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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… There were 140 cases, 66 fatal, in the town, and the government inspector sent the following year declared the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… electorate, which was identical with that for local government, numbered 188 in 1780, 141 votes going in that …
A History of the County of Sussex
… In 1977 there was a general store and post office. LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Tenants of Wiston manor owed three-weekly suit of … was often called the 'free school'. 34 It was receiving a government grant by 1871. Average attendance then was 81, 35 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… unemployment 'black-spot', was not a priority for central-government aid. Small firms in particular struggled to find …
A History of the County of Oxford
… river Windrush as far as the Thames, and for more 'settled government' to exclude outsiders and regulate trade. 12 In … fraudulent craftsmanship, while around 1670 'settled government . . . for the better and more orderly preservation … widespread unemployment which could 'only be obviated by government or other extensive orders for blankets'. 146 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Robert Collier offered to share with the Earlys a large government order beyond his capacity, a form of cooperation … Smith specialized in mops and tilts, securing large government orders, while in the 1890s Charles Early (and by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1914 was boosted during the First World War by large government orders, which pushed all three manufacturers to … 1944 some 85 per cent of 718,000 blankets produced were to government contract. Smith and Philips' Bridge Street factory …
A History of the County of Oxford
… union where school fees were still charged, despite large government grants and assistance from the county council. 19 … and was organized under the Glasgow Training System. Government inspection was applied for, and in 1853 there were … by two pupil-teachers and a master who had passed the Government examination with a certificate of merit. 50 In the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the First World War the workhouse was commandeered by the government for prisoners of war, but the main building had … bishop, although despite the town's limited rights of self-government there is little evidence of serious conflict or … seems to have been no bar to participation in town government, in contrast to places such as Oxford. 291 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough … Witney townspeople enjoyed a degree of circumscribed self-government. No borough charter survives, but in 1248 …