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A History of the County of Oxford
… combined company of Charles Early and Marriott (Witney) Ltd, was followed by further technical innovation, dubbed a … introduced in 1966 following a partnership with Courtaulds Ltd. Before 1967 the outlying sites at New Mill, Worsham, and … builders, refounded in 1960 as Bartlett Brothers Ltd and Bartlett's Joinery Ltd. 26 Only Clinch's Eagle …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to have increased from the early 18th century, regular contractors including the blanket-weaver James Empson (d. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… added significantly to transport costs and, by hindering coal-supply, delayed the adoption of steam power: such … 40 James Marriott (d. 1904), whose family worked as dyers, coal merchants, and farmers for much of the 19th century, … Lascelles' Dir. Oxon. (1853). E. B. Taylor, 'Bartlett Bros Ltd' [ c. 1962]: photocopy in COS, DC 16 (1); above, intro. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… World War. 13 A fourth company, James Walker and Sons Ltd of Mirfield (Yorks.), opened a factory at the Crofts in … builders Leigh and Sons, Young's engineering, Marriott's coal business, and the Eagle Brewery. 30 Pritchett and Co.'s … arose directly from the Second World War, Crawford Collets Ltd and the West London Optical and Tool Company both moving …
A History of the County of Oxford
… away' to the National schools by 'bribes of clothing, coal, and bread', suggesting that religious considerations …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Dean and with the Midlands, principally for import of coal and salt; both companies offered preferential rates for coal passing through Witney, where coal prices, in contrast … taken over by the newly formed Universal Aircraft Services Ltd, set up as a training school for pilots and engineers …
A History of the County of Oxford
… although by then the Marriotts were principally dyers, coal merchants, and farmers rather than blanket makers. 109 … it was occupied by the engineering firm Crawford Collets Ltd, which demolished it in 19767 except for part of an … listing rent from power looms and increased expenditure on coal. ORO, B1/Y1/1. Plans and notes in possession of J. B. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 202 In the mid 18th century the vestry entrusted relief to contractors for a fixed sum, in 1747 to a local baker for … contracts included responsibility for the workhouse, the contractors' obligations including its repair and furnishing, … 289 Until the advent of the railway the need to haul coal by road probably limited the gasworks' capacity to a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… that registered for worship in 1826, was rented from a coal dealer for use as a chapel, 137 though as usual with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is wholly distributed among the poor, who also receive in coal the produce of 9 acres allotted at the inclosure. … some woodland and plantations. The substratum contains coal and lead, the former indifferent, and the latter very … have been sold by Sir W. Chaytor for nearly 100,000. Good coal abounds in the vicinity, at a moderate depth, and from …