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A History of the County of Oxford
… unemployment 'black-spot', was not a priority for central-government aid. Small firms in particular struggled to find …
A History of the County of Oxford
… river Windrush as far as the Thames, and for more 'settled government' to exclude outsiders and regulate trade. 12 In … fraudulent craftsmanship, while around 1670 'settled government . . . for the better and more orderly preservation … widespread unemployment which could 'only be obviated by government or other extensive orders for blankets'. 146 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Robert Collier offered to share with the Earlys a large government order beyond his capacity, a form of cooperation … Smith specialized in mops and tilts, securing large government orders, while in the 1890s Charles Early (and by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1914 was boosted during the First World War by large government orders, which pushed all three manufacturers to … 1944 some 85 per cent of 718,000 blankets produced were to government contract. Smith and Philips' Bridge Street factory …
A History of the County of Oxford
… union where school fees were still charged, despite large government grants and assistance from the county council. 19 … and was organized under the Glasgow Training System. Government inspection was applied for, and in 1853 there were … by two pupil-teachers and a master who had passed the Government examination with a certificate of merit. 50 In the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the First World War the workhouse was commandeered by the government for prisoners of war, but the main building had … bishop, although despite the town's limited rights of self-government there is little evidence of serious conflict or … seems to have been no bar to participation in town government, in contrast to places such as Oxford. 291 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough … Witney townspeople enjoyed a degree of circumscribed self-government. No borough charter survives, but in 1248 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… retailers, many of whom were respected figures in town government and civic life. 15 Perhaps partly for that reason, … century they seem to have routinely participated in vestry government, a Quaker overseer in 1802 being allowed to make …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… October 11th, and November 2nd, chiefly for cattle. The government of the town under a charter possessed from time …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wyatt (d. 1776) in 1757. 2 Moses Game built ships for the government, but was bankrupted in 1784. 3 Philip Sainty …