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A History of the County of Oxford
… coats, and the establishment in 1670 of the Hudson Bay Company increased export opportunities: the Company ordered … those associated with the cloth industry such as mercers, haberdashers, and drapers. In the late 16th and early 17th century mercers and haberdashers such as Richard and William Clempson (d. 1602 …
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 … at West End were sold in 1847. 23 Meanwhile the Blanket Company, widely perceived by the 1810s as an anachronistic … around 1800, 25 and though officers were elected until the Company's official closure in 1847, by the 1830s it had …
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
… who made his fortune in London as a member of the Grocers' Company. In 1660, at his own expense, he built the surviving … and income were vested in the Wardens of the Grocers' Company as Governors; the Provost and four senior Fellows of … the age of 16, but not go to university. The Grocers' Company acceeded, contributing 1,200 to repair the buildings. …
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 … street-lighting was adopted in the late 1830s. 299 The gas company's contract was annually renegotiated with the … and UDC: lamps were usually lit only in winter, and the company was made responsible for their warehousing, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… London connections whose son became warden of the Blanket Company, and several members of the Early family were Quakers …
A History of the County of Essex
… Co. Ltd. New machinery and plant was introduced and the company enjoyed a decade of expansion, making many ships for … between 1966 and 1981 by J. Gliksten & Co., a timber company, for storing hard and softwoods from Scandinavia and …
A History of the County of Essex
… system with Colchester's Hythe sewage works. 91 A gas company was formed in 1861, perhaps that described in 1878 as …