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A History of the County of Oxford
… Early, Blanket Makers, 1213, 23; Plummer, Witney Blanket Ind. 19, 132, 140, 148; PRO, PROB 3/18/164. ORO, BOQM I/ii/4, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The village is situated on the river Wey, and there are a paper manufactory and a brewery; it has a fair on …
A History of the County of Essex
… of Protestantism in Wivenhoe, 1558-95', unpublished paper, pp. 8-28; E.R.O., D/P 277/5/1. Newcourt, Repertorium, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1680s when the mill was converted from a fulling mill to a paper mill, attracting paper-makers to the village. 64 Otherwise the recorded … parish, despite the proximity of Oxford. The mill supplied paper to the Oxford University Press from the late 17th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Its main purpose was to provide access to Wolvercote paper mill, but it also enabled boats to join the Thames … century, probably associated with the expansion of the paper mill at that time. 99 By 1801 the 64 houses in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… expenditure reached its peak of £418 in 1832 99 (when the paper mill was closed for at least part of the year), 1 the …