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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
… his difficulties by eccentric severity, neglect of his duties, and, in the 1730s, by a public scandal concerning an … 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, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… although by then the Marriotts were principally dyers, coal merchants, and farmers rather than blanket makers. 109 … listing rent from power looms and increased expenditure on coal. ORO, B1/Y1/1. Plans and notes in possession of J. B. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the office was said to be largely nominal, the chief duties being suppression of nuisances and transportation of … the court leet still elected constables for ceremonial duties; 176 in the early 1850s the parish constable was still … 289 Until the advent of the railway the need to haul coal by road probably limited the gasworks' capacity to a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… that registered for worship in 1826, was rented from a coal dealer for use as a chapel, 137 though as usual with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is wholly distributed among the poor, who also receive in coal the produce of 9 acres allotted at the inclosure. … some woodland and plantations. The substratum contains coal and lead, the former indifferent, and the latter very … have been sold by Sir W. Chaytor for nearly 100,000. Good coal abounds in the vicinity, at a moderate depth, and from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the produce of some other bequests, in money, coal, and clothing. The poor-law union of Wokingham comprises …
A History of the County of Essex
… the 1920s, and distributions made in money, food, and coal. 22 M. B. Brown of New York had spent some years in …