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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… not often seen in this part of the county. There is no inn in the village, but a house on the south side of the 'square', now a shop, was formerly the Bull Inn. Although of brick construction throughout it retains a … have already been noticed. In 1772 there were the Little Inn, Western, and Larger Slade Meadows. The inclosure award …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… moulded ceiling-beams and joists. W. side b(8). Woolpack Inn, 50 yards N.E. of the church, has large 18th-century and … moulded beams of the 16th century. d(19). The George Inn, 200 yards S.W. of (18), was built c. 1600. In front the … a door of original linen-fold panelling. d(25). Red Lion Inn, 100 yards S.W. of (24), was built early in the 17th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of six cottages, each was usually let to non-paupers at commercial rents and the income used for charitable purposes. … and orphans. The commonest bequest, reflecting Witney's commercial character, was money to be loaned to 'poor …
A History of the County of Oxford
… remained important into the 19th century, carried out on a commercial scale. 13 A Corn Exchange was built in 1863, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… seriously, slowing but not reversing its industrial and commercial development. 2 The break with the town's pre-War … Eagle Brewery, too small to compete with the large commercial breweries emerging in the 1950s, suffered serious … industrial development in the 1950s, along with proposed commercial and shopping development east of High Street. By …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 110 At first meetings were held in the Staple Hall Inn, and a barn on the west side of High Street was used as a … townsmen. Job Townsend (d. 1763) of the Staple Hall Inn left goods worth 450, mostly furnishings and foodstuffs, … by 1820 the number had fallen to little over twenty. 172 Commercial malting was undertaken both by innkeepers and by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… estates acquired elsewhere, to supplement or consolidate commercial wealth: in the 14th century the Standlakes owned …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The blanket industry remained … business was judged to be sound despite the 'prevalent commercial depression', thanks primarily to the thriving … and provision merchants, established on the former Lamb Inn site at the corner of Corn Street and Market Place by the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and elsewhere, the school failed to cater for a prosperous commercial and trading community with a strong Nonconformist …
A History of the County of Oxford
… industry, and after 1945 it was developed as the chief commercial, industrial and residential centre of west … Witney's transformation into a much larger industrial and commercial centre led to substantial immigration: by 1951 … 77 In the 1840s the post office was in the Staple Hall Inn; it was subsequently moved to near the Methodist chapel …