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A History of the County of Oxford
… leaving 'all the looms' and a house and workshop near the bridge to two sons. 118 Like their 16th-century predecessors …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century, and the laying-out of 16 new burgage plots along Bridge Street in 121920, presumably reflected both steady demand and rising population. 4 The Bridge Street extension linked the borough with plots laid … perhaps representing subdivided plots. 9 Rents for the new Bridge Street plots appear initially to have been 12 d. for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was needed, and by the 1870s, with new premises on Bridge Street, he was well established as a leading … some long-lasting businesses. Among them were Staples and Lea (later Leigh and Jackson), established on High Street … the town gasworks. By the 1890s, when run by Samuel Lea's nephew Arthur Lea Leigh, the firm had extensive …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and ran a successful blanket-cleaning service. 16 44. Bridge Street Mills ( W. Smith & Co.): ( a) The street frontage, built probably c. 1899. ( b) Bridge Street Mills from the south-west in 1999. 45. Witney … produced were to government contract. Smith and Philips' Bridge Street factory was requisitioned in 1941 and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… National school was established in 1813 on Bridge Street, prompting a sharp fall in the number of … A National school was established in 1813 in premises on Bridge Street, converted from a malt house and several … side of Church Green on glebe given by the rector, the Bridge Street building being sold and later demolished. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 121920 the borough was extended north of the river along Bridge Street: 14 thenceforth until the late 19th century the … 'at Costow' taken into the borough about the same time as Bridge Street. 16 Buildings at the southern edge of … further along West End, beyond the rear boundaries of the Bridge Street burgage plots, were taken into the borough …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 16th-century house. 14 The plan of Riverside House on Bridge Street, evidently a large, late 16th-century house of … and others amalgamated or otherwise regrouped. Nos. 810 Bridge Street appear to be two 17th-century houses with an … 17th century mentioned parlours, though Riverside House on Bridge Street (described above) seems to have had two. In the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and North ward, otherwise the Ward beyond or beneath the bridge, along Bridge Street and West End. 33 Courts from the … 1860s the works were leased to the local ironmonger Samuel Lea, allegedly prompting complaints about falling quality and … to the 1890s they were managed by his successor Arthur Lea Leigh. 289 Until the advent of the railway the need to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… William Pritchett, the ironmonger Samuel Lea, and the grocer W. H. Tarrant, together with other … included the leading Wesleyans Charles Early and Samuel Lea. 143 Though the rebuilding was claimed to be 'a stern …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the north bank of the Wear, which is crossed by a bridge. The scenery around is of great beauty, and on the … of the Lyn burn, which joins the Wear a little below the bridge. This castle, built about 1410, was the baronial … is intersected by the river Font, over which a substantial bridge of stone was erected in 1837. Upon the village cross …