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A History of the County of Sussex
… 40 In 1811 one in 17 families was supported chiefly by non-agricultural occupations, and in 1821 and 1831 one in nine. … smiths, and farriers recorded between 1845 and 1938. 43 An agricultural engineering business there was mentioned in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 53 Before 1872 the building was converted into three labourers' cottages, 54 but by 1976 it was again a single …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… latter school being designed for the sons of farmers and labourers of Aldenham, on the national system. The same …
A History of the County of Northampton
… 1950s several of the older cottages were vacated by farm labourers' families and sold to young professional couples … was not acted on. Trades and Crafts. There was little non-agricultural employment in Alderton, either during the 19th … they proceeded to modernise and extend, while the farm labourers who had previously occupied them were happy to …
A History of the County of Essex
… in Fordstreet from c. 1736 until 1843. 2 In 1851 the 87 agricultural labourers were by far the largest group of workers in the … trade, and 3 in a silk factory. 3 In 1871 there were 79 agricultural labourers. The next largest category of …
A History of the County of Essex
… 81 in 1870, and 3 in 1951. 40 The National Agri- cultural Labourers' Union and the Eastern Counties Labour Federation …
A History of the County of Sussex
… average width of a little over a mile. It is mostly good agricultural land lying between 25 and 50 ft. above …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… main source of employment. In 1831 4 farmers employed 70 labourers. 211 By 1839 the Sherborne estate had been … 13 in 1926 when they provided full-time employment for 76 labourers. Three of the farms in 1926 were smallholdings with …