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A History of the County of Gloucester
… by will dated 1705, left £400 to pay three or four poor women of the parish to teach girls. By 1718 the sum had …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the buildings were extended to provide a work-room for the women of the neighbourhood 1 who, with equipment supplied by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… region in the 18th and 19th centuries. Of 91 Woodditton women married in the parish church between 1753 and 1781, for …
A History of the County of Essex
… is available, 139 some organizations, such as the Women's Institute, being particularly strong. 140 Many of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1612 and again in 1724. 79 In 1614 it housed old men and women; a list of doles to the almshouse poor c. 1630 … appartments, usually, by the 1870s, occupied by single women. 84 The corporation sold the almshouses in the early … Spencer provided weekly doles of bread for 10 men, 10 women, and 20 children, with an additional gift at Christmas; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until the later 18th century. In 1768 only 4050 men and women, earning 8 s.9 s. a week, were said to be employed in … cutting leather, and the gloves were sewn by 1, 4001,500 women, mostly out-workers in surrounding villages, earning 8 … was reduced to nine, employing 120150 men and over 1,000 women. The principal glovemaster, Richard Taylor (d. 1841), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… small hospitals in the vicinity: a house for leprous women was mentioned in 1182 and 1232, the leper hospital of … a stag hunt, coursing, foot races, and smock races for women. 44 In 1722 the races were held at Campsfield after …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a common punishment for minor pilfering, and ducking of women, common in the early 17th century, was still ordered by … the Marlborough family: the duchess clothed 40 men and 40 women during an election campaign in 1731 and in a time of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the Jesuit mission in Oxfordshire. 50 In 1625 three women recusants were fined, and one or two recusants were …
A History of the County of Somerset
… to 15 in 1871. 6 In 1868 farming was largely pastoral but women were employed to pull turnips and mangolds, plant … RG 9/1626; RG 10/2390; RG 11/2377. Rep. Com. Children and Women in Agric. pp. 484-5. S.R.O., D/P/wool 18/13/1. P.R.O., … RG 9/1626; P.O. Dir. Som. (1866); Rep. Com. Children and Women in Agric. p. 485; S.R.O., D/P/wool 4/1/1. Lond. Gaz. 12 …