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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… (48 out of 102) who left in 1858-9 took up 'field work'-even in a town of 10,000 population. Two became …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… people in the town', it was said, 'but what are in trade; even Sir Philip Vavasor 69 is a merchant, and trades in coal, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in the north part of the parish in later times, 17 and even where assarts had been made, traces of the original …
A History of the County of Oxford
… such as Burford, Bicester, or Abingdon (then Berks.). Even by the 1540s and 1550s, when wealth within the town was … more usual summer work geared to the domestic market. 46 Even so, the Witney industry seems to have experienced varied … estates acquired perhaps in part for the wool tithe. 92 Even lesser craftsmen sometimes kept sheep, a narrow-weaver …
A History of the County of Oxford
… meaning that few such accumulations were permanent, while even the largest holdings were little bigger than a peasant …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fall in population, with relatively limited unemployment even during the depression of the 1930s. 1 A Witney chamber …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until 1877 when the grammar school was reorganized. Even then it failed to respond to the growing demand for … with some marked success in external examinations, though even in the 1860s only a small proportion of pupils were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and at Hanborough in 1853 coaching apparently declined, even before Witney acquired its own railway station: 83 in … building was chiefly in Corn Street and Woodgreen, 170 even in the later Middle Ages there may have been little … Few medieval domestic buildings appear to have survived even behind later faades, a reflection of the town's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1596 a weaver had glass worth 1 s. 1 d. in his hall, even though his total assets were worth under 5 and he had … between 1887 and 1893 by a Mr Paintin, 136 and Nos. 3878 (even) and 4551 (odd) at the Crofts, built by 1899, belonged … the late king's army being quartered in those parts'. 313 Even when unoccupied the town was subject to demands for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… superseded by an elected urban district council with even broader powers, although both were run by the same …