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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and W. sides of the lower stage, appear to have been made for the spindles of clock-hands, now gone; the N. side … at the eastern end of the hall. There is some evidence for a former building, now gone, which extended S.E. from the … suggested destruction by fire. The few finds included coins of Tetricus I, Constantine I and Gratian. A rubbish pit …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… is said to have yielded more than 200 4th-century Roman coins; accounts differ as to whether they were contained in a … E. of (1), extends along the edge of a modern arable field for some 200 yds., adjacent to a spring. The debris includes … mentioned by Lysons, is close to Wall-Well and may account for the name. On the other hand, the debris at (3) could …
A History of the County of Oxford
… pressure on Oxford; that in turn created an increased need for local employment, particularly during the national … range of light industrial and retail firms located, for the most part, in industrial estates established since … 600 workers. 4 From the 1970s, however, collapsing markets for traditional blankets, combined with national recession, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… success in adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers … c. 1898. William Smith installed Witney's first steam engine around 1851, apparently for spinning, and John Early … from 1861, steam power became common. New Mill acquired an engine that year, 44 and in 1865 Charles Early extended his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… acquired 22 members, though a traders' exhibition proposed for 1934 was abandoned through lack of interest. 2 A few … car factories, and there was already a perceived need for new industry within the town. 3 The Blanket Industry … supplemented by gas engines and (at Mount Mills) by an oil engine, and from 1934 Witney Mill was powered by electricity …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from 1560, when the wealthy clothier Walter Jones left 10 for its 'repair and amending' so that 'children may there be … the churchwardens glazed its windows, 5 and small bequests for its upkeep were made in the early 17th century. 6 … of wealthier merchants, manufacturers and minor gentry for university. Despite early success, which attracted …
A History of the County of Oxford
… estate. From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was … spearhead found south of the town, and Iron-Age and Roman coins, 9 but except for a possible fortified Iron Age site at Newland just over …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lintel and tie-beam ends which were originally covered for their better protection, reflects 20th-century taste. … workers, and others including a cow-keeper and a traction-engine driver. Occupants of Buswells Row had similar jobs, … by the Earlys. 168 John Early acquired a portable steam engine in 1854 and may have introduced steam-powered looms in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… twice-yearly tourn or view of frankpledge, which continued for the rural townships following the borough's foundation. 4 … besides regular payments for maintenance of a fire-engine. 84 The vestry elected collectors of the poor for the … 24 'new buckets'. 306 The town presumably had a fire engine by 1772, when a lease of the bailiffs' house mentioned …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Exeter College, Oxford: the tithes were commuted for land in 1809. Funeral urns and other Roman antiquities … and the Salutation of the Virgin. A few years since, coins of the Emperors Constantine, Valentinianus, and others … king's books at 15. 8. 6.; the tithes have been commuted for 730; there is a parsonage-house, and the glebe comprises …