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A History of the County of Oxford
… 30 were said to be 'gentlemen' and the rest tradesmen, farmers and labourers. 39 In the 1730s and 1740s chapel … such as the clockmakers Edward and John May, or wealthy farmers from outside the town, notably members of the Briscoe …
A History of the County of Essex
… The vestry was largely composed of small businessmen, farmers, and craftsmen. 47 In 1787 one of the overseers, John …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with every branch of the iron manufacture; and brass, tin, Pont-y-Pool, and japanned wares in great variety. The … are also very extensive; and the Wolverhampton tin-plate manufactory, established in 1837, employs about 350 men, producing weekly from 1000 to 1500 boxes of tin-plates, which are of high repute in the market. There are …
A History of the County of Oxford
… artisans in placing themselves in the church between the farmers and the labourers. 46 Edwardes's successor, the first …
A History of the County of Oxford
… so that inclosure threatened them and the other farmers in the parish with ruin. 49 There was some inclosure … by draining and ploughing some of the poor grassland. 84 Farmers on both estates got into difficulties during the … (1957), 65. Oxf. Fnl. 31 May 1823; Oxf. City Arch., green tin box of Port Meadow papers. St. John's Coll. Mun., XXIX. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as were the Nappers of Holywell, freeholders and farmers of the great tithes of Wolvercote. Cheriton refused … there was no suitable place for them in church among the farmers or the labourers. 74 In 1884 Baptists from the New …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… which used a large proportion of scrap, especially baled tin cans, in the charge. In 1959 the one furnace remaining in …