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A History of the County of Oxford
… working population in 1851 were farmers or agricultural labourers, with another 3 per cent engaged in predominantly … or coopering, and 7 per cent described merely as 'labourers' in either agriculture or industry. Lawyers, … at Newland, with 10 farm workers, employed another 33 labourers in his capacity as a road surveyor, though not …
A History of the County of Oxford
… throughout the later 16th century, most of them for small labourers' or weavers' cottages. In 1577 the bailiffs allowed … long remained a suburb of small weavers, craftsmen, and labourers, some of whom rented from wealthy townsmen, 193 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the superior working-class tenements -included eleven labourers, nine cloth-workers, four masons, a variety of … those houses were older, heads of households comprised 20 labourers, 11 clothworkers, three building workers, and … 1916 and 1918 mostly by German prisoners and Portuguese labourers accommodated at the workhouse. The airfield had …
A History of the County of Oxford
… quarries, and roads: in 1820 169 was spent on road labourers, presumably in the form of wages, and income from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… said to be 'gentlemen' and the rest tradesmen, farmers and labourers. 39 In the 1730s and 1740s chapel trustees included … a predominantly working-class area of mill workers, labourers, and small craftsmen, 139 is probably not …
A History of the County of Essex
… while only 52 men were classified as agricultural labourers. 96 By 1951 very little fishing and yachting …
A History of the County of Essex
… including a Frenchman, and another 18 were described as labourers. 29 In 1525 forty-two were assessed, apparently all … Much of the rest of the parish remained farm- land. A few labourers' cottages were built in the 19th century by H. J. …