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A History of the County of Oxford
… INDUSTRY 19001945 During the earlier 20th century Witney's economy remained chiefly dependent on the blanket industry … manufacturers, accounting for 90 per cent of the town's production in 1949; 10 in the mid 1920s Smith's merged with … Brothers, the ironmongers and builders Leigh and Sons, Young's engineering, Marriott's coal business, and the Eagle …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Nonconformist schools better suited to the town's needs. John Holloway's Bluecoat school at West End, endowed … year, twelve weekly boys at 5 s. a quarter, and girls or 'young women that may be willing to improve their learning'; … of insufficient staffing and inadequate supervision of young teachers. 94 Continued suburban growth prompted the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Curbridge were added in 1932, bringing the town's area to 1,306 a., and intakes from Curbridge (47 a.) and … in winter it was 'almost impassable', and in 1768 Arthur Young judged the stretch from Witney to Northleach (Glos.) … Witney) in 1853 causing tonnage receipts at Eynsham wharf to fall by more than half; by then, acquisition of a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality stone building … chimney were installed in 1896 by the local firm of Daniel Young, replacing the earlier installation and square chimney. … and apprentices, and to the Merchant Adventurers to help young English merchants. 293 Similar bequests helped build or …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the right to deliver and return royal writs, the king's officers being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors … thus received some relief during the year. 199 Arthur Young commented soon afterwards on the town's high … 180111. Poor Abstract, 1804, pp. 3989; Census, 180111. Young, Oxon. Agric. 3257; cf. Brewer, Oxon. 486; above, econ. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the growing centrality of Nonconformity to the town's social and civic as well as religious life (Figs. 546). An … in 1905 made 130 converts, many of them children or young people, and some of them drawn from other sects, though … Congregationalists explicitly because they attracted more young people, and following further losses the meeting was …
A History of the County of Essex
… by c. 200 children; weekly fees ranged from 1 d. to 1 s. 97 Private schools were also recorded in 1844 and 1845. 98 Of two schools for young ladies recorded in 1866, one survived in 1922. 99 Seven … It was supported by voluntary contri- butions, children's pence, and the proceeds of the sale of girls' handwork. Two …
A History of the County of Essex
… a post office by 1853, probably the one which was in Queen's Road in 1887, and a sub post office at Wivenhoe Cross by … settlement. 23 The place name, Wivenhoe, meaning Wifa's ridge or spur of land, 24 suggests early Anglo-Saxon … 41 and director of the East India Co. Apart from Martin's mansion and another, Wivenhoe Park, built in the north west …
A Dictionary of London
… of later time called Wolfes Lane, but now out of use (S. 42). "Wolsieslane "lay between the tenement of Sir John de … part stopped up and built on by the Chamberlain of London (S. 42). First mention: "Wolsiesgate," 1300 (Lib. Horn. fol. … lane. Wolsieslane See Wolsies Gate. Wood and Co.'s Wharf On the Thames at the south end of William Street, west …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 6 A further appeal to the pope in 1416, against Wolvercote's liability to contribute a third of the cost of repairs to St. Peter's-in-the-East, failed; the judge at the Council of Constance, … and Woodstock roads, and that the church was losing the young people from the village. 50 Since the Second World War …