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A History of the County of Gloucester
… and 1 August and 10 works weekly, provided by two men, at harvest time. 12 Customary tenements were held by copy for …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… farmer took the lead in abolishing the traditional form of harvest horkeys in 1857, encouraged by the vicar, 11 but in Ditton Green in the 1930s most farmers still staged harvest celebrations, then called 'hawkies', for their …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… IN WOODDITTON, 1300-1500 Ditton Valence home farm 1302 (harvest) Thetford's home farm 1324-5 (sowing) Ditton Valence …
A History of the County of Essex
… 39 As the families of the gentry moved out, their homes were pulled down and the grounds laid out for housing … property, comprising 64 a., was acquired by Dr. Barnardo's Homes in 1910 and during the next twenty years detached … Roding House in Roding Lane North is also part of the Homes. It is a tall three-storey building of the later 18th …