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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, James  3 Aug 1814Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1299
102 Biggers, Ann  10 Jul 1816Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1239
103 Biggers, Mary  3 Mar 1819Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1351
104 Biggers, Elizabeth Rebecca  13 Feb 1822Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1264
105 Biggers, Selina Anne  9 Jun 1824Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1369
106 Biggers, Henry  21 Nov 1827Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1077
107 Biggers, John  22 Feb 1829Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1323
108 Biggers, Jeremiah Samuel  10 Aug 1829Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1061
109 Biggers, Selena  10 Oct 1830Witney, Oxfordshire, England I695
110 Biggers, Elizabeth  27 Oct 1830Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1263
111 Biggers, Rachel F.  20 May 1832Witney, Oxfordshire, England I626
112 Biggers, Sarah Steed  27 Jul 1832Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1368
113 Biggers, Sarah  4 Feb 1834Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1300
114 Biggers, James  12 Feb 1834Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1301
115 Biggers, Jane  28 Aug 1835Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1309
116 Biggers, John  27 Dec 1835Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1468
117 Biggers, John  27 Jan 1838Witney, Oxfordshire, England I20
118 Biggers, George  3 May 1840Witney, Oxfordshire, England I537
119 Biggers, Frederick Charles  21 Apr 1850Witney, Oxfordshire, England I1268

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