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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… 5 main farms; a large market garden was then run at Wistow Home Farm. MILL. There was a mill at Wistow in 1086, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1970s there was falling demand for traditional blankets at home and abroad, combined with national recession. Smith and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and son. 135 Most manufactures, whether for export or the home market, still passed through London: in the early 18th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and prospective pupils to be sent elsewhere or educated at home. A petition in 1768, signed by several influential …
A History of the County of Oxford
… large warehouses built in 18811900; it remained the family home until the late 20th century. 141 Others of the Early … Less seriously, a civil defence exercise involving the Home Guard caused some 'discomfiture' to inhabitants when …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and enjoyed 'the warm goodwill' of the town. 273 A home for sick and destitute children, established by one of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… glacial under Hyde, to 'mutual Christian affection'. Home visits, successful campaigns against intemperance and … to modify unruly behaviour in the town began close to home when, after a brief struggle, he reduced the previously …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was revived as an allowed meeting after the Friends' Home Mission Committee supplied a resident worker, and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for the Newfoundland fishery, and blankets for the home trade: the number of persons regularly employed varies …
A History of the County of Essex
… in the woods some of the pigs were slaughtered for home consumption, a larder rent being paid for their storage, …