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Witney, Oxfordshire, England



 


Notes: WITNEY, a town, a township, a parish, a sub-district, and a district, in Oxfordshire. The town stands on the river Windrush, at the terminus of the Witney railway, 11 miles W by N of Oxford; was known to the Saxons as Witaneye, signifying the "parliament island;'' was given by Bishop Ailwyn, in the time of Edward the Confessor, to Winchester cathedral; sent two members to parliament from the time of Edward I. till that of Edward III.; was the scene of a tournament, attended by Humphrey Bohun, Aymer de Valence, and other notables; is now a seat of county courts, and a polling place; has long been famous for the manufacture of blankets; carries on also the manufacture of other woollen goods, glove-making, and brewing; publishes a weekly newspaper; consists chiefly of two streets, one of them upwards of a mile long; and has a head post-office,
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Christened

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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Christened    Person ID 
101 Biggers, Susannah  8 Aug 1770Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1370
102 Biggers, Thomas  23 Jul 1736Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1373
103 Biggers, Thomas  1 Feb 1760Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1375
104 Biggers, Thomas  19 Apr 1769Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1288
105 Biggers, William  16 Jun 1731Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1343
106 Biggers, William  7 Apr 1749Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1378
107 Biggers, William  22 Feb 1764Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1381
108 Biggers, William  20 Mar 1772Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1292
109 Biggers, William  30 Jan 1785Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1384
110 Biggers, William  17 Oct 1787Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1262
111 Biggers, William  3 Aug 1808Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1146
112 Biggerstaf, Robert  14 Feb 1600Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1387
113 Biggerstaffe, Richard  8 Jan 1603Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1389
114 Crofts, Margery  24 Dec 1683Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1405
115 Shorter, Rachel  1 Mar 1809Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1075
116 Steede, Alfred  1 Mar 1809Witney, Oxfordshire, England I2395
117 Steede, Henry  4 Apr 1814Witney, Oxfordshire, England I2397
118 Steede, Martha-Elizabeth  8 Jul 1812Witney, Oxfordshire, England I2396
119 Steedman, Thomas  Nov 1742Witney, Oxfordshire, England I2464

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