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A History of the County of Oxford
… the town's moral tone had been transformed not only by the Temperance movement but by the attention given to education, … day-release courses in conjunction with the Evening Institute, prompted the foundation by the local education … Jan. 1869, letter to editor. For a short-lived Mechanics' Institute founded in 1838, above, intro. (social life). …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the working population. Chief among them was the Temperance Society, jointly supported by leading employers, … Square, which continued as a coffee tavern and as the Temperance commercial hotel in the early 20th century. 386 A … for closure of public houses on Sundays. 387 A mechanics' institute, established in 1838 with 160 members, was given …
A History of the County of Oxford
… them restoration of the parish church, 22 promotion of the Temperance movement, and creation of the new municipal … evangelical meetings and processions with pastoral and Temperance work. The hostile HighChurch rector objected to …
A History of the County of Essex
… Library facilities were provided consecutively by a Free Institute 1872-82, a Reading Club 1883-1914, and by the … of Charles G. Nottage 1852-94, yacht owner, the Nottage institute, including a library, was established in 1897 on …