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This picture of the High Street from the 1950s shows W.H. Smith & Son before they moved to the Woolgate Centre. An earlier company at this address was J.E. & B Knight who published local picture postcards (see West End page for an example) and it was the Witney Gazette office before that moved to the Market Square. Malcolm Henderson Collection. |
The Methodist Church was designed by J. Wilson of Bath and built c1850. The ornamental pinnacles have been removed and the railings replaced by a stone wall. The building behind the church is the Old Church Hall where the 1st, 6th & 7th Witney Brownies, the 2nd Witney Guides and the 1st Witney Company of the Boy's Brigade hold weekly meetings. Malcolm Henderson Collection.
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No. 100 High Street was built in 1710 as the Blanket Hall where blankets were weighed and measured before selling. In 1890 it was bought by Clinch's Brewery and during the Second World War it became a mineral water factory belonging to Dale & Sharpe. Below is one of their Codd type bottles bearing the Lamb and Flag crest of Witney. It is now a private house. Malcolm Henderson Collection. |
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Bartlett Brothers Builders, established in 1852 by Malachi Bartlett, were situated at No 75 High street (below left). One of the most impressive Witney buildings he worked on, with another local builder James Long, was the Wesleyan Chapel or Methodist Church. This billhead, dated May 13th 1927, is addressed to The Goods Agent, Great Western Railway Co., Heyford. It reads as follows; "We regret to advise you that one door has arrived broken and useless and we have advised the senders of this." The premises are now occupied by Witney And District Museum. Malcolm Henderson Collection. |
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