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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1831 a third of the adult male population of over 300 were agricultural labourers and a third were employed in retail or craft … land, half employed no labour. 17 There were c. 200 male agricultural workers, including boys, in the period 1851-81. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… streets, except Long Lane, were mostly given over to labourers' cottages. Terraces of somewhat larger houses … had a flourishing social life in the 19th century. An agricultural society was founded c. 1846 and in 1848 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… more often. It remained the means by which tenurial and agricultural business was managed in the village until the … and overseers of the poor. 74The court was concerned with agricultural matters throughout the 17th, 18th, and early … The money spent included £158 in wages to unemployed labourers. 79The number of persons relieved fell below 100 c. …
Additional Material for the History of the Grey Friars, London