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A History of the County of Oxford
… grocers. Many other tradesmen were connected with wool supply or were dependent on cloth, in particular fellmongers … 180 Numerous fellmongers, closely involved with wool supply, 181 included a few moderately prosperous townsmen …
A History of the County of Oxford
… mills, including fulling mills; 50 an abundant water supply suitable for washing and dyeing; 51 an abundant supply of wool, both from the Cotswolds to the west and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… significantly to transport costs and, by hindering coal-supply, delayed the adoption of steam power: such … the leather industry, still closely associated with wool supply, and including tanning, shoemaking, and particularly … 73 the latter connected, as earlier, with wool supply for blanketmanufacturers. 74 Thomas Sylvester (d. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… installed in 1874 and extended in 1902, and a town water-supply was established in 1903, with a pumping station near … inhabitable dwellings when accommodation was in such short supply, though by 1939 the council claimed that as a result …
A History of the County of Oxford
… universal improvement in domestic amenities (gas, water supply, electricity, and sanitation) during the earlier 20th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… During the 1830s and 1840s the inspectors negotiated for supply of street-lighting, probably oversaw paving and … scavenging of roads, sewage disposal and drainage, water supply, public health, and suppression of nuisances. Members … for street lighting, and for gas and (later) electricity supply; from the early 20th century it also ran the new …