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Objects		airship anti-incendiary handling device award badge bag basket bench bin blanket blanket sample block bobbin bobbin winder book booklet bottle box branding iron brush calender card card clothing carpet cartoon case catalogue chair clock cloth collar desk document doffer ring drawing film fosset frame gauge gavel hanger hook label leaflet letter loom map measure medal milling machine model mop mop head fixing mop making block mop making frame nail name plate napper needle oil painting packaging painting photograph picking block picking stick plan postcard poster print printing plate quill quill winder rope rug sample sash seal seal matrix shuttle sign silhouette skein holder skewer slide sound recording spindle spool stamp case statuette switchboard table tankard teasel tenter rack thread guide token trap trimmer trophy truck washer weight wool wool sample yarn yarn reel
Companies		: Early's Alfleck and Brown Ltd Brice Bridge Street Mill Band Charles Early and Co. Ltd Charles Early and Marriott (Witney) Ltd Daniel Young Dickens and Jones Early, Charles and Co. Ltd Early, Charles and Co. Ltd(?) Early, Charles and Marriott (Witney) Ltd Early, Charles and Marriott Ltd Early, Henry Early's Early's, Marriotts Early's, Smith and Philips Finland Steamship Co. Ltd Gorringe Great Western Railway Hedges Henry Early James Marriott and Sons Ltd James Walker and Sons Ltd Jenkins Lindsay Marriott, James and Sons Ltd Marriott's Oxford City Cricket Team Pan Am Smith, W. and Co. and Philips, J. and N. (Witney) Ltd Smith, W. and Co. Ltd Smith, W. and Philips, J. and N. Ltd Smith, W. and Philips, J. and N. Ltd(?) Smith's Transport and General Workers' Union W. Smith and Co. and J. and N. Philips (Witney) Ltd W. Smith and Co. Ltd Wadham College Cricket Team Walker, James and Sons Ltd Wilkinson and Riddell William Smith and Co. Ltd Witney Blanket Weavers' Company Witney Football Club Witney Mills Cricket Team Young, Daniel
People		Adams, William C. Aerofilms Akombe, Sue Albert, Prince Anne, Queen Ashfield, Richard Ashton, Margaret Balmer, Albert (Mr) Barlow, Raymond (Mr) Barrey, Elizabeth Baston, Peter Beale Bob Beale, Alfred Beale, Bob Beale, Harry Beale, Maurice(?) Bedford, Francis Bishop, L., Mr Bishop, Reg (Mr) Bonser, Arthur Brasnett, Joan Brice, Thomas Bridgeman, Stan (Mr) Bridgman, Alfred Bridgman, Arthur Bridgman, Fred Bridgman, George Bridgman, John Bridgman, Ned Bridgman, Will Brotherton, Fred Brown, D.J., Mr Brown, Fred Buckle, David Busby, Miss Busby, Misses Cavey, Bill (Mr) Charles, Prince of Wales Charlotte, Queen Chubb, George Coles, Charlie Coles, Walter Collier, Thomas Cox, Violet Coxeter, Mr Crawford, Alan Crawford, Brian Crawford, Brian (Mr) Crawford, G. Alan Crawford, J. Brian Crawford, J. Brian, Mr Crawford, Keith Crawley, Mrs Cross, Clifford (Mr) Danbury, Richard (Mr) Dashwood, Harry, Sir Diana, Lady (Princess of Wales) Dilley, L.J., Mrs Dixey, Lawrence Dixey, Lawrence (Mr) Dolley, Thomas Doreen Fogget Downs, Sue Dutton, Thomas Early, Charles Early, Charles William Early, Edward Early, Edward Cole Early, Elizabeth (Betsy) Early, Harold Early, James Vanner Early, John Early, John Patrick Early, Patrick Early, Richard Early, Sarah Early, Thomas Eckford, John(?) Edwards, Eileen Eldridge, Lab Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Everitt, Jamie female machinist female machinists female weaver female weavers Foggett, Doreen Fords, Fred Fox, Edgar Franklin Franklin, Les (Mr) Freeman, Eric Freeman, Mary French, Mike French, Mike, Mr Gardener, Charlie Gardiner, John George III, King Gibbons, John Giles, J.W. Godfrey, Joan (Ms) (Harris) Green, Vera Groves, Jim Hale, Nathan (Mr) Haley, Robert Harcourt, Simon (First Earl of) Harris, John Harris, Mollie Harris, Sunny Hart, F., Mrs Hasleden, W.K. Hassel, Timothy (Mr) Hawker, Don Hawkins, Jean (Ms) Haylett, Ron (Mr) Hemming, John