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A History of the County of Essex
… c. 1825, consider- ing it 'inexpedient to overeducate the poor'. 93 Farm labourers joined the Tendring hundred trade …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1: copy in E.R.O. Digest Returns Sel. Cttee. Educ. Poor, H.C. 224, p. 277 (1819), ix (1). Nat. Soc. file. Ibid.; …
A History of the County of Essex
… lived in council accom- modation. 80 There was a relief landing ground for biplane fighters in the south-west …
A History of the County of Essex
… the later 18th century regular cash doles were paid to the poor, besides extraordinary payments for clothing, fuel, … Some children were boarded out. Cloth was given to the poor, for example, in a half year in 1768 nine persons … 1777. Between 1764 and 1798 the number of cases of regular relief ranged from 8 to 19. In 1783-5 the numbers of people …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (in 1721) and others, are distributed among the poor in bread and money. Worsthorn WORSTHORN, a township, in the parochial chapelry and poor-law union of Burnley, parish of Whalley, Higherdivision … it is slightly impregnated with sulphur, and affords relief in cases of ophthalmic inflammation, especially if …
A History of the County of York
… Thursday he gave the dole and washed the feet of the poor. 11 There was also a sub-dean, who in order of … however, continued into the 18th century. Rich and poor still used the minster during their leisure time in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… apart from the holiday trades. 61 Besides private relief funds, the Mayor's Relief Fund spent £7,800, much of it in helping small …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. 27 Humphrys' alms-houses were founded in 1858 by Robert … coal or clothes. The Worthing and Broadwater Provident and Relief Society, started in the mid 19th century, provided …
A History of the County of Sussex
… mainly to supply the want of church accommodation for the poor. 5 The church was at first regarded as a chapel of ease …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in 1845, and was extended to Arundel in 1846. 88 The poor service to London caused many complaints, 89 but was …