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crap shot of the Buttercross

crap shot of the Buttercross
Witney, Oxfordshire
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Witney Buttercross
www.witneyblanketstory.org.uk/WBP.asp?navigationPage=Sites&file=WBPPLACE.XML&record=Buttercross

Standing at the heart of Witney the Buttercross was probably originally a simple market cross... It was in 1606 that Richard Ashcombe left £50 to build a house 'over and above' the cross and it then became a place where people sold perishable goods such as butter.

The clock turret was added later in 1683 following a bequest by William Blake of Cogges who was a successful draper, wool merchant and local benefactor...


Witney clock and weathervane
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