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A History of the County of Oxford
… large warehouses built in 18811900; it remained the family home until the late 20th century. 141 Others of the Early … Less seriously, a civil defence exercise involving the Home Guard caused some 'discomfiture' to inhabitants when …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and enjoyed 'the warm goodwill' of the town. 273 A home for sick and destitute children, established by one of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… glacial under Hyde, to 'mutual Christian affection'. Home visits, successful campaigns against intemperance and … to modify unruly behaviour in the town began close to home when, after a brief struggle, he reduced the previously …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was revived as an allowed meeting after the Friends' Home Mission Committee supplied a resident worker, and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for the Newfoundland fishery, and blankets for the home trade: the number of persons regularly employed varies …
A History of the County of Essex
… in the woods some of the pigs were slaughtered for home consumption, a larder rent being paid for their storage, …
A History of the County of Essex
… legislation the fire service was transferred to the Home Office and after the war to Essex county council. 81 … M4. E.R.O., D/DU 612; F. G. Emmison, Elizabethan Life: Home, Work and Land, 257. E.R.O., D/DBm M503. Ibid. D/DEt …
A History of the County of Essex
… pastor 1831-4, was once horse- whipped on his way from his home in Colchester to the chapel by someone very antagonistic …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… on a three-day week as cheap foreign steel took over the home market. In 1922 the converters at Priorslee were shut, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… order to encourage processes like dyeing and dressing at home. OED earliest date of use: 1483 Found described as BLUE … in one diary entry. White recorded that 'John Hale brings home a waggon-load of woollen-rags, which are to be strewed … as manure. These rags weighed at ton weight & cost brought home near six pounds. They came from Gosport.' [Diaries …