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A History of the County of Oxford
… gig-mills outside the town, was apparently confined to a horse-powered rowing machine provided by the Blanket Company … after, 13 and in the mid 19th century there was a small horse- or donkey-powered spinning factory on Corn Street. 14 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… blankets were sold to British firms. 17 Rugs, mops, and horse-collar cloths were still made. 18 Increasing trade …
A History of the County of Oxford
… part-time students of all ages, and ran agricultural and horse-management courses from sites at Hailey and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Eynsham, turnpiked at the same time, was then only a 'horse road', but became the chief carriage route following …
A History of the County of Oxford
… bleaching house, and around 1850 John George established a horse-powered spinning factory there or nearby. 160 In 1873 … in Witney at premises on High Street, driven by an eight-horse-power engine acquired about 1851. 177 In 2003, before … Inn while gathering an army of some 5,000 foot and 4,000 horse, augmented with artillery from Oxford, before moving to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 312 at first apparently using a fire engine fetched by horse from Cokethorpe (near Ducklington). 313 In 1880 the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Selsey Hill, a distance of nearly eight miles, the sea has absorbed a very considerable portion of the prebendal … farmhouse. Bishop Shirborne, induced by the beauty of the sea view, bounded by the Isle of Wight, built a lofty … a lofty ridge 633 feet above the level of the sea: there are several excellent quarries of stone. Witton …
A History of the County of Essex
… is evidence of marsh drainage in 163940 and 16467, and the sea walls were mended in 16523. 44 There were close links … 92 By 1874 twelve Wivenhoe smacks were engaged in deep- sea oyster fishing. 93 Until c. 1880, by which time many … associated with the port in the 19th century. 25 North Sea Canners (Great Britain) Ltd. opened on The Quay in 1932 …