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A History of the County of Oxford
… who made his fortune in London as a member of the Grocers' Company. In 1660, at his own expense, he built the surviving … and income were vested in the Wardens of the Grocers' Company as Governors; the Provost and four senior Fellows of … the age of 16, but not go to university. The Grocers' Company acceeded, contributing 1,200 to repair the buildings. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… failure of rival schemes in 18456 93 the Witney Railway Company was established in 1858, principally by leading landowners, professionals, bankers, and brewers; an Act of incorporation was obtained the following … to Fairford (Glos.) by the East Gloucestershire Railway Company, a separate undertaking which was merged with the GWR …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the east side of High Street in 1721, the Blanket Weavers' Company (founded 1711) met in a barn on the opposite side of … other outbuildings were to the rear. Following the Blanket Company's disbandment in 1847 the hall housed a brewery and … 19th century, families such as the Clinches, bankers and brewers. 289 Dissent seems to have had a major impact on the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… self-regulation through the newly founded Blanket Weavers' Company. 22 By then, however, vestry government was … street-lighting was adopted in the late 1830s. 299 The gas company's contract was annually renegotiated with the … and UDC: lamps were usually lit only in winter, and the company was made responsible for their warehousing, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… London connections whose son became warden of the Blanket Company, and several members of the Early family were Quakers …
A History of the County of Essex
… Co. Ltd. New machinery and plant was introduced and the company enjoyed a decade of expansion, making many ships for … between 1966 and 1981 by J. Gliksten & Co., a timber company, for storing hard and softwoods from Scandinavia and … 2 Mar. 1765. E.R.O., sale cat. B1925. I. P. Peaty, Essex Brewers, 120; O.S. Map 1/2,500, Essex XXXVII. 6 (1876 edn.); …
A History of the County of Essex
… system with Colchester's Hythe sewage works. 91 A gas company was formed in 1861, perhaps that described in 1878 as …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… water-works established under an act passed in 1845, by a company having a capital of 20,000. In 1847 an act was passed for uniting the former gas-light company with the new gas company. A public subscription library was founded in 1794, …
A History of the County of Oxford
A History of the County of Oxford
… c. 1700; in 1757 it was sold to the first of a series of brewers, and from 1771 was certainly an alehouse. From 1774 …
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