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A History of the County of Oxford
… not clear: after 1795, when the almshouse was rebuilt as a row of six cottages, each was usually let to non-paupers at … haberdasher from a long-established Witney family, built a row of almshouses at Newland for six women inmates in 1827, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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
… by the churchwardens in 17923, and a partly occupied row remained in 1816, but was removed before 1840. 51 By the …
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
… 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, … steam-power for turning and boring. 82 Other prominent ironmongers, braziers, and tin-plate workers included Henry …
A History of the County of Oxford
… firms such as the builders Bartlett Brothers, the ironmongers and builders Leigh and Sons, Young's engineering, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… said to be 'in' or 'opposite' the shambles or butcher row, presumably replaced temporary stalls or booths, and may … further north beyond the town hall, called Middle Row, existed by the 1580s, when two houses there were sold to … laid out apparently in the early 19th century; Buswells Row, a cottage row at Corn Street's south-west end, was built …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from three to four cottages before 1761, were rebuilt as a row of six in 1795. 43 Sometimes division followed from … for their workers: in 1840 William Marriott owned a row of fourteen (with detached gardens) fronting Mill Street, … examples including the cast-iron front of Leighs' ironmongers at Market Square (Fig. 42), and No. 35 Bridge …
A History of the County of Oxford
… one external tap in 1945, 266 probably typical of the row. Health Provision Witney had surgeons and apothecaries …