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A History of the County of Oxford
… large numbers: in 1900 there were around 250 looms and 800 workers, half of them employed by Charles Early & Co., and by 1922 there were over 1,000 workers and 400 looms. 4 Despite recession the industry still … and temporarily converted to other uses, some looms and workers being transferred to Early's and Marriott's, while …
A History of the County of Oxford
… born in 1815 to a relatively humble family of blanket-workers, may have been typical. Having learned writing at … school. 18 By then Witney had become, and remained, an educational centre for the surrounding area, 220 out of … and Technical School: 150 a year was to benefit blanket-workers' children in the form of scholarships, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nearer Corn Street's west end, presumably for quarry-workers, though none were recorded later. The form Corn … parts of the town, with large numbers of blanket-workers around Corn Street, Woodgreen, and West End, and glovers and agricultural workers around Newland. Wealthier and professional …
A History of the County of Oxford
… chambers. 105 Besides clothiers' stock-in-trade and cloth workers' tools (including tuckers' shears and grindstones, … to have won the respect of Witney Nonconformists for his educational achievements. 330 His unpopular successor John … 2001: cuttings in COS. Inf. from West Oxon. Conservative Assoc. website (2003); the Witney constituency was created in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… estates outside the town, despite the fact that most workers lived there and were assumed to enjoy its facilities. … they nevertheless contributed to unemployment by hiring workers on short contracts or as apprentices. 191 In 1730 the … Cal. Pat. 134850, 241. Inf. from West Oxon. Conservative Assoc. website (2003). For town politics in county elections, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… keen interest in the conduct and moral wellbeing of their workers, and encouraged and rewarded teetotalism. 116 56. The … on Corn Street, a predominantly working-class area of mill workers, labourers, and small craftsmen, 139 is probably not … Congregational Churches in Berks., S. Oxon. and S. Bucks. Assoc. (1905), 270; DNB s.v. Cotton Mather, Increase Mather. …