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A History of the County of Oxford
… including its repair and furnishing, provision of clothing, and teaching child inmates basic literacy and … 206 In 1807 the vestry ordered that 25 s.30 s. be spent on clothing and apprenticing parish boys, 207 though of some 500 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Early, Blanket Makers, 1213, 23; Plummer, Witney Blanket Ind. 19, 132, 140, 148; PRO, PROB 3/18/164. ORO, BOQM I/ii/4, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a scale as formerly; the articles consists chiefly of clothing for the West India markets, swanskins for the … for land), directing the proceeds to be employed in clothing widows of sailors. Wiverton Hall WIVERTON HALL, with … the produce of some other bequests, in money, coal, and clothing. The poor-law union of Wokingham comprises 16 …
A History of the County of Essex
… many of them women doing outwork for Col- chester clothing firms. Outworking continued in the early 20th … Manu- facturing Co. Ltd. employed c. 25 women making clothing from 1935 until c. 1946 at its factory in Alma Street. 35 In 1951 the clothing industry employed 5.2 per cent of the 670 people …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in bread; and the trustees expend annually about 30 in clothing, and 15 in coal, for the poor of Wolverley. John …