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A History of the County of Essex
… whilst the number of farmers fell from 13 to 5 and of agricultural labourers from 113 to 104. 89 A threshing … parish in the 19th century. 96 Membership of the National Agricultural Labourers' Union was strong from 1874 until 1889 … but from 1894 union activity declined. 97 The reduction of agricultural wages in 1919 led to protests, but the farmers' …
A History of the County of Essex
… out of the 30 parishes in Lexden hundred, and 535 in 1851. Agricultural depression from the late 19th cent- ury caused … Hall manor house provided a focus of settlement for the agricultural parish. The other manor houses were Garnons in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… plan; later in the 17th century a wing was added, making the plan T-shaped, and a further addition was made in …