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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Corn Exchange behind the Town Hall was built by a private company. 98 The first cattle market was enlarged in 1827 and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… has been enlarged in 1898, 1904, and 1930-8. 21 A private company operated a telegraph service until 1870, when it was … service was provided from 1898 by the National Telephone Company. 23 A weekly newspaper known as the Lynn and Wisbech … and the prices high. 47The Wisbech Gas Light and Coke Company, with works in Eastfield, was formed in 1859. 48Its …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in force for some years, and under its provisions the company enacted laws; but in process of time, it was found to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (econ. life 15001800: other trades). M. Bee, 'Clinch and Company, Brewers', Oxon. Local Hist. vol. 2, no. 3 (1985), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… abandoned. In 1948 Marriott's became a public limited company, followed by Early's soon after, 6 and in the early … in 1960 of Early's and Marriott's, forming the combined company of Charles Early and Marriott (Witney) Ltd, was … the premises for furniture-making. 15 The Witney Blanket Company, also taken over by a larger company and faced with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… coats, and the establishment in 1670 of the Hudson Bay Company increased export opportunities: the Company ordered 45 pairs of Oxfordshire (presumably Witney) … seem not to have forged strong links with the Company before the 1730s. 44 Trade with Africa is implied in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to a horse-powered rowing machine provided by the Blanket Company for its members in 1782, used for raising the nap … at West End were sold in 1847. 23 Meanwhile the Blanket Company, widely perceived by the 1810s as an anachronistic … around 1800, 25 and though officers were elected until the Company's official closure in 1847, by the 1830s it had …