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A History of the County of Oxford
… th Century As elsewhere, annual expenditure on poor relief rose steadily from the mid 18th century: in the 1740s and …
A History of the County of Essex
… received clothes or material. As the rent of the field rose towards the middle of the century, so the number of …
A History of the County of Essex
… to 2,193 in 1931 as the maritime industries declined, but rose again to 2,729 in 1961. Wivenhoe was the fastest growing … the local Harvey shipbuilding family, lived at Quay House, Rose Lane, for short periods. He became an actor manager in …
A History of the County of Essex
… manorial business. The last court was held in 1898 at the Rose and Crown public house. 46 From 2 to 7 overseers and 2 … £268 and in 1783-5 it averaged £289 a year. 66 Expenditure rose to £845 in 1802, equivalent to c. 15 s. 6 d. per head of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Oxford market. The number of dairymen in the parish rose from 1 in 1883 to 4 in 1887, 6 in 1899, and 8 in 1907, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by 88 families, a total population of 341. The population rose steadily to 524 in 1831, fell to 470 in 1841, but rose again to 637 in 1851 when numbers were swollen by the … under Wolvercote. In the later 19th century the population rose rapidly as the northeast part of the parish was built …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… within the area of the U.D. (abolished in 1974) population rose from 16,701 in 1971 to 17,552 in 1981. 10 Between 1826 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 17 As in all the coalfield parishes the number of poor rose markedly as economic activity slumped in the early 19th …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… parish 47 and in 1776 £103 was spent on relief. The cost rose to an average annual sum of £181 c. 1784 and to £232 in … and in 1825 amounted to £217. From that date expenditure rose steadily to a peak of £402 in 1832 and declined again to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… means until the 1770s, 73 but from then the population rose steadily to 648 in 1801 and 1,016 in 1841, of whom c. … Saxon great green. The number of houses, 93 in 1674, 95 rose steadily from the late 18th century. There were probably …