| Witney is a town in the English County of | | | | designed the town hall. |
| Oxfordshire with a population of about twenty | | | | Since the beginning of the Middle Ages, Witney |
| three thousand. It is about twelve miles away | | | | was a notable industrial centre. It was particularly |
| from Oxford, due west. Originally mentioned in | | | | significant in the industry of wall and a great |
| the Domesday book, the town has long been of | | | | number of woollen blankets were made there. |
| historic significance and boasts a number of | | | | This was partly due to the convenient location of |
| historical buildings. | | | | the town, right on the river from where the |
| Most notably, the town is home to a church of | | | | water would be drawn to help supply the |
| England parish church which was originally built in | | | | factories. |
| Norman times and has some unique and | | | | At the height of its industriousness, Witney had |
| historically significant architecture. The church was | | | | five woollen blanket factories. It is also had a |
| added to it during the fourteenth century and also | | | | number of breweries and malting although these |
| the fifteenth century, making it an interesting | | | | are now under redevelopment. The railway station |
| amalgamation of different eras of architecture. | | | | opened in 1861 but it was closed in 1970 and |
| The town started to grow to considerable size | | | | entirely dismantled. |
| during the Middle Ages, when a town market was | | | | Witney came to fame in 2007 with the infamous |
| established and held every Saturday. Although the | | | | floods in the United Kingdom. In fact, at the time, |
| town hall did not appear till the eighteenth century, | | | | the town saw the worst flooding in fifty years |
| the town was still fairly large other time. It is | | | | and many homes and businesses would severely |
| believed, although many consider it somewhat of | | | | damaged or even destroyed. Up to two hundred |
| an urban legend, that Sir Christopher Wren | | | | properties were flooded. |