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A History of the County of Sussex
… of the 14th century, held 32 tenements. Hardly any labour services were still performed. 61 Former villein …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… and Joan, daughter of Wililiam de Thornburgh, younger, was party to a fine of lands in Witherslack with John son of the … Bellingham, nor hold any intelligence with any of the party in arms against the Parliament, but be ready to render …
A History of the County of Oxford
… heaters. Though at first importing machinery and skilled labour, by the mid 1960s it employed 1,500 people from the … premises, but by 2000 Witney had a shortage of skilled labour, and one of the lowest unemployment rates in the … local jobs, rising population, and availability of skilled labour remained delicate, with further housing development …
A History of the County of Oxford
… help of apprentices, family members, and sometimes wage-labour: in this they resembled the small working clothiers of … England, who were primarily traders and large employers of labour. 52 Prominent 16th-century clothiers included members …
A History of the County of Oxford
A History of the County of Oxford
… industrial', with a significant part of its female labour, particularly in the blanket factories and laundries, … 1940s. 31 Other new firms, some also drawing on outside labour, 32 included the Witney Steam Laundry on Corn Street, … 191334; A. W. Hughes, 'Weaving Truth with Trust: Labour Management at Early's Blanket Mill, 190060' (Oxford …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1850s. The transition to mechanization and factory wage-labour, beginning during a period of social conflict and of … generally revolved around local issues rather than party allegiance, among them the pressing problem (until … by the traditional town lite. An unusual challenge by a 'labour candidate' in 1910, standing on the slogan of 'Witney …