the town's needs. John Holloway's Bluecoat school at West End, endowed … while nevertheless giving preference to boys from St Mary's National school. 37 In 1901, as part of the … merged, the new combined school being thenceforth known as St Mary's. 58 In the early 1860s it received a government …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Curbridge were added in 1932, bringing the town's area to 1,306 a., and intakes from Curbridge (47 a.) and … houses given in the 14th century to the chantry chapel of St Mary in Witney church possibly adjoined the Crofts, 156 … (1860), respectively on Bridge Street and at Church Green, St Mary's National school (1856) at Church Green, and the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality stone building … Buildings Anglican Churches The medieval parish church of St Mary the Virgin, of notable size and quality, is discussed … Catholic Church The Roman Catholic church of Our Lady and St Hugh, at the foot of Tower Hill, was built in 1975 to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the right to deliver and return royal writs, the king's officers being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors … with the rural district council, and the same year the St John's Ambulance Brigade was given premises in the Corn … and Town of Witney'). 342 The symbols were those of St John the Baptist, frequently associated with medieval …
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 … 1833 the bishop of Winchester granted to the benefice of St Michael's, Winchester, an annual rent charge of 25 from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… east, and almost certainly it long predated the borough's foundation. 1 The ecclesiastical parish, conterminous with … possibly on Bampton. 2 The church was dedicated to St Mary the Virgin by 1485 and possibly by the 1270s, when … Blois, bishop of Winchester, granted it to the hospital of St Cross in Winchester. 11 St Cross's ownership was confirmed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the growing centrality of Nonconformity to the town's social and civic as well as religious life (Figs. 546). An … Anglican churches together, overall attendance at the town's five Nonconformist meeting houses remained higher, … the 19th century Dissenters also included many of the town's chief employers, among them members of the Early, Smith, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… probably with a group centred on the Greenwood family's manor house at Brize Norton: a priest from there tried to … Witney aerodrome. 12 A Roman Catholic church, dedicated to St Hugh of Lincoln, was established about 1930 in the former … an attached presbytery. The dedication was to Our Lady and St Hugh. 13 The Convent of the Sisters of Charity opened in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wittenham, Little - Witton, West Wittenham, Little (St. Peter) WITTENHAM, LITTLE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wallingford, hundred of … a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 17. 10.; net income, 400; patron, the Rev. F. J. …