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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… they should yearly 'new-clothe two poor men and two poor women on Christmas Day at the Town Hall and should allow each …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1950. 97 The old school has been purchased by the Newton Women's Institute. By the M. of H. Prov. Orders Conf. (Ely, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Flemish glass; on the north is the Mocking, the Women on their way to the Sepulchre, and the Harrowing of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of their own, £50 given in small sums to 281 'poor men and women in want' and the remainder used to pay rates and taxes. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is not entered regularly, but the membership, of men and women, seems to have remained fairly constant. Thus in 1453 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of £5,901. In 1904 there were 1,304 members, 376 of them women. During 1912, 15,636 books were issued from the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… reformer and philanthropist. 66 Other notable men and women connected with the town are Jane Stuart (d. 1745), said …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… among the poor. Six neat almshouses for aged and unmarried women were erected in 1828, by Mr. Townsend; and there are …
A History of the County of Oxford
… family, built a row of almshouses at Newland for six women inmates in 1827, besides financing a new … case on its merits; though preference was given to Witney women they considered applications from Oxford and elsewhere … in bread and beef on Christmas Day to 40 poor men and women named by the town feoffees; with 10 s. for a sermon in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… prompted a strike at Smith and Philips's in 1970, when women workers claimed loss of earnings caused by introduction … people from the Witney area, including several hundred women engaged in both clerical and production work. Many … 350; Looker's glove factory employed 30 cutters and 100 women outworkers, and the West London Optical and Tool …