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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 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… family firms until after the Second World War. 13 A fourth company, James Walker and Sons Ltd of Mirfield (Yorks.), … per cent of Witney's total; 14 the initiative allowed the company to exploit the Witney trade-name, which, since a … in which Witney blankets were held. 15 The Witney Blanket Company continued as a mail-order supplier of blankets, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… who made his fortune in London as a member of the Grocers' Company. In 1660, at his own expense, he built the surviving … and income were vested in the Wardens of the Grocers' Company as Governors; the Provost and four senior Fellows of … the age of 16, but not go to university. The Grocers' Company acceeded, contributing 1,200 to repair the buildings. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… failure of rival schemes in 18456 93 the Witney Railway Company was established in 1858, principally by leading … to Fairford (Glos.) by the East Gloucestershire Railway Company, a separate undertaking which was merged with the GWR … on High Street, built for the recently established Blanket Company in 1720-1, and the town hall, rebuilt in classical …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the east side of High Street in 1721, the Blanket Weavers' Company (founded 1711) met in a barn on the opposite side of … other outbuildings were to the rear. Following the Blanket Company's disbandment in 1847 the hall housed a brewery and … the market place, was built by the private Corn Exchange Company in 18634, replacing a probably 16th-century building …
A History of the County of Oxford
… self-regulation through the newly founded Blanket Weavers' Company. 22 By then, however, vestry government was … street-lighting was adopted in the late 1830s. 299 The gas company's contract was annually renegotiated with the … and UDC: lamps were usually lit only in winter, and the company was made responsible for their warehousing, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… London connections whose son became warden of the Blanket Company, and several members of the Early family were Quakers …
A History of the County of Essex
… Co. Ltd. New machinery and plant was introduced and the company enjoyed a decade of expansion, making many ships for … between 1966 and 1981 by J. Gliksten & Co., a timber company, for storing hard and softwoods from Scandinavia and …
A History of the County of Essex
… system with Colchester's Hythe sewage works. 91 A gas company was formed in 1861, perhaps that described in 1878 as …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… water-works established under an act passed in 1845, by a company having a capital of 20,000. In 1847 an act was passed for uniting the former gas-light company with the new gas company. A public subscription library was founded in 1794, …