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A History of the County of Oxford
… prises demanded for the king or queen allegedly kept merchants away in 1276 and 13012, when tolls brought in under …
A History of the County of Oxford
… names, 11 combined with references to wool merchants and fulling mills, 12 suggest early textile … Prises demanded by the king or queen allegedly discouraged merchants from attending Witney market in the late 13th and … though it seems likely that some were also prominent merchants or traders: Robert Lambert, who owned three houses …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Marriott (d. 1904), whose family worked as dyers, coal merchants, and farmers for much of the 19th century, … H. Tarrant and Sons' grocers, tea-dealers, and provision merchants, established on the former Lamb Inn site at the … at Market Square, stocked similar goods and were wine and spirit merchants, while Valentine and Barrell, who opened a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… curriculum aimed at preparing the sons of wealthier merchants, manufacturers and minor gentry for university. … school was geared to preparing the sons of wealthier merchants, manufacturers, and minor gentry for university by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to stimulate trade and maximise profits by attracting merchants and craftsmen, and in that, despite fluctuating … Houses occupied by a variety of craftsmen, traders, and merchants, some of them substantial people, lay intermixed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Newland. 108 Some cottages may have been built by woollen merchants and manufacturers for their workers: in 1840 … town's general tone, both reflecting and reinforcing the spirit of thrifty, sober-minded industriousness which so … Wesley: in 1764 Wesley contrasted the inhabitants' 'quiet spirit', 'remarkable diligence in business', and 'calm, civil …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and artlessness' of the congregation, and by a prevailing 'spirit of seriousness' which made the Witney meeting 'a … years later two Quakers served as town bailiffs. 20 The spirit of cooperation was evident in early 19th-century … chapel and burial plots. 23 The leading Methodists' spirit of sober but ecumenical liberalism was typified by …
A History of the County of Essex
… 3 boats. William and Thomas Sandford were lead- ing oyster merchants of the early 19th century. They had their own … towns by land. William Sandford, like several other local merchants, was involved in more than one business. He was a … A coalyard was recorded in 1722, and there were 2 coal merchants in 1851. 23 In the 18th century and the early 19th …