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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The chief business was presentment of breaches of the agricultural custom, of strays, and of nuisances. 7 It is not … cost the parish about £12 each a year. Some 70 or 80 labourers were wholly on the parish during the summer and 120 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… four or five families in work was supported chiefly by non-agricultural pursuits. 85 In the decade 1810-20 six … of the area also in 1867 yielded springtime employment for agricultural workers in felling and stripping timber. 90 The …
Warpsgrove
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… recently established farmhouses and a similar number of labourers' cottages. Two farmhouses and a cottage remained in … extended in the late 20th century. 4 ECONOMIC HISTORY THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE Open fields probably covered most of … (Fig. 118), 8 and though c.50 a. were cropped in 1880, agricultural depression led to renewed expansion of grassland …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… 0 0 on the head of Victualling. for the pay of sundry labourers lately discharged 740 15 0 10,671 15 0 Disposition …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… 1711 10,000 0 0 to the head of Victualling anno 1712. for labourers and workmen employed at the several ports: for six …