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"Witney" is also the name of a UK Parliament constituency. Image File history File links Dot4gb. ...
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Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1037 KB) Summary High Street in Witney, Oxfordshire, UK. Photo taken by Alan Ford 2006-03-19. ...
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Witney is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
Witney is a town (population: 22,765 — 2001 census) in Oxfordshire, England, 12 miles west of Oxford and just north of the A40 trunk road. UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ...
Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
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The A40 is a trunk road in England and Wales, connecting London to Fishguard. ...
Architecture In recent years, the town has expanded rapidly (with the building of the Madley Park housing estate), but has still retained its charms as a market town on the edge of the Cotswolds. The market dates back to the Middle Ages, and the market square, at the top of the High Street, features one of the town's most distinctive landmarks: the Buttercross, so called because people from neighbouring towns would gather there to buy butter and eggs. The building is medieval but features a clock that was added in 1683. Thursday is the traditional market day but Saturday also sees a market taking place. The other main landmark is the Parish Church of St Mary's which was built in the 13th century and is a fine example of one of several large churches in the area associated with the Medieval wool trade. The town also has a fine Methodist chapel which stands in the middle of the High Street. The Cotswolds is the name given to a range of hills in central England, sometimes called the Heart of England, a hilly area reaching over 300 m or 1000 feet. ...
The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ...
Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ...
Gabriel delivering the Annunciation to Mary. ...
(12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...
The town hall dates from the 17th century and, according to local legend, was designed by Sir Christopher Wren, although there is little evidence to support this claim. West End, on the road to Hailey, is one of Britain's best preserved streets, and was the inspiration for the song Just an Old Fashioned House in an Old Fashioned Street. Although it's called West End, it's actually on the northern side of the Town and gets its name from the days, many years ago, when it was not actually in Witney Parish but at the west end of the adjoining Hailey village church parish. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...
Sir Christopher Wren, (20 October 1632–25 February 1723) was a 17th century English designer, astronomer, geometrician, and the greatest English architect of his time. ...
Blankets The small town has been famous for its blankets since the Middle Ages. The water for the production of these blankets is drawn from the River Windrush, which was believed to be the secret of Witney's high quality blankets. At one time, there were five blanket factories in the town but, with the closure of the largest blanket maker Early's, a few years ago, the town's blanket industry has completely ceased to exist. A bed covered by a blanket A painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec of two people under a blanket A blanket is a type of bedding, generally a large, rectangular piece of cloth, intended to keep the user warm, especially while they sleep. ...
The Windrush at Bourton-on the-Water A pedestrian bridge across the River Windrush at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire The River Windrush is a river in the English Cotswolds, forming part of the River Thames catchment. ...
The 'Early's' factory, once a vital and important part of the town's history, has now been demolished, and is the site of several new housing-estates.
Brewing For many years, Witney had a brewery — Clinch and Co., which was later taken over by Courage, who closed down the brewing operation. However, in recent years, on the site of the old brewery, brewing was revived by the establishment of a micro brewery now known as the Wychwood Brewery, whose most well-known beer, Hobgoblin, stands alongside their other speciality ales which can be found across Europe. Wychwood Brewery is a British brewery. ...
Museums Witney has two museums — Cogges Manor Farm Museum, housed in the old manor house of Cogges, which is dedicated to farming and countryside history and the Witney and District Museum, which has many artifacts and documents covering the history of the town. Cogges Manor Farm Museum is in Church Lane, Witney, Oxfordshire, England. ...
The Witney and District Museum is in the town of Witney, Oxfordshire, England. ...
Politics Witney is known as a Conservative safe seat, and as such has been the constituency for both Douglas Hurd and the current leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron. This clear party preference led to controversy when Shaun Woodward was appointed to replace the retiring Hurd as Conservative candidate. He was duly elected, but switched allegiance to the Labour Party on them winning the election. This resulted in Witney being a Labour seat until the next election, when Woodward stood as a Labour candidate elsewhere. A safe seat is a seat in a legislature which is regarded as fully secured by a certain political party with very little chance of an election upset because of the nature of the electorate in the constituency concerned. ...
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David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom, positions he has occupied since December 2005. ...
Shaun Anthony Woodward (born October 26, 1958, Bristol) is a British politician, and Labour Member of Parliament for St Helens South. ...
The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ...
Environs Nearby settlements include Abingdon, Bampton, Bicester, Burford, Carterton, Charlbury, Chipping Norton, Cirencester, Faringdon, Oxford, Swindon, and Wantage. Abingdon is a market town in Oxfordshire, England and is one of the towns which claim to be Britains oldest continuously occupied town. ...
Bampton, sometimes Bampton-in-the-Bush is a village and civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England, located six miles south of Witney. ...
