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A History of the County of Oxford
… one in 1784 was an ironmonger, grocer, cheesemonger, and bacon-dealer. 203 Also recorded from the 16th century were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was transformed by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family … was in a prosperous state'. 7 37. Woodgreen blanket factory ( later Henry Early's), mid 19 th century. By the … a fifth of the town's working population were wage-earning factory workers, but Witney retained the range of trades, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… James Walker and Sons Ltd of Mirfield (Yorks.), opened a factory at the Crofts in 1933, and in the late 1940s had 50 … bedding, clothes, and footwear, moving in 1921 to a new factory at the Leys where, by the 1930s, it also manufactured … to government contract. Smith and Philips' Bridge Street factory was requisitioned in 1941 and temporarily converted …
A History of the County of Oxford
… established in 1872, and Pritchett & Webley's glove factory at Newland, which replaced earlier premises in the … on the Leys' western edge, and Walker and Son's blanket factory at the Crofts, south of Corn Street. The former, … War was further extended and developed into a major repair factory, with new hangars and workshops; it remained an …
A History of the County of Oxford
… owner of Mount Mills, lived at Mount House between the factory and Church Green, a largely 18th-century house which … has led to their fairly widespread survival. 24. Blanket factory at Nos. 556 West End, c. 1910. ( A. gateway, store … although without a source of power: John Early's Newland factory, built or extended in 1825, 158 accommodated 52 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of health. 116 From 1901 it had limited powers over factory conditions, which in 1903 it was said to have … in 19278 following a disastrous fire at Pritchett's glove factory in Newland, just over the urban boundary, and a new …
A History of the County of Essex
… c. 25 women making clothing from 1935 until c. 1946 at its factory in Alma Street. 35 In 1951 the clothing industry …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Works. 97 In the 1940s Russells Rubber Co. Ltd. set up a factory in the former Capewell nail works, making rubber … 98 From 1973 Telford development corporation provided new factory sites on its Stafford Park industrial estate, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… south side of the road. During the Second World War the factory was used by the Gloster Aircraft Co. but production … in the 1950s. The company also occupied a 20th-century factory east of Southfields Mill from 1938 and in 1972 … B.G.A.S. lxx. 132-3; cf. Glouc. Jnl. 4 July 1829. Rep. Factory Com. (1834), p. 38. Little, Woodchester, 42. Glos. …