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A History of the County of Oxford
… needed there, for Yarnton's poor, 55 was usually spent on clothes for the schoolchildren. 56 From 1817 a room in the … paying a mistress £12 12 s. a year, providing her with clothes, books, and writing materials, and giving each child a full suit of clothes on New Year's Day. The only assistance was £3 from …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… earlier 19th century included plaiting straw and knitting woollen stockings; 17 later in the century the only trades …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the vicinity. The inhabitants were formerly engaged in the woollen manufacture; but this has been superseded by that of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The two distinguishing manufactures are those of woollen goods and cutlery: the seat of the former is the … mountain ridge bordering on Lancashire. The bulk of the woollen manufactures consisted formerly of the coarser kinds … cloths of various qualities, serges, and kerseymeres, the woollen manufactures of the West Riding include great …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… [Kerridge (1985)]. Although generally interpreted as a woollen textile, [Inventories (1589)] had Yorkshire cloth …