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A History of the County of Oxford
… tradesmen of the town. Elizabeth Sharp ( d. 1627) of South Leigh, widow: by will proved 1627, 2 to be annually lent to a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… mill was vacant. It was taken over before 1887 by A. L. Leigh, a corn dealer at No. 34 Market Place, who until at … a flour mill, powered by water and steam. 71 Before 1907 Leigh was succeeded in both shop and mill by Walker & …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and in 1851 employed three men and an apprentice. 76 42. Leigh and Sons' ironmongers, Market Square, c.1930. 43. … businesses. Among them were Staples and Lea (later Leigh and Jackson), established on High Street before 1840; … By the 1890s, when run by Samuel Lea's nephew Arthur Lea Leigh, the firm had extensive workshops and warehouses around …
A History of the County of Oxford
… builders Bartlett Brothers, the ironmongers and builders Leigh and Sons, Young's engineering, Marriott's coal …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to Downs Road and smaller transfers from Hailey and South Leigh were made in the north and north-east. 31 Population In …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the 1890s they were managed by his successor Arthur Lea Leigh. 289 Until the advent of the railway the need to haul …
A History of the County of Oxford
… c. 1166; at that date Wolvercote, Yarnton, and North Leigh seem to have had an interest in it. 43 Later evidence …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Francis. 79 Earl Ducie sold the estate in 1846 to William Leigh, who made Woodchester a centre of Roman Catholicism. Leigh died in 1873 and was succeeded by his son William, who … year when the estate passed to another son Henry Vincent Leigh who sold it in 1922 to J. H. Tooley. 80 Part of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the parish dates from the purchase of the manor by William Leigh, a convert to catholicism. Leigh brought Passionist fathers to Northfield House, …