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A History of the County of Oxford
… Market Place and no. 1 High Street were built by the steel jewellery manufacturer George Eldridge (d. 1764). Eldridge's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 74 to produce distinctive, highly polished, studded jewellery and objects such as watch chains, buckles, scissors, buttons, and boxes. 75 Woodstock jewellery was noted for its unusual lustre and its use of … Warton assumed in the 1780s, when the fame of Woodstock jewellery was at its height, that the allusion was to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the development of two industries, gloving and steel jewellery manufacture, for which the town became widely … contributed to Woodstock's relative decline: the steel jewellery craftsmen failed to compete with mass production in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the 18th century Woodstock became known for its steel jewellery and fine gloves, for which fashionable tourists …