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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of the parish consists of weavers and agricultural labourers. The living is a perpetual curacy, endowed with 200 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to the 1880s provided enough employment to dissuade many labourers from emigrating. From the late 19th century the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… farmed more than 100 a. or employed more than two or three labourers. In 1861 Thurloxton farm had over 440 a. and 20 labourers but only half the land lay within the parish. 30 By …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… falcons taken from an eyrie in the Lancaut cliffs. Several labourers were retained at wages and received also portions …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… partly in an attempt to combat drunkenness among the Irish labourers building the Wye Valley railway; 27 the Memorial …