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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… etc., three volumes, almost entirely in black-letter, leather covers with brass mounts, staples for chains, bound …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… that the town's fire equipment should consist of 24 leather buckets, 3 large ladders, and 3 'cromes' with 14-yard …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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 … were some seven maltsters and brewers in the town. 178 Leather, Metal, and Crafts Among leather-workers the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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, … from Witney) was exported. 72 Leatherwork and Gloving Leather-workers in the earlier 19th century included numerous …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Two cloth-searchers or sealers and, from the 1540s, two leather-sealers reflected national legislation. Two … sometimes served for long periods. A local shoemaker was leather-sealer during the 1560s and 1570s, while the clothier … tithingmen, as well as two ale-tasters, two cardenars, two leather-sealers, and, by the 1660s, two clerks of the market. …
A History of the County of Essex
… copy in E.R.O. E.R.O., D/DEt T17. E.C.S. 5 July 1834; J. Leather, The Northseamen, 2779; H. Benham, Once upon a Tide, …
A History of the County of Essex
… Rowhedge Recollections, 5, 8-10: copy in E.C.L. Colch.; M. Leather, Saltwater Village, 128; Butler, Story of Wivenhoe, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… through the parish. In the village is a mill for dressing leather, which affords employment to forty persons. Charles …
A History of the County of Oxford
… acquired the sign of the Three goats' Heads, symbol of leather workers, by which it was known in the late 17th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and napper, the clothing trades of tailor and wimpler, the leather crafts of tanner and parchmenter, and the victualling … sheepskins, 33 buckskins, some 'soft skins' and white leather, and, in a limepit near the river, a further 350 … from cheaper products. Woodstock was known for wash leather gloves by the 1690s and by the mid 18th century its …