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A History of the County of Oxford
… of the local cloth industry, 3 but all four sites were associated with cloth manufacture at various times, and from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was the largest single employer in the area apart from British Leyland in Oxford. 23 46. Smiths' of England …
A History of the County of Oxford
… some 3540 per cent of recorded trades in the borough were associated with the cloth industry, with small artisans, … prominent Stapler was Edward Wilmot (d. 1558), an incomer associated with the Wenmans, who was Witney's wealthiest … obvious reason why Witney should have become so closely associated with blanket manufacture. Robert Plot, describing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the same area, though in the late 18th century festivities associated with Witney feast were held on Curbridge Downs, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Hardwick, Standlake, and Signet (in Burford) were associated with the Witney industry at various times: cf. VCH …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a process common elsewhere in the 1830s, but more often associated with introduction of power-weaving. 18 By the … largest sector was the leather industry, still closely associated with wool supply, and including tanning, … to Witney Mills (1898): copy in Bodl. GA Oxon. 8 701; British Industries Business Review (1895), 29. Smith, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was a notable market, though most blankets were sold to British firms. 17 Rugs, mops, and horse-collar cloths were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at various Sunday schools, while writing was taught in associated Saturday evening classes. 16 The experiences of … 1662), one of a prominent family of farmers and fullers associated with the town since the mid 15th century, who made … science students rose from 15 in 18901 to 50 by 1896, when associated classes in the grammar school had another 20 art …
A History of the County of Oxford
… have followed the outline of furlongs; 20 possibly it was associated with the building-up of Corn Street in the 16th … by the 18th century as Gunn's Hole, seem to have been associated with much later town drainage. 117 The 'Saxon … Cal. QS, i, pp. 153b, 181; ORO, Welch XXVIII/1. Universal British Dir. (17908), iv. 806; Pigot's Lond. & Prov. Dir. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… earliest roof structures known to survive in the town are associated with some of those buildings: Nos. 1012 High … to the river. 38 Such broad street-entries were often associated with industrial use of rear premises, and, … sports clubs, included a strong Women's Institute, a British Legion, a Young Men's Social Club based at Church …