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A History of the County of Middlesex
… on the roads, and the women and children given 'light agricultural work'. 47 In 1836 West Drayton parish became …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… was drawn largely from the families of immigrant Irish labourers on the brickfields, market-gardens, and railways. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… from c. 1949 until its sale c. 1971 as a centre for the agricultural education of young Jews intending to work in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 1980s. 38 A West Grinstead and district ploughing and agricultural society was formed c. 1876, with an annual show … its site had been built over. 56 Trade and industry. Non-agricultural occupations in the Middle Ages are perhaps … 58 Between the 16th century and the earlier 19th many non-agricultural occupations were recorded. Besides those …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 27 and after 1945 what remained was turned over to agricultural use. 28 Several parkland features, including …
A History of the County of Essex
… calico-printer c. 174965, 20 was evidently employing Irish labourers in 1750, when he received an anonymous letter … of the National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers (1889), of which W. J. Thorne was for many years …