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A History of the County of Oxford
… villages. It included a science laboratory, craft and domestic-science rooms, and a gymnasium, together with a hall …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for industrial outbuildings or cottages. Few medieval domestic buildings appear to have survived even behind later … of back lanes in Witney, access to such buildings, whether domestic or industrial, was usually from the street, either … Gray in the 1750s, by which time most of the medieval domestic buildings there seem to have been demolished. Other …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 … implying a landing large enough to place furniture. Domestic Amenities The capital investment that made clothiers … that people may have been wary of spending money on domestic comforts when the capital demands of their business …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 263 Despite the availability of mains water and sewerage, domestic amenities were improved only gradually. In 1910 many … of 38,000 cubic ft., and it is unlikely that many domestic properties were supplied before then; by 1910, … supplemented by a steel one of 56,000 cubic ft., 290 and domestic supply was becoming common. 291 The Witney Electric …
A History of the County of Oxford
… splays, and containing private chambers; an abutting domestic range, probably of two storeys, projected … was apparently added in the 13th century. A high-status domestic building with a fireplace, tiled roof, glazed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the team ministry in the parish. 133 Church Architecture The 12 th and 13 th Centuries The large, … the chantry's dissolution, 163 was later converted to domestic use, acquiring chimneys against its east and north walls, domestic-style windows, and a battlemented wall linking its …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is an ancient edifice combining various periods of English architecture, with a tower on the north side, and contains …
A History of the County of Essex
… for weaving, fulling, and 'oding' of cloth. 47 Some domestic weaving was carried on in the parish but it ceased … Barclay & Co. bankers by 1902. 33 In 1891 there were 103 domestic servants, including housekeepers, out of a recorded …