Witney

Witney, a town of Oxfordshire, on the Windrush, 11 miles W. by N. of Oxford (14 by a branch-line, 1861). It has a three-arch bridge (1822), a fine cruciform 13th-century church (restored by Street in 1867 at a cost of over £4000), a staple or blanket hall (1721), a market-cross (1683), a town-hall (1863), a corn exchange (1862), and a county court-house (1859). Its blankets enjoy a great reputation; and glove-making is also carried on. Pop. (1851) 3099; (1891) 3110. See J. A. Giles's History of Witney (1852).