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A History of the County of Oxford
… century, apparently through poor management. 81 Metalwork, Engineering, and Miscellaneous Trades Metal-working and … encouraged heavier industry, and in 1872 Witney's first engineering firm, that of Daniel Young, was established on …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the ironmongers and builders Leigh and Sons, Young's engineering, Marriott's coal business, and the Eagle Brewery. … Thomas Wesley Barrell in 1934. 34 The introduction of new engineering firms, significant for Witney's later industrial …
A History of the County of Oxford
… additions in 1974 included a purpose-built library and engineering block. 101 From 1963 the college included departments for engineering and construction, agriculture, business studies, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… east of High Street, established by 1840, Daniel Young's engineering works on Bridge Street, established in 1872, and … Development since 1945 Besides De Havilland several small engineering firms were established in Witney during the … by the Ministry of Aircraft Production. 297 After Smiths' engineering firm took over the former De Havilland factory in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… falling into disrepair, from 1940 it was occupied by the engineering firm Crawford Collets Ltd, which demolished it in … of the Second World War, which brought to the town new engineering firms relocated to escape the Blitz, was far … Valley housing estate, built for workers at Smiths' engineering works on the former aerodrome site, was said to …
A History of the County of Essex
… than in London, to become Rennie Forrestt Shipbuilding, Engineering and Dry Dock Co. Ltd. New machinery and plant was … based there in the later 20th century. Messrs. Whitehead Engineering and Skilton West Ltd. traded as marine engineers …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in Shropshire, closed in 1982. About 1951 the Fairmile Engineering Co. of Bradford, then under Lilleshall Co. … Both had ceased by 1983 but Boliver Preece & Co., a small engineering firm founded in 1923, remained at the Charlton … (1873), 108. Above, Lilleshall, Econ. Hist. (Iron and Engineering). Gale and Nicholls, op. cit. 31-4, 52; Colliery …