Statistics Population: 28,672 (2001 Census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SP5822 Administration District: Cherwell Shire county: Oxfordshire Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Oxfordshire Historic county: Oxfordshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Police Fire and rescue: Oxfordshire Fire & Rescue Service Ambulance...
Map sources for Burford at grid reference SP2512 Looking north through Burford Priory of Our Lady Picturesque Burford Burford ( or in the IPA) is a Cotswold town in Oxfordshire, England. ...
Carterton is a town in Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. ...
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Chipping Norton Town Hall Chipping Norton is a town in Oxfordshire, England. ...
Cirencester is a market town in Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles (150 km) west northwest of London. ...
The Folly, from the A420 Faringdon market place All Saints church, Faringdon Faringdon is a picturesque market town in the Vale of White Horse, near the Thames Valley in southern England, United Kingdom. ...
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For other places with the same name, see Swindon (disambiguation). ...
Wantage is a small town in the Thames Valley, southern England. ...
Witney formerly had a station on the Oxford Witney and Fairford Railway.
Schools Witney has three secondary schools — Henry Box School, Wood Green School and the Kings School (as part of the OCC). Henry Box has stood second in the exam tables within Oxfordshire. The Henry Box School was established in 1660 by grocer Henry and Mary Box, and is a Comprehensive secondary school located in Witney, Oxfordshire, England. ...
Wood Green School (established 1953 as a comprehensive school) is a secondary school located in Oxfordshire (Oxon), UK which serves the town of Witney and surrounding villages such as North Leigh, Hailey and Finstock. ...
Wood Green School is situated at the top of Woodstock Road, and was granted Specialist School status for Visual and Performing Arts in 2005.[1]
Henry Box School is next to Church Green, in the centre of Witney. It has been granted Specialist School status for Modern Languages. Having been the first school in Oxfordshire to be officially recognised by the DfES as a "High Performing Specialist School", Henry Box was awarded a second specialism from 2006; Science/Maths was chosen.[2]
Twinning Witney is twinned with: For the 1997 film, see Twin Town Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...
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Unterhaching is a small community near Munich in Germany with about 20,000 inhabitants. ...
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Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, commonly referred to as Le Touquet, is a coastal town and commune of the Pas-de-Calais département, in northern France. ...
Famous people Famous people associated with Witney include: - David Cameron Conservative Leader, Member of Parliament (MP) representing Witney in Parliament.
- Andrew Logan, artist born in Witney.
- Douglas Hurd, ex-conservative MP for Witney.
- Alan Dapre, writer of Children's TV characters: Brum, Boohbah & Blips.
- Shaun Woodward, Member of Parliament ex-Conservative then Labour MP for Witney, then MP for St Helens South.
- Aidan Meller, Local artist, who taught in the Henry Box school. He has now left and opened a successful gallery in town called The Meller Gallery.
- Andrew Caton, the Swindon Town player was born in Witney and attended Henry Box school.
- Robert Llewellyn, Red Dwarf actor, author; he attended Henry Box school but was expelled.
David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom, positions he has occupied since December 2005. ...
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A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ...
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
Andrew Logan (born 1945) is an English sculptor, performance artist, jewellery-maker, portraitist and painter. ...
Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, CH, CBE, PC (born 8 March 1930), is a senior British Conservative politician and novelist, who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major between 1979 and his retirement in 1995. ...
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Shaun Anthony Woodward (born October 26, 1958, Bristol) is a British politician, and Labour Member of Parliament for St Helens South. ...
The Henry Box School was established in 1660 by grocer Henry and Mary Box, and is a Comprehensive secondary school located in Witney, Oxfordshire, England. ...
Andrew Caton (born December 3, 1987) is an English footballer. ...
Swindon Town F.C. are an English football team. ...
The Henry Box School was established in 1660 by grocer Henry and Mary Box, and is a Comprehensive secondary school located in Witney, Oxfordshire, England. ...
Robert Llewellyn Robert Llewellyn (born 10 March 1956 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England) is a British actor, presenter, and writer. ...
Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy franchise, whose most notable form consists of eight series of a post-watershed television sitcom that ran on BBC2 between 1988 and 1999, and which has achieved a global cult following. ...
The Henry Box School was established in 1660 by grocer Henry and Mary Box, and is a Comprehensive secondary school located in Witney, Oxfordshire, England. ...
See also West Oxfordshire is a local government district in north west Oxfordshire, England including towns such as Woodstock, Chipping Norton, Charlbury, and Witney (where the council is based). ...
External links Coordinates: 51.77858° N 1.49409° W Supporters contend that the Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1910-1911) represents the sum of human knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century; indeed, it was advertised as such. ...
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