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A History of the County of Oxford
… the first steam-driven sawmill and machine-shop in the district, and by 1880 used mechanical concrete-mixers. 67 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were negotiated between unions at the West of England District Joint Industrial Council, where conditions at Witney …
A History of the County of Oxford
… improvement and instituted attendance checks through District Visitors; the school acquired new premises on Church … of a line of Witney doctors. In 1953, following rapid urban growth since the Second World War, the town's schools … School becoming Henry Box Comprehensive School. Further urban expansion led to the building between 1963 and 1991 of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… counted a civil parish, and from 1895 to 1974 it formed an urban district. 3 Further enlargement of both district and civil parish followed urban expansion during the 20th century: parts of Hailey, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of still poorer quality. In 1874 the inspector for Witney Urban Sanitary District reported a block of 'wretched' cottages on …
A History of the County of Oxford
… more effectively policed by the town's local board and urban district council. 44 By 1871 its proceedings were largely … 1873, and from 1879 the board, in its capacity as urban sanitary authority under the 1875 Public Health Act, made …
A History of the County of Oxford
… taking a lead in welfare and social matters, reorganizing district visiting and thrift clubs, and arranging parish … and chimes were installed in 1950 at the expense of the urban district council, which had taken over responsibility in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… park, and the Blackwater here empties itself into it. A district church, dedicated to St. Mark, was built in 1840; it … and the remainder woodland and plantations. The northern district is chiefly uninclosed moor, but the soil in other …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the county of Nottingham, 2 miles (S.) from Bingham. This district, the soil of which is rich, is bounded on the east …
A History of the County of Essex
… increased from 6 to 20 which might suggest incipient urban or port development, but between 1086 and 1327 Wivenhoe … At that time 12.1 per cent of employment within the urban district was in agriculture, fishing, and mining, 49.6 …