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A History of the County of Oxford
… 19th century was probably due to the availability of non-agricultural work both in the parish 2 and perhaps also in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in Brewood, sent pig iron to many of their other iron-making concerns in the Stour Valley area. Thomas Foley … closed soon after 1670. 52 Not until c. 1780 was iron making reestablished in the Oakengates area. In that year … crushing and screening plant was built to convert slag to agricultural fertilizer. 95 The Lilleshall Co. also owned the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1711, 1717, and 1747, the matters dealt with being mainly agricultural. 12 The manor court also exercised a peculiar …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… with a deep cut thread so that they hold fast. Screw making was a difficult job and far more complex than making NAILS. Although wood screws was introduced into FURNITURE making in the late seventeenth century, their use was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the river Nene; about half the population is employed in making shoes. The Peterborough railway, and the road from …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… least 1879. 18 In 1885 the mill was occupied by the cloth-making firm of Ellis & Apperly 19 but clothproduction ceased … recorded from 1879, 32 and wood-turning and tent-peg making, recorded c. 1940. 33 A large timber firm founded by …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the residence of John Morton, Lord Ducie's agent and an agricultural innovator, in the 1830s 30 and later in the …