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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in force for some years, and under its provisions the company enacted laws; but in process of time, it was found to …
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 … few blacksmiths, coopers, and wheelwrights, and one or two ironmongers or metal-workers. 148 Nearly all such occupations … at both Witney and Woodstock. 202 Other retailers included ironmongers, of whom some sold a range of goods: one in 1784 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… whit-tawyers, corvesers, cobblers), metal-working (ironmongers and smiths), buildingwork (masons, carpenters, …
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 … three men and an apprentice. 76 42. Leigh and Sons' ironmongers, Market Square, c.1930. 43. Boiler supplied for … established on High Street before 1840; besides being ironmongers they were gas-fitters, bellhangers, locksmiths, …
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 … firms such as the builders Bartlett Brothers, the ironmongers and builders Leigh and Sons, Young's engineering, …
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
… examples including the cast-iron front of Leighs' ironmongers at Market Square (Fig. 42), and No. 35 Bridge … 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 …