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A History of the County of Oxford
… housing development, partly to reduce growing pressure on Oxford; that in turn created an increased need for local … attracted in part by easy access to car factories at Oxford, Coventry, and Birmingham, opened a motor accessory … single employer in the area apart from British Leyland in Oxford. 23 46. Smiths' of England Engineering works (top) and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 3 Its taxable wealth in 1524 placed it behind only Oxford among local market towns, though of just over 55 paid … centre for west Oxfordshire: within the county only Oxford, Banbury, and Henley had larger populations. 6 The … The Company successfully vindicated its rights before the Oxford Assizes, though in the mid 18th century there were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… fifteen long-standing stallholders in 1963, including an Oxford fishmonger, a greengrocer, and a trader from London; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 'la boucherie' (presumably the butchers' shambles) in Oxford, and shambles in Witney were recorded from the 14th … taxed (though not as a borough) on 179, it ranked below Oxford, Banbury, Chipping Norton, and Thame, but still above … traders, the largest recorded in the county outside Oxford; among them were two corvesers, though the trades of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1870s, and in 1877 William sold the bank to Gilletts' of Oxford, which already had an agency at Witney and was … of business at Gilletts' Witney branch exceeded that at Oxford, reflecting the custom of prominent blanket … below. A. M. Taylor, Gilletts, Bankers at Banbury and Oxford (1964), 1589. Above, intro. (pop.); below (blanket …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the maintenance unit at Brize Norton airfield or in the Oxford car factories, and there was already a perceived need … Trust: Labour Management at Early's Blanket Mill, 190060' (Oxford Brookes PhD thesis, 1996). Plummer and Early, Blanket …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and in 1649 John Nixon, founder (in 1658) of a school in Oxford, gave a Latin thesaurus to the 'public school' of … the Provost and four senior Fellows of Oriel College, Oxford, which Box had attended, became Visitors. Mary Box …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 km.) west of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and … in the town paid poll tax in 1377, however, when only Oxford, Banbury and Thame among Oxfordshire market towns … of west Oxfordshire, ranking within the county behind only Oxford, Banbury, and Henley, though some Berkshire towns, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the 19th century to have been plague retreats of Oxford colleges. 16 The only confirmed example is Nos. 235 … Green, whose site was given to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in 1525, and where 86 was spent in 15268 probably on … of the town, and many others on the edge of the town along Oxford Road in Newland. 108 Some cottages may have been built …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of nuisances and transportation of prisoners to Oxford at the bailiffs' cost. That, together with the … century they still bore the cost of conveying prisoners to Oxford. 148 Petty crime, including theft, assault, and … 152 and as late as 1752 the justices ordered a prisoner in Oxford castle to stand in the pillory at Witney. 153 Stocks …