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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… flour mills; and many of the females are employed in the manufacture of bone-lace. The market, which was held on … and there is a small trade to the Baltic for timber. A manufacture of salt of peculiarly fine quality, was formerly …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Europe. After the war pipe fittings became the principal manufacture. In 1983 parts for commercial vehicles were the … the Lilleshall Co.'s Building Materials Division. Ceramic manufacture ended there in 1977. 87 In 1878 the Lilleshall …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of wool. OED earliest date of use: 1399 Sources: Acts. Woollen cloth [woollen-cloth; woollen cloath; wollen clothe; wollen cloth; … the most highly scrutinised by the authorities, with the manufacture of many, if not all, types regulated. For …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… church, also forms a pleasing object in the landscape. The manufacture of woollen-cloths is carried on extensively; in the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… mill was possibly that at Frogmarsh worked by J. W. Darke, woollen manufacturer, in 1820. 63 It descended with the … were sold. In 1879 they were occupied by E. T. Fox & Co., woollen manufacturers, 73 who remained there until c. 1900 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 70 62 12 1 Horseracing 0 0 38 41 Retail, trade, and manufacture 18 25 17 26 Domestic service 9 9 28 20 Railway 0 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and contains some stone-quarries. There are, a silk and a woollen manufactory, some bleach-works, three tanyards, four … fluctuating, is carried on to a considerable extent. The manufacture of various articles of fine steel has very much …
A History of the County of Oxford
… three houses and a shop, including a workshop used for the manufacture of ochre. 29 No. 72 contains 17th-century …
A History of the County of Oxford
… there were few industrial buildings, since steel manufacture and gloving, Woodstock's chief 18th-century …