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A History of the County of Oxford
… adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers still … 2 and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's 'staple' trade. 3 Difficulties in the 1850s, when the … and were wine and spirit merchants, while Valentine and Barrell, who opened a large store at Market Square about …
A History of the County of Oxford
… INDUSTRY 19001945 During the earlier 20th century Witney's economy remained chiefly dependent on the blanket industry … manufacturers, accounting for 90 per cent of the town's production in 1949; 10 in the mid 1920s Smith's merged with … furniture manufacture, was established by Thomas Wesley Barrell in 1934. 34 The introduction of new engineering …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the right to deliver and return royal writs, the king's officers being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors except in connection with Crown pleas. 1 In 1284 the … the later Middle Ages. 3 Within Witney manor the bishop's liberties and manorial rights were exercised by his bailiff …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Wivenhoe 98. WIVENHOE. (D.d.) (O.S. 6 in. xxxvii. N.W.) Wivenhoe is a parish and small town on the left bank of the Colne, 3 m. S.E. of Colchester. The church, Wivenhoe Hall and the house … North and South Porches are modern. There was a N. but no S. chapel before the restoration. The Church, Plan …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (1727)]. Alternatively it could refer to a child's hobby-horse or a TOY horse, but probably not to a ROCKING … tea, possibly the same one, was still on sale in the U.S.A. during the1850s. It had its own entry in an American … though this last was prohibited by [Acts (1710)]. The OED's quotations suggest that it was regarded as particularly …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Woodsford 51 WOODSFORD (7690) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 78 NE, bSY 79 SE) The roughly rectangular … of Woodsford, covering some 1,700 acres, lies on the S. side of the river Frome, 4 m. E. of Dorchester. It slopes gently N. from about 200 ft. above O.D. in the S. to 120 ft. along the Frome. The S. half is all on Bagshot …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and burial ground were reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 … in an agreement with Bladon parishioners over Woodstock's responsibility for repairs to Bladon church and churchyard, … usually called the Bladon composition, rising from 3 s. to 3 s. 4 d. a year; 39 a payment to Bladon in 1555 was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wool 52 WOOL (8486) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish … the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on Reading Beds and London Clay, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the Crown until c. 1115 when Henry I gave them to William's grandson Walter de Clare (d. c. 1138). Walter founded … (d. c. 1148) and between c. 1148 and 1155 by the latter's son Richard (d. 1176). 10 The manor was held by Tintern … the annual value of £22. 11 The grange came into the king's hands in 1536, and was granted in 1537 to Henry Somerset, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 … 18th and 19th. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 6. 18. 9., and in the patronage of Mrs. L. Flood … here before the Reformation, and a well called Our Lady's Well is still in repute for its medicinal properties. Wools …