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A History of the County of Oxford
… (econ. life 15001800: other trades). M. Bee, 'Clinch and Company, Brewers', Oxon. Local Hist. vol. 2, no. 3 (1985), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… abandoned. In 1948 Marriott's became a public limited company, followed by Early's soon after, 6 and in the early … in 1960 of Early's and Marriott's, forming the combined company of Charles Early and Marriott (Witney) Ltd, was … the premises for furniture-making. 15 The Witney Blanket Company, also taken over by a larger company and faced with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… coats, and the establishment in 1670 of the Hudson Bay Company increased export opportunities: the Company ordered … victuallers, maltsters, butchers, bakers, and (later) grocers. Many other tradesmen were connected with wool supply … as bakers without being indentured. 158 A few small retail grocers, some active in town affairs, were also recorded from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to a horse-powered rowing machine provided by the Blanket Company for its members in 1782, used for raising the nap … food and drink remained prominent, with bakers, butchers, grocers, and confectioners accounting (with their assistants) … Street and Market Place, included W. H. Tarrant and Sons' grocers, tea-dealers, and provision merchants, established on …
A History of the County of Oxford
… family firms until after the Second World War. 13 A fourth company, James Walker and Sons Ltd of Mirfield (Yorks.), … per cent of Witney's total; 14 the initiative allowed the company to exploit the Witney trade-name, which, since a … in which Witney blankets were held. 15 The Witney Blanket Company continued as a mail-order supplier of blankets, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century, who made his fortune in London as a member of the Grocers' Company. In 1660, at his own expense, he built the surviving … buildings and income were vested in the Wardens of the Grocers' Company as Governors; the Provost and four senior …
A History of the County of Oxford
… failure of rival schemes in 18456 93 the Witney Railway Company was established in 1858, principally by leading … to Fairford (Glos.) by the East Gloucestershire Railway Company, a separate undertaking which was merged with the GWR … on High Street, built for the recently established Blanket Company in 1720-1, and the town hall, rebuilt in classical …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the east side of High Street in 1721, the Blanket Weavers' Company (founded 1711) met in a barn on the opposite side of … other outbuildings were to the rear. Following the Blanket Company's disbandment in 1847 the hall housed a brewery and … the market place, was built by the private Corn Exchange Company in 18634, replacing a probably 16th-century building …
A History of the County of Oxford
… self-regulation through the newly founded Blanket Weavers' Company. 22 By then, however, vestry government was … blanket-manufacturers such as the Smiths and Marriotts, grocers such as the Tarrants, and the Bartletts, local … street-lighting was adopted in the late 1830s. 299 The gas company's contract was annually renegotiated with the …