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A History of the County of Oxford
… just west of the town, made industrial collets for machine tools; it continued its expansion after the war, and by 1963, when new machine shops were opened on the site, exported to over 200 … 1948, besides the still-dominant blanket industry, were a machine-tools factory (presumably Crawford's), Compton and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Probably the ground floor was used for the viewing, weighing, measuring, and marking of blankets, while the upper … D. dining-room/chapel; E. kitchen; F. scullery; G. weighing-room for provisions; H. receiving-room for stores; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… either in or out of the workhouse, for which a carding machine was bought in 1801; 204 total income from spinning …
A History of the County of Oxford
… increased production. In 1984 the mill specialized in on-machine coated papers for printed labels. 77 Cutteslowe The …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… innovation and mechanization, for instance the MASHING MACHINE and the use of steam, for example [Patents (1784)], …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Co., had become an industrial estate, used by a firm of machine-tool engineers and as a distribution centre by other …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but purpose-built factories were not introduced until machine stitching became general in the later 19th century. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… male glovers in the whole county outside Oxford. 54 Some machine stitching had been introduced by 1871, when there … wool and other wares, allowing the mayor the profits of weighing wool, and ordering the use of weights similar to … own premises during markets and fairs. 49 The profits from weighing wool, granted to the mayor in 1565, were diverted in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… among the town's glovers and in 1831 a group deported for machine breaking included Woodstock men. 10 The borough lost …