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A History of the County of Essex
… character of the place, since inhabitants of purely agricultural villages of similar area in Essex numbered only …
A History of the County of Essex
… aside for the performance of statute labour but in 1733 labourers paid 5 s. as composition. In 1721 the Middlesex and … surveyors'. Road work was sometimes found for unemployed labourers in the early 19th century. No select vestry was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… between five and sixteen times as many parishioners in agricultural as in non-agricultural occupations. 63 There was a corn and cattle …
A History of the County of Oxford
… direct employment for building craftsmen, carters, and labourers, and creating demand for lodgings, goods, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Liberals and Methodists were prominent in the local agricultural trade union movement, 16 and in the 1890s a … Market Place, was particularly prominent. 74 The Woodstock Agricultural and Horticultural Association, formed in 1858 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 16th and 17th centuries the corporation paid carters and labourers to cleanse the streets and provided public …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and tradesmen of the Liberals' association with the agricultural labourers' union and Joseph Arch. 32 Lord Randolph retained …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and he later became mayor; he and Godden promoted the agricultural labourers' union. 80 The Banburys were instrumental in the …