Hendron, E. Henry W. Taunt Hester, Vera Hobbs, Jack Hollaway, Andrew Hollis, John Hooper, J Hopkins Hughes, Mabel, Miss Jackson, Frank Jacques, Bill Jenkins, Stanley C. John Gibbons John Peacock Jorden, John Katte, Peter Kearsey, Jack Keates, John Keen, Kathleen Keen, Phyllis Kent, Alexander King, Muriel kjb Kneller, Godfrey (school of) Langford, T. Langford, Vera, Mrs Lee, Rosemary, Mrs Levet, William Levett, John Lewis, William (Ernie) Lewis, William ('Ernie') male worker Maltby Mannion, Tom Marriott, John May, John MG Miles, Elijah Mitchell, John Morden, Robert Moss, Ted Mrs Nesta Surman Palmer, John Panous, M., Mrs Patching, H. K., Mrs Peacock, John Pickett, George Pickett, Will Platt, Phil Platt, Philip Prior, Nobey (Mr) Prior, Olive Pullin, Alan Queen Ann Redburn, George (Mr) Rickards, Nora, Miss Robinson, Mrs Roger Godfrey Rowles, Ted Ruth Godfrey Sanders, Daisy Shafto, R.D., Mrs Shepherd, Anne Shepherd, T. Shilson, Mr Shilson, Mrs Shorvel, Inigo Shury, J. Sidebertram, J.B., Mrs (?) slh Smith, Ann (Mrs) Smith, Blanche Smith, D., Mr Smith, D.J., Mr Smith, David Smith, David (Mr) Smith, Dennis Smith, Kitty Smith, Maureen Smith, Pat Smith, Paul Smith, T. Mr Smith, Thomas Soame, J. D. Souch, Yvonne Speed, Harold Steptoe, George (Mr) Strong, Charlie Sumner, Clare T.G. Worley Taunt, Henry Taunt, Henry, W Taylor, Bert (Mr) (GWR) Taylor, Jack Taylor, Jack, Mr Taylor, Sydney Taylor, Sydney(?) Thackrah, E.B. Thackrah, Ronald Throckmorton, Robert (Esq) Tinker, John Titherington, Arthur Tooley, Jack Townsend, John Treisig, F unknown Utin, A. Vanner, John Vanner, Sarah Victoria, Queen Viner, Mark Waine, Elizabeth Wainwright Wainwright (?) Wainwright(?) Warner Warner, Ted Werge, Ralph Wilding, Gladys Williams, John Wilson, John, Mr Wisdom, Norman Witney Blanket Project Wood, Miss Worland, Claire Wyon, Leonard C. Yvonne
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Barrowfield England, Lancashire, Barrowford, Victoria Mill England, Lancashire, Oldham England, Lancashire, Todmorden, Derdale Mill England, Leicestershire, Leicester England, Leicestershire, Nuneaton England, London England, London, Ealing England, London, Ealing, West Ealing England, London, Kensington England, London, Kingston England, London, London England, London, London, Chiswick England, London, London, Friday Street, 8-9 England, London, London, Gresham St England, London, London, Kilburn, Kilburn High Road England, London, London, Old Bond Street England, London, London, Oxford Street England, London, London, Paddington, Paddington Goods Depot England, London, London, Paternoster Row England, London, London, Piccadilly Circus England, London, London, Plaistow, 55 England, London, London, Regent Street England, London, London, Sloane Street England, London, South Woodford England, London, Wembley England, London, Westminster, Buckingham Palace England, London, Westminster, Hyde Park, Crystal Palace England, Merseyside, Liverpool England, Norfolk, Kings Lynn England, Norfolk, Norwich England, Northamptonshire, Northampton England, Northamptonshire, Northampton, Gold Street England, Nottinghamshire, Nottingham England, Oxfordshire England, Oxfordshire, Asthal, Worsham England, Oxfordshire, Charlbury England, Oxfordshire, Crawley England, Oxfordshire, Crawley, Crawley Mill England, Oxfordshire, Crawley, Dry Lane England, Oxfordshire, Crawley, New Mill England, Oxfordshire, Duns Tew, Duns Tew Manor England, Oxfordshire, Eynsham, Mill Street England, Oxfordshire, Faringdon, Buckland House England, Oxfordshire, Hailey, New Mill England, Oxfordshire, Hailey, New Mill Lane England, Oxfordshire, Headington England, Oxfordshire, Minster Lovell, Minster Lovell Priory England, Oxfordshire, Northmoor England, Oxfordshire, Oxford England, Oxfordshire, Oxford, High Street England, Oxfordshire, Oxford, High Street, 9-15 England, Oxfordshire, Oxford, St Aldates England, Oxfordshire, Radley