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A History of the County of Oxford
… included prosperous clothiers, master weavers, blanket-makers, fullers, maltsters, and other leading tradesmen. 14 … included several prominent Witney clothiers, blanket-makers, drapers, and other tradesmen, at least one of whom … was then falling slightly through the effects of agricultural depression and unemployment; nevertheless the …
A History of the County of Essex
… In 1339 the unfree tenants on Wivenhoe manor owed regular agricultural services, which varied on different holdings, … in improving farming methods, and was president of Essex Agricultural Society in 1870. At his Wivenhoe Lodge farm of … employed as ropemakers, 5 as twinespinners, and 6 as sail- makers. A coalyard was recorded in 1722, and there were 2 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from a fulling mill to a paper mill, attracting paper-makers to the village. 64 Otherwise the recorded occupations, … for the 74 railway labourers in the otherwise largely agricultural parish in 1851 (the mill was not working that … agriculture was still the largest employer; there were 62 agricultural workers compared with 46 people at the paper …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Port Meadow, which suggests an extension of the scattered agricultural settlement of that date found in North Oxford. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 19th century was probably due to the availability of non-agricultural work both in the parish 2 and perhaps also in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… established as one of the country's leading wrought iron makers, its products including bar, flat, cable, rivet, and … crushing and screening plant was built to convert slag to agricultural fertilizer. 95 The Lilleshall Co. also owned the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1711, 1717, and 1747, the matters dealt with being mainly agricultural. 12 The manor court also exercised a peculiar …