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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… 19th century. The larger farm-houses bear witness to the improvements carried out in Wistow and Newton Harcourt by Sir …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… but in process of time, it was found to interfere with improvements in the manufacture, and having become …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at their full value until the loan was repaid, and further improvements in 1814, including addition of kitchens, were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of spinning' on which he failed to elaborate, and recent improvements in dye-fixing, allegedly invented by an …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and visitors 'had only to walk down the town and note the improvements in shop fronts . . . to see that business was in … attempted to prevent the same if possible'. 28 Small-scale improvements, notably introduction of foreign wools in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Swinford toll bridge (in Eynsham) in 1769 and subsequent improvements. 68 The Newbridge route through Ducklington was … 1760s, 219 and in 1816 the lawyer Charles Leake, making improvements to No. 27 Church Green, was presented to the … and uncouth', 231 and even after early 19th-century improvements the poor state of its public streets remained a …