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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and a further 12 per cent in southern Cambridgeshire. Unemployment was only 0.4 per cent in 1988, rising to 3.2 per …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… farms men outnumbered boys by almost two to one. In 1852 unemployment was severe, but tenants of La Hogue and …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of a general gas-rate until 1838. Serious increase in unemployment led St. Mary's parish, in 1822, to levy a labour …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… failures. 30 Even before the Civil War Ely was facing unemployment 31 and more traditional types of poverty. … work on the roads, at fair wages, would go far to meet unemployment. 66 The depressing harvest of 1757 no doubt …