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A History of the County of Oxford
… beds, a truckle bed (perhaps for a servant), a little cabinet, a hanging press, and a desk. 66 Such men must have … dyers, coal merchants, and farmers rather than blanket makers. 109 Other developments were apparently undertaken by … life was increasingly dominated by the principal blanket-makers, by prosperous tradesmen and retailers such as the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from 1795, members of the Dolley family, local blanket-makers, by 1818 Charles Henderson, bailiff of Witney and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… included prosperous clothiers, master weavers, blanket-makers, fullers, maltsters, and other leading tradesmen. 14 … included several prominent Witney clothiers, blanket-makers, drapers, and other tradesmen, at least one of whom … ibid. MS Wills Oxon. 8/4/34; Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 1213, 23; Plummer, Witney Blanket Ind. 19, 132, 140, …
A History of the County of Essex
… employed as ropemakers, 5 as twinespinners, and 6 as sail- makers. A coalyard was recorded in 1722, and there were 2 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… place has long been celebrated; furnishing ironmongery and cabinet brasses, with every branch of the iron manufacture; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from a fulling mill to a paper mill, attracting paper-makers to the village. 64 Otherwise the recorded occupations, … The parish registers record 9 or 10 millwrights, 7 paper-makers, and 3 printers between 1815 and 1840, and several of … corn and paper mills to a succession of millers and paper-makers. John Beckford, a local man, was tenant in 1708. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… established as one of the country's leading wrought iron makers, its products including bar, flat, cable, rivet, and …