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A History of the County of Oxford
… expansion of dyeing plants. 9 Charles Early & Co., William Smith & Co., and Marriott & Sons remained the chief … cent of the town's production in 1949; 10 in the mid 1920s Smith's merged with the large Manchester wholesalers J. & N. … blanket-cleaning service. 16 44. Bridge Street Mills ( W. Smith & Co.): ( a) The street frontage, built probably c. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The experiences of the future blanketmanufacturer William Smith (d. 1874), born in 1815 to a relatively humble family … and churchmen, among them members of the Early, Smith, and Morrell families, the vicar of Cogges, and the … Commissioners, pp. 5502; cf. Educ. Enq. Abstract, p. 757. Smith, 'Reminiscences', pp. 35. M. A. Fleming, Witney Grammar …
A History of the County of Oxford
… explicitly mentioned in 1279 was a forge held by a smith with his house. 144 The size of the original burgage … Charles Early & Co.'s Witney Mills on Mill Street, William Smith & Co.'s Bridge Street Mill, established in the later … (HL) 18378 (227), xx), p. 27; Oxf. Jnl. 16 Nov. 1861; Smith, 'Reminiscences', 30; cf. Plummer, Blanket Ind. 108. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… had household goods valued at only 7. 62 In 1743 Thomas Smith, with 142 in finished and unfinished goods, similarly … the mill belonged to the blanket manufacturer William Smith, who expanded it and introduced steam power; Smith had already installed the first steam-powered machinery …
A History of the County of Oxford
… f. 126; ORO, MSS dd Par. Witney c 9, f. 202; c 30, f. 113. Smith, 'Reminiscences', 7. Bodl. MS Top. Oxon. d 217, f. 104; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… proportion', and withheld payment from the mason, Humphrey Smith of Abingdon (then Berks.), because it was 'not raised … MS 1616, f. 7; Eng. Episcopal Acta, I: Lincoln, ed. D. M. Smith (1980), 823. BL, Harl. MS 1616, ff. 11v., 65v.; Pipe R … 131317, 628; Cal. Papal Regs. i. 348; ii. 74; J. Russell-Smith, Origin of Witney Feast (Witney Parish Church …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town's chief employers, among them members of the Early, Smith, and Marriott families, together with leading grocers, … 'Ministers' included both men and women, among them Hannah Smith (d. 1817), active at Witney from the 1780s, and women … local disputes. The future blanket-manufacturer William Smith alienated some members by brewing and selling beer in …
A History of the County of Essex
… 27. Feud. Aids, ii. 193; Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), i. 444. Smith, Eccl. Hist. Essex, 312. C. Hodgson, Queen Anne's … Newcourt, Repertorium, ii. 679. E.R.O., D/ACV 5, f. 19. H. Smith, 'Parochial Clergy' (TS. in E.R.O.), ii. 93; D.N.B. …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1838 and may have been erected in 1816 when John Smith, miller, was admitted to the plot. It was sold in 1858 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… clothing, and 15 in coal, for the poor of Wolverley. John Smith, Esq., in 1823, bequeathed 600 for founding an … income, 206; patrons, the Bishop of Worcester, and James Smith, Esq. There is a parsonage-house, and the glebe …