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A History of the County of Oxford
… was supplemented by gas engines and (at Mount Mills) by an oil engine, and from 1934 Witney Mill was powered by … 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
… Cal. QS, i, pp. 153b, 181; ORO, Welch XXVIII/1. Universal British Dir. (17908), iv. 806; Pigot's Lond. & Prov. Dir. … econ. hist. (mkts and fairs). Brewer, Oxon. 485. Universal British Dir. (17908), iv. 8069, largely repeating R. Blome, … ho.). Below, econ. hist. (mkts and fairs); ORO, tithe map. British Industries Business Review (1895), p. 29. Below; cf. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… sports clubs, included a strong Women's Institute, a British Legion, a Young Men's Social Club based at Church … 444 An annual July carnival, sponsored at first by the British Legion, was started in 1928, and Witney feast … life, hosting training squadrons from March 1918, but the British, American, and Canadian servicemen stationed there …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford was acquired from the British Red Cross Society in 1923 and was replaced in 1934, … 50 gas lamps along the main streets, and nine paraffin-oil lamps were converted to gas in 1870. 301 West End, though … 1757, dating it to 1249; A. Ballard and J. Tait (eds.), British Borough Charters, 12161307 (1923), pp. xciii, 386; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was curtained off to make a larger meeting room, and oil-fired heating was installed. In 1970 the porch was fitted … of Winchester); F. M. Powicke and E. B. Fryde, Handbook of British Chronology (1961 edn), 259; Oxf. Dioc. Yr. Bk. (1980 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is surrounded by an ancient intrenchment supposed to be British, and to have been afterwards occupied by the Romans, …
A History of the County of Essex
… enjoyed a decade of expansion, making many ships for British and foreign governments, before the firm was …
A History of the County of Essex
… and Wivenhoe was supplied by the Eastern Gas Board, later British Gas. 93 Forrestt's, the shipbuilding firm, was lit by … was gradually extended, partly by gas and partly by oil lamps. 98 In 1929 the street lighting was converted to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… likewise extensive chemical-works for the manufacture of oil of vitriol, aqua-fortis, and other preparations connected … with sculpture of various designs, supposed to be either British or Danish. Near the south-western angle of the … assisted by teachers. National schools, and a British and an infant school, are supported by subscription; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… clear evidence for settlement in the area is the Romano-British pottery found near the modern Oxford bypass in the …