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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… selected are out of the better class and best-conducted labourers.' Thomas Adams, by his will dated 1697, gave 4 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… annual value in the last three streets was £28 10 s.; labourers' cottages in Horse Fair and the adjoining streets …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… dykes or digging new ones cost 2 d. or 3 d. a perch, the labourers' wages being 4 d. a day. A 'drainage tax' of ¼ d. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… later became Thakeham union. 48 In 1834 the four or five labourers unemployed in winter were supported by parish work, … only, and 16 boys and girls on Sundays only. 32 In 1871 labourers' children paid no fees. 33 During the late 19th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… along with large numbers of agricultural and general labourers. Agricultural trades such as malting remained …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the poor too great, with an 'abundance' of poor labourers needing employment. 13 By the early 18th century … 10, placing them well above a broad range of craftsmen and labourers who were taxed on 2 or less, while in 1639 the …