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A History of the County of Oxford
… need for local employment, particularly during the national recession of the 1970s and 1980s, which affected … collapsing markets for traditional blankets, combined with national recession, led to rapid decline and to closure of … for traditional blankets at home and abroad, combined with national recession. Smith and Philips' Bridge Street and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… west Oxfordshire uprising against the gentry in 1596. 29 National difficulties in the cloth industry in the early 17th … to such difficulties: as such it formed part of a broader national trend following the disruption and collapse of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the market place was surfaced with tarmac in 1903 to meet national requirements, following a temporary closure ordered …
A History of the County of Oxford
… rapidly, with some leading clothiers operating on a national or international scale. More general resurgence of … growth of Witney's cloth industry, in part a response to national trends, probably helped to stimulate the town's … Witney's industry during the 13th century, coinciding with national trends and with the borough's early growth, was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… pairs of blankets a year, between a fifth and a quarter of national output; 6 capacity remained broadly similar after … by electricity supplied from a turbo-alternator and the national grid. 8 Rotary milling machines replaced fulling …
A History of the County of Oxford
… schools, which also taught reading. 12 A nondenominational National school was established in 1813 on Bridge Street, … 13 A Wesleyan day-school was opened in 1851. 14 The National school was at first ill-disciplined and 'not so well … new premises on Church Green in 1856, and a second National school at Woodgreen opened in the 1860s. 15 In the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on Bridge Street and at Church Green, St Mary's National school (1856) at Church Green, and the union … and despite temporary slowing of the pace during the national recessions of the 1970s and early 1990s, a tenth of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1981. 24 Other Witney houses generally followed national stylistic trends. A number of buildings remain with … Woodgreen - an essentially suburban growth which followed national trends. 153 The Buildings of the Blanket Industry … room in the newly built Corn Exchange, stocked with national and local newspapers. The Witney Natural History and …