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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 … 2 Mar. 1765. E.R.O., sale cat. B1925. I. P. Peaty, Essex Brewers, 120; O.S. Map 1/2,500, Essex XXXVII. 6 (1876 edn.); …
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, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… c. 1700; in 1757 it was sold to the first of a series of brewers, and from 1771 was certainly an alehouse. From 1774 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… met the new line of navigation made by the Aire and Calder Company. The road from Doncaster, by Askerne, to Pontefract, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… system was laid, linking Priorslee and Snedshill with the company's other enterprises in the area. 87 From 1856 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and Priorslee farms, which until then had supplied the company's managers with milk and potatoes on advantageous … became a partner in 1802, and were only brought into the company in 1807 when Bishton's sons and executors negotiated … worked on hot blast, and they effectively doubled the company's pig iron production capacity. In 1870 three of the …