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A History of the County of Oxford
… by the late 18th and early 19th century, when bread prices caused poor-relief costs to soar, charitable income …
A History of the County of Oxford
… evidently recovered, though from mid century rising food prices, and in the 1790s the impact of the French wars, … from the mid 18th century, were exacerbated by rising prices and occasional grain shortages. 140 An insurrection … in 1766 was averted only after farmers lowered corn prices, 141 and in 1784 a 'fracas' between the Blanket …
A History of the County of Oxford
A History of the County of Oxford
… rates for coal passing through Witney, where coal prices, in contrast with those of most other goods, continued …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the late 18th century trade fluctuations and rising bread-prices made poor relief the vestry's most pressing concern. … town as a result of economic fluctuation and rising bread-prices. From the 1750s rumours of threatened grain riots … primarily against local farmers who refused to lower prices, leading townsmen were sometimes targeted. In 1767 the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… it doubled to over 1, 800, 196 reflecting the high bread prices which prompted local riots that year. 197 By 18012 it … of poor relief continued to reflect national trends, bread prices, and local employment: though falling gradually … complaints about falling quality and 'exorbitant' prices, 288 and from the 1870s to the 1890s they were managed …