Rural wages and cider in Gloucestershire and nearby counties
A study of farm labor conditions across Gloucestershire Worcestershire Somerset Devon and nearby counties shows wages around 6s 6d to 8s weekly with many workers living in poverty. Cider payments are routinely added to wages reducing money earnings and worsening female and child burdens.
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Wilts
Gloucestershire
Worcestershire
Bristol
Cheltenham
Tewkesbury
Worcester
Devon
Dorset
Monmouth
Oxford
Hereford
Great Malvern
Monmouthshire
Somerset
Newent
Woodward
Huxtable
Landlord and Tenant Act Provisions on Farm Buildings
The act allows tenants with written landlord consent to erect farm buildings or machinery which become the tenant’s property and may be removed with one month’s notice, subject to restoring land and landlord’s buildings. Arbitration may set the value if a landlord pays. Scotland is exempt from the act.
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Scotland
Influence of Entail on Labourer Morals and Living Conditions
A letter argues Entail worsens rural poverty and morality. It cites Norfolk and surrounding counties showing poor diets, one room cottages, damp homes, and crowded living spaces. Clerical witnesses note rising illegitimacy and degraded decency tied to housing and poverty.
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Devonshire
Oxford
Hertfordshire
Norfolk
Chronicle
Sible Hedingham
Weathersfield
Bondfield
Wicken
Clavering
Essex
Ireland
Epping Union
England
Wales
Cumberland
Hereford
Salop
Nottingham
Chester
Westmoreland
Sussex
England and
Suffolk
London
Denison
Poor Law Board
Vaughan
Kent
Surrey