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A History of the County of Oxford
… animals remained a feature of the town. 9 The demand for agricultural land was evidently recognized, a land agent … cottages were built in the 16th century had little land for gardening. 11 By the 1830s, however, allotments for paupers and landless factory workers were being promoted by philanthropic manufacturers, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… pressure on Oxford; that in turn created an increased need for local employment, particularly during the national … range of light industrial and retail firms located, for the most part, in industrial estates established since … late 1960s, when Early's alone still employed nearly 600 workers. 4 From the 1970s, however, collapsing markets for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… small artisans, retailers, and building trades accounting for some 2530 per cent, butchers, bakers, and victuallers for … guild principles. 101 Its purpose was to regulate and control the numerous small independent manufacturers … of a prosperous market town. The largest group after cloth-workers, as might be expected in a town whose population by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… recorded, but by the 17th century they were predominantly for foodstuffs and livestock, often combined, from the 19th … from 1218 combined market- and fair-tolls were accounted for annually, together with seldage and stallage. 4 In 1279, … from Witney's market. 6 A second annual fair, held for five days from the eve of St Leonard (5 November), was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 12201 the bailiff claimed a 20 s. rent-allowance for burgesses who had 'withdrawn because of poverty', although no reason for their difficulties was given and the reversal appears to … held by burgage tenure, most commonly paying 6 d. rent for a house and plot, although by the 1270s some house rents …
A History of the County of Oxford
… success in adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers still comprised almost 19 per cent of the working … be under restriction as to time . . . and are less under control'. An employee confirmed that many weavers came …
A History of the County of Oxford
… acquired 22 members, though a traders' exhibition proposed for 1934 was abandoned through lack of interest. 2 A few … car factories, and there was already a perceived need for new industry within the town. 3 The Blanket Industry … large numbers: in 1900 there were around 250 looms and 800 workers, half of them employed by Charles Early & Co., and by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from 1560, when the wealthy clothier Walter Jones left 10 for its 'repair and amending' so that 'children may there be … born in 1815 to a relatively humble family of blanket-workers, may have been typical. Having learned writing at … day-release courses in conjunction with the Evening Institute, prompted the foundation by the local education …
A History of the County of Oxford
… estate. From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was … in order to leave them directly under the bishop's control. 13 About 121920 the borough was extended north of … nearer Corn Street's west end, presumably for quarry-workers, though none were recorded later. The form Corn …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lintel and tie-beam ends which were originally covered for their better protection, reflects 20th-century taste. … chambers. 105 Besides clothiers' stock-in-trade and cloth workers' tools (including tuckers' shears and grindstones, … for closure of public houses on Sundays. 387 A mechanics' institute, established in 1838 with 160 members, was given …