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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: trade and industry 1900-1945 TRADE AND INDUSTRY 19001945 During the earlier 20th century Witney's economy remained chiefly dependent on the blanket industry and to a lesser extent on glove manufacture, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… usual) learned needlework, knitting, and 'habits of useful industry', the products of which were sold to help fund the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was developed as the chief … Bicester, or Eynsham, though by then the local cloth industry was expanding and population was probably rising … 1818. 42 By the mid 17th century, as the town's blanket industry developed, 43 the parish's total adult population …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on tables and cupboards. 102 Those engaged in the woollen industry needed to store and process raw materials and … followed national trends. 153 The Buildings of the Blanket Industry 154 Early Buildings Before blanket production became … families, several of whom were connected with the cloth industry and had London trade links. 284 Evidence of medieval …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 17th century came to nothing, though from 1711 the cloth industry secured economic self-regulation through the newly … which he attributed partly to mechanization in the blanket industry and to consequent unemployment, 200 and from the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the group seem to have been associated with the cloth industry and to have had London trade links, those from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which is also a Sunday school for boys; and a school of industry, used on Sundays as a girls' school. Witton (St. …
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 …