England, Oxfordshire, Standlake England, Oxfordshire, Witney England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Bishop's Palace England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Bridge Street England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Bridge Street, 13b England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Broad Hill England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Burford Road England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Burford Road, Springfield Park England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Buttercross England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Buttercross Works England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Church Green England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Cogges England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Cogges, Cogges Manor Farm England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Cogges, Cogges Manor Farm Museum England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Cogges, St Mary's Church England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Dark Lane England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Dry Lane England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Farm Mill Lane England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Gloucester Place England, Oxfordshire, Witney, High Street England, Oxfordshire, Witney, High Street, 100 England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Market Square England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Market Square, The Studio England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Mill Street England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Mount House England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Narrow Hill England, Oxfordshire, Witney, New Yatt Road England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Newland England, Oxfordshire, Witney, River Windrush England, Oxfordshire, Witney, St Mary the Virgin Church England, Oxfordshire, Witney, St Mary's Church England, Oxfordshire, Witney, The Crofts England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Three Libbetts Heads England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Town Hall England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Wesley Walk England, Oxfordshire, Witney, West End England, Oxfordshire, Witney, West End, 55-56 England, Oxfordshire, Witney, West End, 62-64 England, Oxfordshire, Witney, West End, Captains Mill England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Witney Goods Station England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Witney Mill England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Witney Mill Cricket Ground England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Woodgreen England, Suffolk, Bury St Edmunds England, Suffolk, Ipswich England, Surrey, Guildford England, Surrey, Kingston England, Surrey, Woking England, Tyne and Wear, Newcastle upon Tyne England, Warwickshire, Solihull England, West Midlands, Birmingham England, West Midlands, Birmingham, Great Western Arcade England, West Sussex, Horsham England, West Sussex, Worthing England, Wiltshire, Cricklade England, Yorkshire, Bradford England, Yorkshire, Bradford, Upton Street England, Yorkshire, Gomersal England, Yorkshire, Guiseley England, Yorkshire, Heckmondwike, Moorbank England, Yorkshire, Huddersfield, Honley Ireland, Belfast London, Surrey, Guildford New Zealand New Zealand, Canterbury New Zealand, Marlborough New Zealand, North Island Russia Scotland Scotland, Aberdeen Scotland, Edinburgh Scotland, Glasgow Spain Switzerland Switzerland, Pfungen USA USA, North Carolina, Elkin Wales, Cardiff Wales, Cardiganshire, Aberystwyth, Cwmystwyth Witney Mill, England, Oxfordshire, Witney, Mill Street
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