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A History of the County of Essex
… the poor'. 93 Farm labourers joined the Tendring hundred trade union c. 1836, 94 and in 1850 men working at Long Acres …
A History of the County of Essex
… imported by river. From the late 1860s, however, river trade declined because of competition from the rail- ways, … 85 About 1540 a parish constable allowed an ale- house to trade on Sundays. 86 The Crown, on the Bures road, recorded …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… thence called Worstead (worsted) goods; but this branch of trade, after its introduction by the Flemings in the reign of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 73 Tomatoes were the main crop, 74 the Worthing tomato trade reaching its height after 1932, when an import duty was … crops were mushrooms and peppers. 88 Industry and trade. Salt may have been extracted in Worthing in 1219, 89 … throughout Sussex in 1978. 19 Up to c. 1860 Worthing's trade was restricted to the requirements of townspeople and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… place has been long divested of the greater part of its trade by the rising importance of the town of Chelmsford; but …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and chairs are made in great numbers; the town has a trade in malt, and derives some traffic from its situation on …