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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gave 1000 to found a free school, and 1000 for clothing women at Christmas. The sum of 17, being the dividend on a …
A History of the County of Essex
… having a marked effect upon employment in the parish. Some women worked as outworkers for Colchester clothing factories, and by 1871 at least 40 women worked in the clothing industry; a similar number …
Old and New London
… founded, near his residence, an almshouse for six poor women." Mr. H. G. Davis, writing on the subject of Cromwell … hundred likenesses of some of the most remarkable men and women in English history, many of them executed by the first …
A History of the County of Stafford
… occupied by a poor woman, though a husband and wife or two women could share one; no inmate was to be under sixty. A …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the 1880s as a domestic industry increasingly left to women workers. In 1820 the making of gun and pistol locks was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Bible in the light of contemporary criticism. In the 1880s women were admitted, despite much opposition. In the 1890s …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Oaks (1846) and several lodges of Odd Fellows and Odd Women. In addition there was at least one occupational …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… were employed by the parish surveyor on the roads, and the women and children given 'light agricultural work'. 47 In …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 79 children who attended on average were taught by three women teachers and a paid master, who received £2 10 s. …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Clipsbye, impaling sable, on a chevron between three women's heads, argent, crowned and crined, or, as many roses, …