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A History of the County of Oxford
… of Witney townspeople, 32 and in 1584 one of the Colliers of Witney, perhaps the clothier John Collier (fl. … 120 and sometimes, like the Earlys, Marriotts, or Colliers, founding long-lasting blanket-making dynasties. 121 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were only eight principal manufacturers, all Earlys or Colliers, with 'a few' others 'employing very small numbers'; … VII/12; VIII/13; IX/124; Oxf. Jnl. 3 Aug. 1833, p. 2; the Colliers nevertheless continued in business. Oxf. Chron. 17 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… about 1907, the nearby Swan Laundry, opened in the former Colliers' blanket premises in 1929, and a Buckinghamshire …