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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… purchased for its present purpose', 82 and conducted on British and Foreign Schools Society principles. James Smith, … the improvement, of the children'. 83 A separate British School for girls was built behind the Crescent in … said to be 300 in 1841, the first full year of the new British boys' school, and later figures were 261 (1858), 254 …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… the same period but has been much altered. Nearby estate workers' cottages date from c. 1920. MANOR. Before the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… small finds are in D.C.M.; the Venus pavement is in the British Museum. ( Dorset Procs., XXIX (1908), lxxxviiviii; … (1924), 2357; XV (1925), 238. Notes in D.C.M.) (24) Romano-British Inhumation, associated with a pot (now in D.C.M.), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the parish in 1811, a part of which was deposited in the British Museum. Withington (St. Peter) WITHINGTON ( St. … On the crown of Woodbury Hill are the remains of a British camp, comprising an area of 26 acres. It is supposed …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… 'A' sherd from the outer edge of the barrow and two Romano-British tile fragments in the rubble of the barrow mound. A … they were contained in a jar. There were also Romano-British potsherds, a piece of iron and a skeleton, possibly in association. 2 Romano-British pottery has been found at SP 05021429 and 05321432 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… least 50 years old, with preference still given to blanket-workers, but were chosen irrespective of their religious …
A History of the County of Oxford
… however, allotments for paupers and landless factory workers were being promoted by philanthropic manufacturers, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… late 1960s, when Early's alone still employed nearly 600 workers. 4 From the 1970s, however, collapsing markets for … and with the cooperation of the Transport and General Workers' Union. New buildings allowed installation of new … was the largest single employer in the area apart from British Leyland in Oxford. 23 46. Smiths' of England …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of a prosperous market town. The largest group after cloth-workers, as might be expected in a town whose population by … dependent on cloth, in particular fellmongers and leather-workers (including tanners and shoemakers), and retailers … between the 16th century and the late 18th were building workers (45 per cent), while less numerous crafts- and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers still comprised almost 19 per cent of the working … to Witney Mills (1898): copy in Bodl. GA Oxon. 8 701; British Industries Business Review (1895), 29. Smith, 'Reminiscences', pp. 334; British Industries Business Review (1895), p. 31; Plummer and …