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A History of the County of Oxford
… bleaching house, and around 1850 John George established a horse-powered spinning factory there or nearby. 160 In 1873 … in Witney at premises on High Street, driven by an eight-horse-power engine acquired about 1851. 177 In 2003, before … was refurbished and re-opened in 1979 with rooms for hire. It was remodelled internally in 1992 when folding …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 312 at first apparently using a fire engine fetched by horse from Cokethorpe (near Ducklington). 313 In 1880 the …
A History of the County of Essex
… 150 children. 73 Charles Riggs, pastor 1831-4, was once horse- whipped on his way from his home in Colchester to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the Trout. In most years between 1680 and 1880 horse races were held on Port Meadow; in the earlier 19th …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the canal was flour to the mill at Wrockwardine Wood. 80 A horse-drawn railway was built in 1747 on the Charltons' …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was robbed near Oakengates of six 'sharys' and 200 horse nails, worth 12 s.; 48 it seems probable that he had … were extended into Wombridge in 1873. 78 The Capewell Horse Nail Co. Ltd. had a works at Trench Pool c. 1909- c. …