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A History of the County of Northampton
… be the site of a mill. 21 A ubiquitous by-employment for women in Alderton, as elsewhere in the district, was pillow … the farms had drawn labour from the Pioneer Corps and the Women's Land Army and had also employed gipsies and Austrian … and three in the public service. The remainder included 32 women not employed outside the home, five men away on …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… and supporting entablature, on which are seated figures of women with helms and shields, broken pediment and …
A History of the County of Rutland
… substance of the house in luxurious living. He had kept women in the priory, and maintained his illegitimate children …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of the rule as to silence, the non-admission of women, the due observance of divine service, and other like …
A Dictionary of London
… was rebuilt as New Broad Street. For ten poor men and women. Rebuilt 1733 in Gingerbread Court, Lamb Alley. Still …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… side of the church, were the figures of two men and three women, kneeling at altars. In Bourne's time, only one of the women remained. He supposed them to have represented the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and 10 in 1333. 68 In 1767 the township had 96 men and women owing suit at the manor court; there were 62 in … in 1876 and, like that of 1794, met at the George. 37 A Women's Institute was formed in 1920 as part of the Staffordshire Federation of Women's Institutes. It was closed in 1935 and in 1953 it was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Moor until 1855, refusing to employ boys aged under 13 and women or girls at all and not allowing Sunday working. 9 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… be much employed in making buttons. 50 It was common for women and girls in the township to work as button makers in … an attempt to establish a trade union in 1834. 51 Only 6 women button makers were recorded in the township in 1841, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the latter a silk, twist, and button manufacturer. 24 Women button makers from Hollinsclough were probably involved … township in 1841, 13 in 1851, and 21 in 1861. Both men and women worked as silk weavers during the same period: 4 were …