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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was accused of upholding ceremonies, including churching women at the communion rail, and of encouraging villagers who …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1867. One farmer alone in 1871 hired 14 men to dig and 11 women, out of c. 60 so employed, to pick those fossils. 16 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… while 90, out of 100-120 enrolled, attended in 1866. Local women were recruited to teach the infants, and, sometimes, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… different in 1642, when 12 people, including, unusually, women, were recorded as taking the Protestation oath. 80 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… on alternate Sundays and at the chief festivals. In 1875 women were removed from the choir and surplices were worn. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the unusually large number of laundresses in Willesden, women who earned good wages to supplement the seasonal work … 86 By 1902 there were 137 laundries employing 2,046 women. The numbers declined, to 60 factory and 28 domestic … 1919 there were 15 laundries each employing more than 40 women, the two largest, in Stonebridge and Craven Park, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… synagogue by Walter Landauer seating 524 men and 392 women opened in 1938, the original building becoming the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… payments to outsiders. In 1801 relief was given to 94 women and children travelling with passes. Gypsies and … work, and in 1824 to purchase flax or hemp to employ poor women. By 1834 some 49 able-bodied poor were receiving relief. Women and children were employed in spinning and the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Yiewsley. 34 Nurseries were introduced for the children of women working in munitions factories in the First World War. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and working as clerks or in commerce. A third of the women worked, the largest group as domestic servants and many … Domestic service was still the largest single category of women's work. There were smaller numbers of builders and …