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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to £4,000 a year. The exports consisted of 1,000 tons of oil 15 and 40,000 quarters of oats, carried in 30 ships 'of … Hist. Wisb. River, 3. There were seven mills crushing oil from seed in Wisbech in 1735; one had been established as …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1836. This was used by the Sunday school and by the girls' British school during the week. 98 The General Baptists were … and Friends. The Committee of the Wisbech branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society included Anglicans, Quakers … (1849), 395. This chapel was on the site of the present British Legion premises; its graveyard still exists (infm. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… purchased for its present purpose', 82 and conducted on British and Foreign Schools Society principles. James Smith, … the improvement, of the children'. 83 A separate British School for girls was built behind the Crescent in … said to be 300 in 1841, the first full year of the new British boys' school, and later figures were 261 (1858), 254 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… small finds are in D.C.M.; the Venus pavement is in the British Museum. ( Dorset Procs., XXIX (1908), lxxxviiviii; … (1924), 2357; XV (1925), 238. Notes in D.C.M.) (24) Romano-British Inhumation, associated with a pot (now in D.C.M.), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the parish in 1811, a part of which was deposited in the British Museum. Withington (St. Peter) WITHINGTON ( St. … On the crown of Woodbury Hill are the remains of a British camp, comprising an area of 26 acres. It is supposed …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… 'A' sherd from the outer edge of the barrow and two Romano-British tile fragments in the rubble of the barrow mound. A … they were contained in a jar. There were also Romano-British potsherds, a piece of iron and a skeleton, possibly in association. 2 Romano-British pottery has been found at SP 05021429 and 05321432 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was the largest single employer in the area apart from British Leyland in Oxford. 23 46. Smiths' of England …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 58 balets of woad, together with alum, madder, wine, and oil: that year Witney ranked sixth among towns importing woad …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to Witney Mills (1898): copy in Bodl. GA Oxon. 8 701; British Industries Business Review (1895), 29. Smith, 'Reminiscences', pp. 334; British Industries Business Review (1895), p. 31; Plummer and … pp. 5467; Smith, 'Reminiscences', 10, 14, 25, 34; British Industries Business Review (1895), 29, 31; Visit to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was supplemented by gas engines and (at Mount Mills) by an oil engine, and from 1934 Witney Mill was powered by … was a notable market, though most blankets were sold to British firms. 17 Rugs, mops, and horse-collar cloths were …