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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, … 1757, dating it to 1249; A. Ballard and J. Tait (eds.), British Borough Charters, 12161307 (1923), pp. xciii, 386; … x. 88. For St John the Baptist, M. D. Anderson, Imagery of British Churches (1955), 1556; VCH Oxon. iv. 322. N. …
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 …
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
… 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 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 50 A National school opened in 1846 and a short-lived British school in 1860. 51 George Collins, vicar 1872-8, 52 … to the enlarged council school at Hartshill. 98 Oakengates British School opened in 1860. It was re-established in 1864 …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… was regarded traditionally as the most important of all British industries, and as such was the most highly …