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A History of the County of Oxford
… such as those of Emmot Fermor (1501), 79 William Elmer, woollen draper (1591), Nicholas Gunn (1602, with goods … but on tables and cupboards. 102 Those engaged in the woollen industry needed to store and process raw materials … industrial and market town primarily reliant on blanket-manufacture into a larger commercial centre with a diverse …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… works were soon abandoned. It was subsequently let for a woollen manufactory, which prospered for a few years, but … declined; part of the building is still occupied in the manufacture of flannel, and the spinning of yarn by machinery …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from a spring on Mawndown, a hill about a mile distant. A woollen manufacture is carried on, but not on so large a scale as … is noted for an abundant supply of horses and cattle. The manufacture of thread-lace formerly constituted a principal …
A History of the County of Essex
… 26 Not all occupations in Wivenhoe were mari- time. Potash manufacture was mentioned in 1764 at Spendalls. 27 In the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the town, where an elegant stand has been erected. The manufacture of the finer steel ornaments, which was carried … and cabinet brasses, with every branch of the iron manufacture; and brass, tin, Pont-y-Pool, and japanned wares … to upwards of 1000 hands. The Shrubbery works for the manufacture of boiler-plates and all other descriptions of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… held in 1390 when a man was robbed of 100 s. worth of woollen cloth between Godstow and Witney between 24 and 29 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… flour mills; and many of the females are employed in the manufacture of bone-lace. The market, which was held on … and there is a small trade to the Baltic for timber. A manufacture of salt of peculiarly fine quality, was formerly …