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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to the House of Lords. The town had raised a troop of horse for the Parliamentary army, 78 and it was claimed that …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… construction of the doorway. Each shield is charged with a horse rampant before an oak-tree. In the upper storey, the … windows and, between them, an oblong stone panel with the horse and oak-tree device seen in the label-stops of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… some earth, the skeleton of a man in armour, with his horse, was exposed to view. The family of Meadows, from a … by the use of machinery. Rough coatings, webbings, horse-girthing, tilting for barges and wagons, felting for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1688), clothier: by will proved 1689, 56 6 houses at Duck Alley in Corn Street worth 5 a year, from the death of his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… worth over 30; he and his family worked the land with a horse and cart lent by Early, who reported that the scheme …
A History of the County of Oxford
… based partly on American markets; traditional Witney horse-rugs and point-blankets were still sold, together with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… including dyed duffields, cuts for hammocks, wednel for horse-collars, and tilt-cloths for barges. 37 Rugs were also …
A History of the County of Oxford
… gig-mills outside the town, was apparently confined to a horse-powered rowing machine provided by the Blanket Company … after, 13 and in the mid 19th century there was a small horse- or donkey-powered spinning factory on Corn Street. 14 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… blankets were sold to British firms. 17 Rugs, mops, and horse-collar cloths were still made. 18 Increasing trade …