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A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… poor and the repair of the highways, 604 was occupied by paupers in 1806 605 but had been leased by 1844. 606 The …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… In the 1730s and 1740s the workhouse housed 30-60 paupers. In the year 1728- 9 the expenses of running it, … empowered the officers to use the cottages for housing paupers or to sell them for the benefit of the poor but … the overseers were also paying the rent for numerous other paupers. 67 Bad years for the cloth trade required special …
A History of the County of Oxford
… carding and spinning wool. 109 Overseers regularly paid paupers' medical bills, and provided clothing. 110 The …
A History of the County of Somerset
… rented in 1608 and one was built between 1613 and 1615. Paupers were given cash, lodging, food, and clothing. 97 From … a house in Charlton Lane which was probably being used for paupers. 99 In 1835 the parish became part of Wincanton …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… have been held later. Calne parish probably relieved most paupers of Blackland tithing. 95 Blackland parish spent £17 …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… BLUE VITRIOL. Blue was formerly the distinctive colour for paupers, charity schools and almsmen, hence BLUECOAT BOYS. By …
A History of the County of Essex
… poor was made in various ways including the binding out of paupers' children as apprentices, the provision of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… or Crofter's Hall, it then housed, rent free, up to seven paupers. It was burnt down in 1853 and the site sold in 1894; …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… proved troublesome and unprofitable. By the late 1790s the paupers with large families, whose wages were made up by …