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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… From at least 1662 the town had its own weights and measures. The Corporation still possesses a brass pint … even Sir Philip Vavasor 69 is a merchant, and trades in coal, firkin-butter &c.' The number and range of trades, …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… in Wistow. A track in the south-west of the parish called Coal Pit Lane had become overgrown with trees by the early …
A History of the County of Oxford
… supplemented, in the late 19th century, by two coal charities. 23 Of those one was briefly combined with a coal benevolent fund, to which subscribers paid what they … the Freeland charities were still largely distributed in coal, bread, and beef, with a donation to the Witney Nursing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… such as the banker John Clinch (d. 1827), the dyers and coal merchants James and William Marriott, and, at Woodgreen, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the market were summoned for failing to enforce legal measures, and in 1717 and 1718 they were fined for refusing … at the market, and issued orders concerning weights, measures, and forestalling, 67 though in 1842 the clerks …
A History of the County of Oxford
… added significantly to transport costs and, by hindering coal-supply, delayed the adoption of steam power: such … 40 James Marriott (d. 1904), whose family worked as dyers, coal merchants, and farmers for much of the 19th century, … introduced power looms in 1858; 43 thereafter, with cheap coal available by rail from 1861, steam power became common. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… builders Leigh and Sons, Young's engineering, Marriott's coal business, and the Eagle Brewery. 30 Pritchett and Co.'s …
A History of the County of Oxford
… away' to the National schools by 'bribes of clothing, coal, and bread', suggesting that religious considerations …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Dean and with the Midlands, principally for import of coal and salt; both companies offered preferential rates for coal passing through Witney, where coal prices, in contrast with those of most other goods, …