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A History of the County of Oxford
… (decline of blanket ind.). Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 167. Below. Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 1357, 154. Financial Times, 9 Oct. 1952. Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 13740; Oxf. Mail, 29 Nov. 1951; Financial Times, 9 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1680s did they begin routinely to call themselves blanket-makers. 36 Witney's previous concentration on broadcloth may … The fellmonger Richard Early, related to prominent blanket-makers, left 30-worth of coarse and fine wool in 1707, while … regulation was revived in 1709 when 80 leading blanket-makers, alleging that fraudulent practices were increasing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of women supplemented family income as dress- or bonnet-makers, glovers, or laundresses. 8 The Blanket Industry c. … numerous shoemakers, up to seven saddlers and harness-makers, four or five curriers and tanners, and a few … around sixty worked at the factory, the rest being makers and finishers in Witney and surrounding villages. 80 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the failure of a blanket-making enterprise by the glove-makers Pritchett and Webley, Marriott & Sons acquired Worsham … of weavers employed Aug. 1949. Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 125; ORO, B1/A/2, s.a. 191415. Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 125; Beckinsale, 'Cotswold Woollen Ind.' 360; local …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Lond. & Prov. Dir. (18234); Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 92; cf. Oxf. Jnl. 5 July 1802, 1 Jan. 1803. Secker's … p. 8; 17 Mar. 1999, p. 27. Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 171; Witney Gaz. 9 Mar. 1978. Aspects of 1619 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1861; Oxf. Jnl. 10 Apr. 1858; Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 114. Census, 18711971; below, econ. hist. Witney Gaz. … 1578; VCH Oxon. xii. 48, 182; Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 34. Compton, Oxf. Canal, 11718; below. Select Cttee … Witney (1915): copy in COS. Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 1213, 1516; ORO, Cal. QS, i, f. 51b; DoE, Revised …
A History of the County of Oxford
… dyers, coal merchants, and farmers rather than blanket makers. 109 Other developments were apparently undertaken by … life was increasingly dominated by the principal blanket-makers, by prosperous tradesmen and retailers such as the … health). For the Chubbs, Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, fam. tree facing p. 20. e.g. No. 2 Leys Villas: PRO, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from 1795, members of the Dolley family, local blanket-makers, by 1818 Charles Henderson, bailiff of Witney and …
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 … ibid. MS Wills Oxon. 8/4/34; Plummer and Early, Blanket Makers, 1213, 23; Plummer, Witney Blanket Ind. 19, 132, 140, …