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A History of the County of Warwick
… 84. 1760-1840, p. 94. 1840-1880, p. 125. The multiplicity of trades and of factories and workshops makes a minute description of Birmingham's industry difficult. At least for the later part of this … (M.D. Diss. Edinburgh, 1821), 3, commenting on excessive child labour, 'ab inopia parentum vel . . . ex avaritia …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Trade, 1880-1960 INDUSTRY AND TRADE, 1880-1960 The Size of the Business Unit or Establishment, p. 141. The Growth of … professional men quite unconnected with the firm's owners, and of the capital supplies required. New sales … so essential, had been filled. The age at which a child could start work has been gradually raised to 15 years …
A History of the County of Warwick
… noise and smoke in both numbers and influence. A directory of 1770 lists 68 merchants and factors; by 1802 another … of the supposed wealth of Birmingham, commended in Hutton's History of Birmingham as being 'as near to reality as … Cambridge Bible of 1763, but, among others, the works of Milton, Congreve, and Addison. 16 In 1770 there were nine and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… monuments in Middlesex Edgware 11 EDGWARE (C.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)V, S.E. (b)VI, S.W.) Edgware is a parish and village on the N. border of the county and now part of the borough of Hendon. Roman …
The Environs of London
… Edgworth, which he defines, a fruitful place upon the edge of the county 1. But this etymology appears to be very … upon the road (the ancient Watling-street) to St. Alban's, at the distance of about eight miles from Tyburn-turnpike. … year 1171, when Henry Bocointe paid one mark into the King's Exchequer, that he might implead William de Reymes for that …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… was a small church or chapel belonging to the Hospital of St. Bartholomew in the north-west corner of the parish … in his address said that the conclusion of the church's legal advisers was that it was a vicarage and not a … Chamberlain (d. 1532); the other commemorates Anthony Child (d. 1599/1600) and shows an infant in swaddling …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and social history ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY. Traces of Celtic fields have been observed to the north of … (54 a.) to the south between Edgwarebury and Piper's Green Lane, Blanchepetfeld (100 a.) to the west, … 30 a. of arable each. The largest farm was that of Henry Child, who held 391 a. from 11 different owners, and six …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… was instituted. 84 William Lee Antonie, owner of Edgware Boys and patron of the living, contributed 3 … the Sunday school. Parents paid 2 d. a week for each child at the infant school, while the day and Sunday schools … Educ. Enquiry Abs. H.C. 62, p. 559 (1835), xlii. Kelly's Dir. Mdx. (1882). Ed. 7/86. Rep. of Educ. Cttee. of Coun. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… During the Middle Ages and, indeed, up to the beginning of the 19th century the government of Edgware was in practice … secure a meeting at any time by payment to the lord's steward. 58 The court continued to meet until the 20th … 1832, at an initial expense of 2 s. 6 d. a week for every child. 91 After the Act of 1834 Edgware was placed in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Edinburgh Edinburgh EDINBURGH, a city, the seat of a university, and the metropolis of the kingdom of … 10' 30" (W.), and latitude 55 57' 29" (N.), about a mile (S. by W.) from Leith, 40 miles (S.S.W.) from Dundee, 42 (E. … respectively; including Homer, Virgil, Shakspeare, Milton, and Burns among the poets; Herodotus, Livy, Hume, …