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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1831 a third of the adult male population of over 300 were agricultural labourers and a third were employed in retail or … land, half employed no labour. 17 There were c. 200 male agricultural workers, including boys, in the period 1851-81. … Works. 62A firm still repaired and maintained agricultural machinery there in 1962 63but the works were later occupied …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… had a flourishing social life in the 19th century. An agricultural society was founded c. 1846 and in 1848 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… more often. It remained the means by which tenurial and agricultural business was managed in the village until the … and overseers of the poor. 74The court was concerned with agricultural matters throughout the 17th, 18th, and early …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the parish on the south for three miles, and propels the machinery of an extensive cotton concern erected half a …
Cardiff Records
… specific personalty as household furniture, beasts and agricultural implements. Another characteristic of ancient …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… depopulation of that time, 157 she set up looms and other machinery in an upper room of Lake House. The village women …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The commerce consists chiefly in the exportation of the agricultural and manufacturing produce. Of the former there …