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A History of the County of Oxford
… converted by the firm of J. W. Gardner for manufacture of agricultural manure from bonemeal; 70 that venture was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… butchers, bakers, and victuallers for 1520 per cent, and agricultural occupations for around 10 per cent. 2 In the … the poor too great, with an 'abundance' of poor labourers needing employment. 13 By the early 18th century … left goods worth over 100, including merchandise worth 33, agricultural produce, and property in Corn Street and West …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 20th century the market remained predominantly agricultural. Inhabitants petitioned about 1670 that it be …
A History of the County of Oxford
… House, 195. Assarting: clearance of woodland or scrub for agricultural use. Bampton Hund. R. 89 sqq; Hyde, 'Winchester …
A History of the County of Oxford
… building) comprised over 7 per cent. A significant agricultural element also remained: nearly a tenth of the working population in 1851 were farmers or agricultural labourers, with another 3 per cent engaged in predominantly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and over 5,000 part-time students of all ages, and ran agricultural and horse-management courses from sites at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for improved navigation, and in the 18th century some agricultural produce was transported down the river Thames by … over 40,000 tons of freight a year, including coal, agricultural produce, and, in the 1950s, nearly 100,000 bales … throughout the later 16th century, most of them for small labourers' or weavers' cottages. In 1577 the bailiffs allowed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the superior working-class tenements -included eleven labourers, nine cloth-workers, four masons, a variety of … those houses were older, heads of households comprised 20 labourers, 11 clothworkers, three building workers, and … 1916 and 1918 mostly by German prisoners and Portuguese labourers accommodated at the workhouse. The airfield had …