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A History of the County of Oxford
… was a small horse- or donkey-powered spinning factory on Corn Street. 14 Power-looms seem not to have been introduced … shops and small blanket factory on the north side of Corn Street, gradually extended from the late 18th century, … having bought John George's small spinning concern on Corn Street with capital from a short-lived brewery venture. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on outside labour, 32 included the Witney Steam Laundry on Corn Street, opened about 1907, the nearby Swan Laundry, … Place in 1934, moving in 1947 to a larger factory at Corn Street. 33 A mail-order company, selling bedding and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… rector Francis Cunningham in a former 'ranter's chapel' on Corn Street, closed in 1879. 60 A second National school, in … was Harriet Wells. Another of the family ran a school on Corn Street in the 1830s. 73 John Heel, master of a boarding …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bronze-Age sword found on the line of Emma's dyke south of Corn Street, a Bronze-Age spearhead found south of the town, … of the lane called the Crofts across the narrow neck of Corn Street. The early borough may thus have comprised little … toll-bar. 18 Extension of the borough westwards along Corn Street to the line of Emma's dyke may also have been …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from the 14th century, 4 and the name Crundell (later Corn) Street referred probably to quarries immediately west … buildings known from old views include the former corn returns office on the site of the surviving Corn Exchange, and a predecessor of the demolished Crown …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the market place, West ward west of High Street and along Corn Street, Middle Ward along the rest of High Street, and … Arms. A vestry- or committee-room in the workhouse on Corn Street was mentioned in 1798, when parish accounts were … council met usually every 24 weeks, at first in the Corn Exchange, where a room was rented until the building was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… antiquaries that there was an earlier church on Corn Street are unsubstantiated, 4 and an isolated medieval … served for at least forty years, living in a house in Corn Street formerly owned by the Standlake family. 81 In …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and by a Primitive Methodist group established on Corn Street in the 1820s. 12 Both the Quakers and the … from the blanket-manufacturer John Early (d. 1862). 111 A Corn Street weaving shop licensed for worship in 1817 may … Lowell Place, an area of cramped workingclass housing off Corn Street, was rented for prayer meetings and mothers' …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the principal, a great deal of business is transacted in corn, &c. A great market for prime oxen of the North Devon … Esq. The vicarial tithes were commuted for land and corn-rents in 1803. The church is partly in the early and …
A History of the County of Essex
… Navestock manor, 30 and in 1508, and probably earlier, corn and oats were taken to Stratford and Stapleford Abbots, … to increase in the 18th century and early 19th. A weekly corn market was recorded in 1766. 52 The Rebows acquired a … William Miche in 1524 bequeathed cattle, sheep, and corn at East Mersea, and goods, cattle, and sheep at …