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A History of the County of Oxford
… with Cotswold wool-producing areas and with London. Water transport seems to have been less important certainly in the … 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, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… next to the railway goods station provided for ready transport of raw and finished materials. Construction was … 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 …
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, … included in the town charities under successive Charity Commission decrees, and although from 1744 they were leased … 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
… 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 … east England was transferred to lighters at Wivenhoe for transport to Colchester. The col- liers, c. 12 of which in …
A History of the County of Essex
… driftwood, and 'royal fishes' ( pisces regales). 9 Water transport connected Wivenhoe with London. 10 In 1713 two …
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 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the common-council shortly to apply for a separate commission of the peace. The powers of the county debt-court … 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 …