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Journal of the House of Lords
… Garden at all. Are all those Cottages where there are no Gardens rented from the Farmer or from the Proprietor? From … that Five Acres. You mentioned that the Cottagers had no Gardens, generally speaking; do you think the Persons in …
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… a Bit of Garden out of this Field. Do they cultivate those Gardens well? Yes. Do they pay their Rents punctually for those Gardens? Our Cottage Rents are not more than from 50 s. to 3 …
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… for their leisure Hours are occupied in the Care of their Gardens; and having very little Inducement to go away, not … between the Master and the Servants. What Size are the Gardens in general? They are in general small, varying from … as will lie upon it. How do they procure Manure for their Gardens? They take it from their Cow Yard; they have a …
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… Cottages. The Cottages, generally speaking, have tolerable Gardens; but there is a great Scarcity of House-room to the …
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… because a great many of the Labourers are employed in Gardens; we have Four or Five Gentlemen's Houses in the Neighbourhood who employ a great many Labourers in Gardens and Works of that Description. Previously to the … off their Allowance by the Overseer. Have the Poor any Gardens in your Parish? Some of them have; but many have none …
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… have extended the Population. Have the Cottages generally Gardens to them? Very small. It has been very much the … I have always, when I have built, wished them to have good Gardens. I am convinced if there were larger Gardens, it would be a great Comfort. I always thought the …
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… of Return of Manure. In the Cultivation which prevails in Gardens a great deal of Manure is derived from other Sources …
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… 6 l. 10 s. to 7 l. and some as low as 3 l. Have they good Gardens? In the Part of the Parish where I reside they have very good Gardens; in the Town of Maidenhead none at all. Do they pay … Poor Rate. They pay as high as 6 l. Rent for Cottages and Gardens? I am sorry to say as high as 6 l. 10 s. without …
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… Rent of Cottages let to Labourers, and whether they have Gardens to their Cottages? Also, whether any other Land is … the Average is about 3 l. a Year. With or without Gardens? There is about an equal Proportion. Do you include … of Rents is about 3 l. and there are as many that have Gardens (except in the Neighbourhood of Towns) as there are …
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… the Year when Men have been out of Work. Do you give large Gardens to any of them? They all have Gardens; but very large Gardens, or small Lots of Land, in that Neighbourhood, do not …