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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… but in process of time, it was found to interfere with improvements in the manufacture, and having become …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at their full value until the loan was repaid, and further improvements in 1814, including addition of kitchens, were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of spinning' on which he failed to elaborate, and recent improvements in dye-fixing, allegedly invented by an … always a prominent Witney blanket-weaver and who acted as metropolitan agent for his fellows. 107 The Company had its …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and visitors 'had only to walk down the town and note the improvements in shop fronts . . . to see that business was in … attempted to prevent the same if possible'. 28 Small-scale improvements, notably introduction of foreign wools in … Barclays, and the Birmingham Banking Company becoming the Metropolitan and (later) Midland Bank. 102 Also catering for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Swinford toll bridge (in Eynsham) in 1769 and subsequent improvements. 68 The Newbridge route through Ducklington was … 1760s, 219 and in 1816 the lawyer Charles Leake, making improvements to No. 27 Church Green, was presented to the … and uncouth', 231 and even after early 19th-century improvements the poor state of its public streets remained a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the footway. 48 Fixed Decoration and Other Internal Improvements Some fragmentary survivals indicate a … the building was in a 'deplorable state' and, following improvements to Langdale Hall (below), it appeared redundant. … appeal was made to Lord Clarendon (d. 1709) for economic improvements, and in 1711 Clarendon's successor helped the …