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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1881 Agriculture 70 62 12 1 Horseracing 0 0 38 41 Retail, trade, and manufacture 18 25 17 26 Domestic service 9 9 28 20 …
A History of the County of Essex
… persons were engaged in agriculture compared with 148 in trade and handicrafts. 15 A market-Monkhams, Milkwell …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and handsome. Glove-making is the principal branch of trade, and although fluctuating, is carried on to a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Margetts, also landlord of the Bear, but the coaching trade declined so sharply that by 1844 the Marlborough Arms … First World War. The hotel was restored in the 1930s and trade received sharply during the Second World War. 10 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… towns, and many who were probably engaged in only local trade reached aldermanic rank: 81 the bakers John Norris (fl. … (fl. 1580) all became mayor. Some may have combined their trade with innkeeping, notably John Norris who held the Crown … chandler, and cap maker. 83 Henry Dogett (d. 1491), whose trade is not recorded, held estates in north Berkshire, was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… foundation was presumably a response to the gravitation of trade to the vicinity of the court, and Henry's motives … Woodstock a staple town briefly stimulated the local wool trade, and in 1585 the town acquired a grammar school. 72 The … central to the town's economy, stimulating the coaching trade, benefiting innkeepers and shopkeepers, and aiding the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… within the borough. 15 In 1581 a bill to restrict such trade to inhabitants only, except on market days, was dashed … themselves to particular occupations, and in one case to trade only in markets and fairs. 84 In the 18th century …
A History of the County of Oxford
… included William Hatley, 'a beggar', anxious to trade his vote for a settlement of his debts, John Appletree, … Foster, Churchill, 19-23; James, Churchill, 43; Agric. Trade Unionism Oxon. (O.R.S. xlviii), 11, 13-14. Foster, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 8 and many cottagers at Brookend were employed in the trade part-time c. 1955. 9 Although salmon fishing has been … c. 1670 and was obstructing barges. 20 OTHER INDUSTRY AND TRADE. The River Severn provided the parish with other …