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A History of the County of Oxford
… worthies of the town included Robert Bentley (d. 1628) and Jacob West (d. 1684), both reeves, and Richard Hill, merchant … and in 1849 the old Priory of St. John was purchased as a home for it. Here the mother house of the community remained …
A History of the County of Oxford
… mid 19th century the industry was clearly declining; the home hand-looms on which the industry was based could not … in factories was occurring, it was still primarily a home-industry of which the town was merely the centre for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was made to storm the castle. 101 At the end of the month Jacob Kuilenburg, the parliamentary chief engineer, was … from the Duke of Portland, Secretary of State for the Home Department, Walford became 'the advocate for firm and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from outside the Banbury region, many from London and the Home Counties. After 1935 immigration increased, even fewer …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and other fish are brought to the markets, but only for home consumption, though the bay abounds with shrimps, which … is a small manufactory for ropes and sails, chiefly for home use; the thread and stocking manufacture, formerly … consisting of barley, oats, and potatoes, grown merely for home consumption, ripen very early on the sandy soils, of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… in Spain, available commercially, but also made at home if the recipe given in Richard Bradley's recipe book is … for the sick by physicians, but was often made at home, as the 'Remark' to AQUA HORDEATA shows in Pemberton's …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… called Queen Elizabeth's Dairy, which was the residence of Jacob Tonson, the eminent bookseller, who built a room for …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 43 After 1945 a mail order department supplied both the home and overseas markets, and in 1962 all sorts of plants, …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… into a dower house c. 1932 27 and in 1975 was the home of Mr. W. H. Wykeham-Musgrave, the former owner of the …