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A History of the County of Oxford
… of the group seem to have been associated with the cloth industry and to have had London trade links, those from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which is also a Sunday school for boys; and a school of industry, used on Sundays as a girls' school. Witton (St. …
A History of the County of Essex
… alongside the traditional fishing, was an estab- lished industry in Wivenhoe; both industries survived until the mid … building in the 1870s, before the use of wood gave way to metal and it was overtaken by towns in the north. John … to the town, stimulating not only the yachtbuilding industry but also local businesses providing related supplies …
A History of the County of Essex
… with cloth and returned with wool for the Colchester cloth industry. 11 Ships sailed to London, Gainsborough (Lincs.), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… had 63 a. of arable. 58 There may have been some cloth industry in Wolvercote in the Middle Ages. The high value of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Few roads are likely to have been made before industry and settlement expanded in the 17th century, though …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… remained as farmland and was little affected by mining or industry until a few deep pits were sunk around Priorslee … since 1715, 29 improved and expanded the local mining industry: c. 1730 an atmospheric pumping engine was installed … the open heaps or circular ovens that had served the iron industry since the days of Abraham Darby (I). 66 While there …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… overseen by a bailiff, in 1535-6. 1 Settlement grew with industry and mining between the 16th and 19th centuries, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… brook, whose ancient course was largely obliterated by industry. 65 The other boundaries apparently did not follow …