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A History of the County of Oxford
… of agricultural and general labourers. Agricultural trades such as malting remained important into the 19th … 1725, 1739, 1740, 1746; above (econ. life 15001800: other trades). M. Bee, 'Clinch and Company, Brewers', Oxon. Local …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town. Throughout the period some 3540 per cent of recorded trades in the borough were associated with the cloth … or were dependent on cloth, in particular fellmongers and leather-workers (including tanners and shoemakers), and … Middleton had malt valued at over 320, far more than his leather goods. 175 From the 17th century there were also …
A History of the County of Oxford
… provide almost the only evidence for the diversity of trades in the new borough. Thirteenth-century names, 11 … general trading. 15 Many of those named from building trades were presumably employed in the frequent works at the … masons, carpenters, and quarrying suggest that a range of trades persisted. 41 Some tradesmen had wide horizons, a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… factory workers, but Witney retained the range of trades, crafts, and industries typical of a small … population, and miscellaneous manufacturers (including leather and metal-workers) for another 11 per cent, while … blanket manufacturers. The second largest sector was the leather industry, still closely associated with wool supply, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Philips' Bridge Street and Crawley mills in 1936. 29 Other Trades and Industries 190045 Except for a universal decline …