Witney and District Museum
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The Witney and District Museum is in the town of Witney
, Oxfordshire
, England
. The museum opened in 1996. It is situated in the centre of Witney, towards the north end of the High Street. It has a spacious ground floor gallery, which houses a long-term exhibition, showing the history of Witney and its surrounding countryside, highlighting the changes that have taken place over the last millennium. The town's industries, such as Witney blankets, glove-making, engineering and brewing are featured.
The Museum is housed in a traditional Cotswold stone
building. The west end of the building was once used as a smithy, while the upper floor was a "lath store".
The Witney Museum houses items from local industries, together with photographs and artefacts relating to Witney buildings, Witney in the Second World War, transport, education and religion. Key exhibits include tithe maps
for Witney (1839) and Hailey (1840), the town stocks and relics of Witney aerodrome.
mapping six-figure .
The address is: Gloucester Court Mews, 75 High Street, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6JF, UK.
Witney
Witney is a town on the River Windrush, west of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.The place-name 'Witney' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 969 as 'Wyttannige'; it appears as 'Witenie' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'Witta's island'....
, Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The museum opened in 1996. It is situated in the centre of Witney, towards the north end of the High Street. It has a spacious ground floor gallery, which houses a long-term exhibition, showing the history of Witney and its surrounding countryside, highlighting the changes that have taken place over the last millennium. The town's industries, such as Witney blankets, glove-making, engineering and brewing are featured.
The Museum is housed in a traditional Cotswold stone
Cotswold stone
Cotswold stone is a yellow oolitic limestone quarried in many places in the Cotswold Hills in the south midlands of England. When weathered, the colour of buildings made or faced with this stone is often described as 'honey' or 'golden'....
building. The west end of the building was once used as a smithy, while the upper floor was a "lath store".
The Witney Museum houses items from local industries, together with photographs and artefacts relating to Witney buildings, Witney in the Second World War, transport, education and religion. Key exhibits include tithe maps
Tithe maps
The term Tithe map is usually applied to a map of an English or Welsh parish or township, prepared following the Tithe Commutation Act 1836. This act allowed tithes to be paid in cash rather than goods. The map and its accompanying schedule gave the names of all owners and occupiers of land in the...
for Witney (1839) and Hailey (1840), the town stocks and relics of Witney aerodrome.
Location
The museum is located at Ordnance SurveyOrdnance Survey
Ordnance Survey , an executive agency and non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom, is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, producing maps of Great Britain , and one of the world's largest producers of maps.The name reflects its creation together with...
mapping six-figure .
The address is: Gloucester Court Mews, 75 High Street, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6JF, UK.
External links
- Museum website
- Information from Culture24
- Witney.net information