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A History of the County of Oxford
… Oxford car factories, and there was already a perceived need for new industry within the town. 3 The Blanket Industry …
A History of the County of Oxford
… service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a schoolmaster. 3 A schoolhouse was mentioned … playing field, was bought outright. By the 1930s the need for further buildings was acute, and in 1939, chiefly to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… coal for mechanization at Witney. 91 Railways The urgent need for a railway link, both to improve communications with … centre became increasingly controversial, reflecting the need to balance conservation concerns and reduction of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of heating in bedchambers, though the absence of fireirons need not mean there was no fireplace. Occasional references … rare, perhaps because increasing use of chairs reduced the need to improve the comfort of benches and forms, or perhaps … behaved on Sundays, and for two years there had been no need of a night watchman. John Early was more emphatic, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… so improved public morals that there was no longer a need for nightly police or watchmen, and the chief constable … Arthur Lea Leigh. 289 Until the advent of the railway the need to haul coal by road probably limited the gasworks' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1943 a United Christian Council. 130 In 1961 the need to provide for a rapidly expanding population led to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… caused mostly by repair costs, low membership, and the need to supplement the minister's inadequate salary. 57 The need for new, cheaper premises was recognized by the early … in John Early's Newland warehouse in 1849 to discuss the need for a larger chapel raised over 700, and after further …
A History of the County of Essex
… up the graves. 53 In 1633 the church was seriously in need of external repairs. Part of the north aisle and its …
A History of the County of Essex
… the causeway there had been frequently reported as in need of repair or obstructed. 95 The lord of Wivenhoe manor …
A History of the County of Essex
… inspected pollution in Wivenhoe brook, acknowledged the need for a pure water supply. In 1872 water was piped from …