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A History of the County of Essex
… in 19201 and survived in 1970. Many of the shipyard workers came from outside the town, unlike the fishermen who …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was still the largest employer; there were 62 agricultural workers compared with 46 people at the paper mill and 10 railway workers; other occupations included 9 masons, 3 butchers, a … builder, and a clock-maker. In 1881 the paper mill with 78 workers was by far the largest employer; 48 men worked on …
A History of the County of Oxford
… north side of Mill Street for evening classes for the mill workers. There is no further clear record of the school, … became a board school in 1874. In 1973 the income of the educational branch of the charity, £3.92, was used for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Upper Wolvercote is another late 19th-century terrace of workers' houses, slightly larger than those in the Rookery …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… had a reputation as a good pig market, and industrial workers sold their pigs direct to the pork butchers. About …