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A History of the County of Oxford
… of mills varied with the fortunes of the local cloth industry, 3 but all four sites were associated with cloth … apparent contraction in Witney's developing cloth industry. In the early 14th century Woodford and Waleys Mills …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by the rapid decline, from the 1970s, of the blanket industry, already employing fewer people after technical … established since the 1960s. The Decline of the Blanket Industry Technological development in the industry after the Second World War brought considerable …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney's economy was dominated by its expanding cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, … coopers, and wheelwrights, and one or two ironmongers or metal-workers. 148 Nearly all such occupations produced a few … some seven maltsters and brewers in the town. 178 Leather, Metal, and Crafts Among leather-workers the wealthiest were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: medieval trade and industry ECONOMIC HISTORY Medieval Trade and Industry During the earlier 13th century the recently founded … (tanners, whit-tawyers, corvesers, cobblers), metal-working (ironmongers and smiths), buildingwork (masons, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The blanket industry remained dominant, its success in adapting to new … and miscellaneous manufacturers (including leather and metal-workers) for another 11 per cent, while service trades … 81 Metalwork, Engineering, and Miscellaneous Trades Metal-working and ironmongery employed only small numbers, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: trade and industry 1900-1945 TRADE AND INDUSTRY 19001945 During the earlier 20th century Witney's economy remained chiefly dependent on the blanket industry and to a lesser extent on glove manufacture, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… usual) learned needlework, knitting, and 'habits of useful industry', the products of which were sold to help fund the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was developed as the chief … Bicester, or Eynsham, though by then the local cloth industry was expanding and population was probably rising … 1818. 42 By the mid 17th century, as the town's blanket industry developed, 43 the parish's total adult population …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on tables and cupboards. 102 Those engaged in the woollen industry needed to store and process raw materials and … weavers, such skilled workers as two power-loom tuners, a metal turner, a tailor, a fellmonger's manager, and an … followed national trends. 153 The Buildings of the Blanket Industry 154 Early Buildings Before blanket production became …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 17th century came to nothing, though from 1711 the cloth industry secured economic self-regulation through the newly … which he attributed partly to mechanization in the blanket industry and to consequent unemployment, 200 and from the …