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A History of the County of Oxford
… but the rector Charles Jerram (183453) reported gradual improvement and instituted attendance checks through District … new institutions such as John Holloway's Bluecoat school. Improvement under Goole's successor Benjamin Gutteridge … structural change was essential, and in 1877 a Charity Commission Scheme reorganized the school as a 'Second Grade' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the face of repeated delays and controversy. Street-paving proceeded piecemeal from the 1820s, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… joined window', possibly remaining from some scheme of improvement or awaiting installation. 56 No. 64 Corn Street … later. In better houses there was probably also a slow improvement in the size and convenience of staircases. Though … under my chamber window.' 93 Inventories show progressive improvement in chamber furnishings. Chests of drawers were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… negotiated for supply of street-lighting, probably oversaw paving and scavenging, and in the 1850s approved the building … some 1,460, included salaries (around 70), roads, paving, and scavenging (685), lighting and gas (250), … included in the town charities under successive Charity Commission decrees, and although from 1744 they were leased …