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A History of the County of Oxford
… was succeeded in both shop and mill by Walker & Atkinson Ltd., who continued there until around 1930. 72 In 1952 the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the need to improve infrastructure and attract new industries if Witney was not to become largely a dormitory … combined company of Charles Early and Marriott (Witney) Ltd, was followed by further technical innovation, dubbed a … though few if any were expected to accept. 21 New Industries Smiths' of England, attracted in part by easy …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it retained the range of … and re-invigorated by mechanization. Other Trades and Industries, 15001800 Witney retained the range of occupations …
A History of the County of Oxford
… thanks primarily to the thriving blanket industry; new industries were being attracted, and visitors 'had only to … but Witney retained the range of trades, crafts, and industries typical of a small manufacturing and market town. … Lascelles' Dir. Oxon. (1853). E. B. Taylor, 'Bartlett Bros Ltd' [ c. 1962]: photocopy in COS, DC 16 (1); above, intro. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… World War. 13 A fourth company, James Walker and Sons Ltd of Mirfield (Yorks.), opened a factory at the Crofts in … Street and Crawley mills in 1936. 29 Other Trades and Industries 190045 Except for a universal decline in domestic … arose directly from the Second World War, Crawford Collets Ltd and the West London Optical and Tool Company both moving …
A History of the County of Oxford
… company attended a course there organized by the Wool Industries Training Board, and during the recession of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… after the Second World War with the arrival of major new industries. 276 Building plots along Woodstock Road were … taken over by the newly formed Universal Aircraft Services Ltd, set up as a training school for pilots and engineers … econ. hist. (mkts and fairs); ORO, tithe map. British Industries Business Review (1895), p. 29. Below; cf. ORO, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… it was occupied by the engineering firm Crawford Collets Ltd, which demolished it in 19767 except for part of an … content was not noted. E. B. Taylor, 'Bartlett Bros Ltd' [ c. 1962]: photocopy in COS, DC 16 (1); below. For … e.g. Smith, 'Reminiscences', 14, 256; British Industries Business Review (1895), p. 31. For that building, …