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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by John Westend in 1451, are occupied by sixteen men and women, who receive a small allowance of fuel; and at …
A History of the County of Essex
… the number of beneficiaries increased until 1867 when 51 women and 17 men each received an average of 3 yd. of … trustees land in Rebow Road for six almshouses for single women or widows, preferably sailors' widows. She en- dowed … eight widows; by 1836 the beneficiaries included unmarried women. The charge may have been paid in 1863 but appears to …
A History of the County of Essex
… oaken planks were supplied to the navy in 1666 during the Dutch wars. 43 There is evidence of marsh drainage in 163940 … also built many ships for the navy, especially during the Dutch wars in the later 17th century. 1 Eighteenth-century … employed in dressmaking and 65 in tailoring, many of them women doing outwork for Col- chester clothing firms. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Oxon. (1853). Wilb. Visit. 166; Rep. Com. on Children and Women in Agric. [4202-1], p. 334, H.C. (1868-9), xiii; … 114, pp. 344-5 (1867-8), liii; Rep. Com. on Children and Women in Agric. p. 334. O.R.O., MS. Oxf. Dioc. c 344, f. 453; … Dioc. c 335, f. 438; c 344, f. 453; Rep. Com. Children and Women in Agric, p. 334. O.R.O., MS. d.d. Par. Wolvercote, b …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of thirteen unmarried men, with another house for three women to attend them as nurses; they were endowed with an …
Alumni Oxonienses
… in command of the Royal Prince in the engagement with the Dutch off Southwold Bay in May, 1762, F.R.S., lecturer of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 36 Two seamstresses were recorded in 1879 37 and women of the parish were also employed in the convent …
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 …