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A History of the County of Oxford
… IN dealing with Oxford from an agricultural point of view it is necessary to treat of the various methods of culture which result from its … of Oxfordshire calls for no particular remark. The working horses are, taken generally, rather light in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1500-1793 AGRICULTURE c. 1500 c. 1793 Sketch map of farming countries In the 16th century Wiltshire, excluding … countries is to be ascribed to the lower proportional working costs of the large farm. This advantage, whether … in the area occupied by part-time or family farmers as classes. During the inclosures at Alvediston in the 18th …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… c. 1870 In 1794 T. Davis wrote: 'The agricultural pursuits of the inhabitants of every county or district are directed, in the first place, … added to the nominal wage of many married men. 192 A woman working in the fields was paid about three-fifths of a man's …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… along with it, has experienced severe fluctuations of fortune. 1 In general the causes of these fluctuations … partly as a result of a visit by Joseph Arch to stimulate union organization, the labourers obtained wage increases … indebtedness to cheese factors. 43 This drain on tenants' working capital may well have assisted the subsequent switch …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with Bailey and Chaigley, a township, in the parish of Mitton, union of Clitheroe, Lower division of the hundred of … the Rev. Joseph Bealey. Near the church are excellent national schools. The late Sir Ralph Assheton, Bart., gave a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… with it in 1921. 19 From 1969 it was served by the vicar of Cannington, who on retirement from Cannington served … Aisholt from 1980 until 1989 as acting curate-in-charge of an independent benefice. 20 On the death of Sir William de … in perfect repair in 1815 62 and fit in 1835. 63 After the union with Over Stowey in 1921 it was sold. 64 Now called …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Aisholt Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The two manors of Aisholt and Holcombe Colford answered separately at … 9 Aisholt manor was administered with Aley by the end of the 16th century and court rolls for Aley and Aisholt … Cottage. The parish formed part of the Bridgwater poor-law union in 1836 and the Bridgwater rural district in 1894. 16 …
A Dictionary of London
… Alderman's Walk Alban (St.), Wood Street On the east side of Wood Street, at the corner of Little Love Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward … the Fire 1666, and rebuilt 168~ by Sir C. Wren, at a cost of over £3000. The Parish of St. Olave Silver Street was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and market-town having separate jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the hundred of Cashio, or liberty of St. … the same purpose, produce a revenue of 220. The poor law union of St. Alban's comprises eight parishes or places, and …
Survey of London
… Albany CHAPTER XXII Albany: Stone Conduit Close Of the present buildings of Albany the 'mansion' (or Albany … of Queensberry in 17025 during the preliminaries to the Union with Scotland in which he played a prominent part, and … only those whose names appear in the Dictionary of National Biography and Who's Who. It excludes (like Manche's …