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A History of the County of Oxford
… rear walls of houses and other buildings such as the first Mechanics' Institute (1836). Nos. 30 and 31 Broad Street ( c. … known, but were probably not local men: the quality of the Mechanics' Institute of 1836, designed locally, suggests that … Place, Nos. 3638 High Street, Nos. 5254 High Street, the Mechanics' Institute of 1836, and a number of buildings …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on Wall, St. John's Church, passim. Banbury Public Libr., Mechanics' Inst. MS. magazine, vol. x, p. 2. C. J. Bowen, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… school until its closure in 1908. 59 Banbury: Proposed Mechanics' Institute, 1836 Elevation in Banbury Public … was provided for in 1835 with the foundation of the Mechanics' Institute in Parson's Street. The Institute held … schools to the north, repeating Mills's facade for the Mechanics' Institute. Mills himself served on the staff of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for the Cherwell British Schools (1861) and for the Mechanics' Institute and Banbury School of Science and Art … political advancement of the working class', 188 and the Mechanics' Institute 189 provided a library of scientific, … the Public Libraries Act in 1944, and took over the Mechanics' Institute Library. By 1948 there were 6,000 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and council chamber have been in part of the former Mechanics' Institute in Marlborough Road. 111 Other public … included the Union workhouse in Neithrop (1835), the Mechanics' Institute in Church Passage (1836), the town hall … Hospital (186972), the Temperance Hall (1875), and the Mechanics' Institute in Marlborough Road (1884). 149 Land for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Association. 71 The same men became leading figures in the Mechanics' Institute (founded in 1835), 72 the Temperance … pp. xviii-xxiii. O.R.O., S. & F. colln. box 13. The Mechanics' Institute claimed to be non-political, and … Conservatives among its members: Banbury Public Libr., Mechanics' Institute mins. i, sub 12 Dec. 1837, 10 Oct. 1836. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… a considerable number of the children of the place; also a mechanics' subscription library. Barrie BARRIE, a parish, in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… book societies, one in conjunction with Staindrop; also a mechanics' institution founded in 1832, under the auspices of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a likeness of Archdeacon Corbett, by the same artist. The mechanics' institution for the promotion of science by mutual …