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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… quarries of freestone and flint, used for building. The manufacture of woollen-cloth was formerly carried on to a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the lead-mines, but some of them are engaged in the cotton manufacture; in the town and its immediate neighbourhood are three establishments for the manufacture of small-wares, and about 1500 quarters of malt …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… crop, planted to provide lamp oil and also used in wool manufacture, totally lost. 50 Damage on a similar scale …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hill and dale. Witney has long been celebrated for its manufacture of blankets, which have been invariably regarded … time, it was found to interfere with improvements in the manufacture, and having become incompatible with the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… industry, 3 but all four sites were associated with cloth manufacture at various times, and from the early 19th century … after John Early converted the main mills for blanket manufacture, perhaps in the 1820s. The Mid 19th Century and … the mill was converted by the firm of J. W. Gardner for manufacture of agricultural manure from bonemeal; 70 that …