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A History of the County of Oxford
… and 800 workers, half of them employed by Charles Early & Co., and by 1922 there were over 1,000 workers and 400 looms. … considerable expansion of dyeing plants. 9 Charles Early & Co., William Smith & Co., and Marriott & Sons remained the chief manufacturers, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1902 the schools were accordingly united as the co-educational Witney Grammar and Technical School, and the … library. 49 After the building of a new Wesleyan chapel a co-educational day school, under consideration by 1849, was … England (1982), 49. For the Boxes, in Witney by the 1440s, Hants RO, 11M59/B1/181; Witney Ct. Bks. 218. Fleming, Witney …
A History of the County of Oxford
… them Downton (Wilts.), New Alresford, and Overton (both Hants), are more firmly dated to the early 13th century: New … were recorded later. The form Corn Street was superseding Crondall or Corndel Street by the 16th century, 159 and was … on three large mill complexes: Charles Early & Co.'s Witney Mills on Mill Street, William Smith & Co.'s …
A History of the County of Oxford
… good, more often characterized by mutual tolerance and co-operation than by occasional disputes over education or … Oxf. City Docs. ed. J. E. T. Rogers (OHS 18), 309, 324. Hants RO, 11M59/B1/206, f. 8; above (origin and devpt). J. … (1895 and later edns); for Foreshew, M. Bee, 'Clinch and Co.', Oxon. Local Hist. vol. 2, no. 3 (1985), 779. Godson, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Street Lighting The Witney Gas (later Gas and Coke) Co. built a gasworks east of High Street in the late 1830s, … supply was becoming common. 291 The Witney Electric Supply Co., established around 1899 with offices at No. 71 High … PR 121011, ed. Holt, 63; Winch. PR 13012, ed. Page, 144; Hants RO, 11M59/B1/100 sqq. Hants RO, 11M59/B1/12; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (Cant. & York Soc.), pp. xixxx. Cal. Pat. 15578, 147. Hants RO, 11M59/B1/2856; PRO, C 54/3418, mm. 3941; Complete Peerage, vii. 54952. Hants RO, 11M59/B1/287318; ORO, Misc. Je. I/1, ff. 17, 35v., … Oxon. 4/6/29, 295/1/24; below, Curbridge, econ. hist. Hants RO, 11M59/E2/159517/158, Wit. 32. PRO, SP 28/213, f. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 11v., 65v.; Pipe R 1211 (PRS n.s. 28), pp. xxiv, 245. VCH Hants, ii. 194. e.g. Rot. Welles, ii (LRS 6), 3, 29; ORO, … (LRS 11), 480; Rot. Gravesend (LRS 20), 215; Reg. Sandale (Hants. Rec. Soc., 1897), 2667; Cal. Pat. 123247, 371; 125866, … (Cant. & York Soc.), i. 6334; ii. 7001; Reg. Sandale (Hants. Rec. Soc., 1897), 126, 2667; Cal. Pat. 123247, 371; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Thornton family, of whom James left two daughters, who, as co-heiresses, conveyed it by marriage to the Trevelyans and …
A History of the County of Essex
… a voyage which led to the founding of the Hudson's Bay Co. 99 He and others also built many ships for the navy, … providing related supplies and services. 11 G. Rennie & Co. of Greenwich joined with Forrestt at the upstream yard in … Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering and Dry Dock Co. Ltd. New machinery and plant was introduced and the …
A History of the County of Essex
… in a 'disgraceful state' and the Tendring Hundred Railway Co. re- placed it with a new road, which had tollgates in … to the post office. 21 About 1900 the National Telephone Co. employed one operator at its exchange at 88 High Street … 1722-7 and 1734- 41 and director of the East India Co. Apart from Martin's mansion and another, Wivenhoe Park, …