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A History of Knowles & Son: Oxford builders for 200 years 1797-1997
David Sturdy
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A fascinating history of a family firm and their predecessors the Townesends, who over 200 years have built a significant number of architecturally important buildings in and around Oxford.
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Front Cover
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Copyright
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER ONE: The Townesend family, master-builders from 1674
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CHAPTER TWO: Partners and forebears from 1604
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CHAPTER THREE: The Knowles family, their arrival in Oxford and their takeover of the firm
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CHAPTER FOUR: The household life and business links of a Regency master builder; Thomas Knowles the elder, 1797-1826
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CHAPTER FIVE: Thomas Knowles the elder's buildings, 1797-1826 and Thomas Knowles the younger: from 1826 to 1852
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CHAPTER SIX: Edward Nicholls Knowles, decline and revival, 1853-84 and Thomas Richard Knowles and expansion, 1885-92
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CHAPTER SEVEN: Thomas East Knowles and his brother Edward: from 1892 to 1943
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CHAPTER EIGHT: Yards and houses
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CHAPTER NINE: Books and paperwork, the records of Knowles and Son
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CHAPTER TEN: Guy Nelson Knowles: 1943-76 and Alan Alden Knowles the late Twentieth Century and the future
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Appendix One: A KNOWLES FAMILY TREE
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Appendix Two: Directors of KNOWLES and SON and subsidiary companies
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Published: 1997
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9780860548539 (paperback)
- 9781407318820 (ebook)
BAR Number: B254