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WITNEY , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Woodstock See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Oxfordshire, See also:England, on the See also:river Windrush, a tributary of the See also:Thames, 75z M. W.N.W. of See also:London on the See also:East See also:Gloucestershire See also:branch of the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 3574. The urban district was extended in 1898 to include portions of the scattered villages of Hailey and
Curbridge. Witney is the seat of an old-established See also:industry in blanket-making, and gloves and other woollen goods are also made. The broad See also:main See also:street contains several picturesque houses of the 17th See also:century and later, and in it stands the See also:Butter See also:Cross, supported on columns and dating from 1683. The See also:grammar school was founded in 1683, and a See also:Blue Coat School in 1723. The great See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Mary is one of the finest in the See also:county. It is cruciform with a lofty central See also:tower and See also:spire, the latter considered to be a See also:direct development of the See also:early spire of the See also:cathedral at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford. The tower is Early See also:English, but the church exhibits the other styles, including a remarkable See also:Norman See also:porch. At Coggs, in the See also:water-meadows bordering the river immediately below Witney, a priory was attached to the See also:Benedictine Priory of See also:Fecamp, and of this there are Early English remains in the vicarage, while the church is mainly Decorated. The See also:foundation, however, See also:dates from the 11th century.
The See also:manor of Witney (Wyltineye, Wytnay, Wytney) was held by the see of See also:Winchester before the See also:Conquest. It was sold in 1649, but was given back to the bishopric at the Restoration. In the See also:middle of the 18th century it was leased by the See also:bishop of Winchester to the See also:duke of See also:Marlborough. Witney was a See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough by See also:prescription at least as early as 1278, and sent representatives to See also:parliament with more or less regularity from 1304 to 1330. The See also:government was by the steward and bailiffs of the bishop of Winchester, assisted by constables, wardmen and other See also:officers. A woollen industry was probably established at an early date, for there is reference to a fulling See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill in a See also:charter of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Edgar dated 909. In 1641 the blanket-makers petitioned •the See also:crown against vexatious See also:trade regulations; in 1673 the town is described as " See also:driving a See also:good trade for blankets and rugs." In 1711 the blanket-makers obtained a charter making them into a See also:company, consisting of a See also:master, assistants, two wardens and a commonalty. In 1231 the bishop of Winchester received a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of a five days' See also:fair at Witney at the feast of St Leonard. In 1278 the bishop was declared to have at Witney a weekly market on See also:Thursday and two fairs on the See also:day of See also:Ascension and on St Leonard's day. A further grant of two yearly fairs was made in 1414 to the bishop of Winchester at his manor of Witney, namely, on the See also:vigil and day of St See also:Clement the See also:Pope, and at the feast of St See also:Barnabas.
See J. A. See also:Giles, See also:History of Witney (London, 1852) ; See also:Victoria County History, Oxon; W. J. See also:- MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
Monk, History of Witney (1894).
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