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A History of the County of Essex
… alongside the traditional fishing, was an estab- lished industry in Wivenhoe; both industries survived until the mid … to the town, stimulating not only the yachtbuilding industry but also local businesses providing related supplies … at its factory in Alma Street. 35 In 1951 the clothing industry employed 5.2 per cent of the 670 people working in …
A History of the County of Essex
… with cloth and returned with wool for the Colchester cloth industry. 11 Ships sailed to London, Gainsborough (Lincs.), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… had 63 a. of arable. 58 There may have been some cloth industry in Wolvercote in the Middle Ages. The high value of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Few roads are likely to have been made before industry and settlement expanded in the 17th century, though …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… remained as farmland and was little affected by mining or industry until a few deep pits were sunk around Priorslee … since 1715, 29 improved and expanded the local mining industry: c. 1730 an atmospheric pumping engine was installed … the open heaps or circular ovens that had served the iron industry since the days of Abraham Darby (I). 66 While there …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… overseen by a bailiff, in 1535-6. 1 Settlement grew with industry and mining between the 16th and 19th centuries, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… brook, whose ancient course was largely obliterated by industry. 65 The other boundaries apparently did not follow …