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A History of the County of Oxford
… and vocational courses; staff from Earlys' blanket-making company attended a course there organized by the Wool …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the 1760s, 219 and in 1816 the lawyer Charles Leake, making improvements to No. 27 Church Green, was presented to … 1920s by the Witney Mills Housing Society, a non-profit-making association established by the Early family to provide …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a weaving shed, it is said to have been last used for mop-making, but such buildings could easily change their use, and … William Smith was anonymously accused of making 'a fever nest for the town' by 'cheap conversion of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Hill. 294 In 1922 the UDC expressed concern that it was making a loss, but by 1936, when there were seven …
A History of the County of Essex
… introduced and the company enjoyed a decade of expansion, making many ships for British and foreign governments, before the firm was bankrupted in 1922, making c. 150 men unemployed. The shipyard had been the … Colchester Manu- facturing Co. Ltd. employed c. 25 women making clothing from 1935 until c. 1946 at its factory in …
A History of the County of Essex
… paid than relief in kind; occasionally money was paid for making clothes for paupers. In 1826 there were 44 people …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… vicinity of the town. An act was passed in 1845 for making a railway called the Wear-Valley railway: the line …