Now here’s a useful little book. It is still available if you know where to look.
The references aren’t very good and some of the information may be hearsay.
Is £10 per annum for UK only, Oct to Oct.
Please contact us for payment details.
Wed 4 Aug 2021.”A Year on the Farm”, based on the labourer’s bills of 1789, Nigel Hodder. A real insight into life in a rural village in Georgian times.
Are you interested in exploring old documents?
You can help us by transcribing documents and audio recordings. We already have transcribers around the world who are working on Churchwardens Books and Overseers of the Poor Books. The pages are shared using Google docs, although MyAirBridge, One Drive or Dropbox is also possible.
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Although we are a local history group, we are carrying out family and social history research to see how the ordinary people lived, how they were treated, their economic fortunes, religious beliefs, health, demographics, etc. We are particularly interested in the mobility of families in the 18th century.
