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A History of the County of Oxford
… century the building of Blenheim Palace introduced a large labour force and the town's subsequent prosperity enabled it … 1841 was caused only by the temporary residence of a large labour force restoring Blenheim Palace; by 1851 the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with Hensington manor, he instigated riots; when his party failed in the mayoral election of 1581 he resigned his … was spent on materials to employ the workhouse poor, whose labour yielded the substantial sum of 56. 66 A contract of 1811 forbade immoderate labour or corporal punishment, and provided the master with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the park as ranger and became a supporter of the court party. Spencer became high steward of Woodstock in 1661, was … and a councillor since 1662, later adhered to the court party, and Nicholas Baynton, resident at Chaucer's House from … and even minor offices were sometimes contested on party lines, with candidates standing openly for the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and 102 boonworks at harvest were worked; in addition, labour-services for threshing were provided by Tidenham … the neglect of a later tenant and in 1873, to overcome a labour shortage blamed on the proximity of the parish to the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… whose sentence of transportation is commuted for hard labour at home, and who are employed in the dockyard, …