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Attacked In The Workhouse: Snapshot Of A Life From A Court Report

by cotswoldhistory Posted on October 17, 2011

TweetEliza Green was from a working-class agricultural family in Longborough, near Moreton in Marsh. Named after her mother Elizabeth, but always known as Eliza, she lived with her family in a cottage in the village, where her father George worked … Continue reading →

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International Women’s Day: The South Cerney Tragedy

by cotswoldhistory Posted on March 8, 2011

Tweet To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, I’d like to look at one Cotswold woman’s life, and how she fought, unsuccessfully, against her circumstances. Her life shows how difficult Victorian life could be for some women from poor backgrounds, … Continue reading →

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A Cotswold Pauper: How Hannah’s Life Was Minuted

by cotswoldhistory Posted on February 7, 2011

TweetHannah Trowton was a girl whose life might have gone unrecorded and unlamented had it not been for some sad details noted in the pages of the Winchcombe Poor Law Guardians’ records. The records – minutes of the Guardians’ meetings … Continue reading →

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If You’re Going To Write A Fraudulent Letter, First Make Sure You Can Write.

by cotswoldhistory Posted on January 3, 2011

TweetRobert Harris was not the cleverest criminal in Cotswold history. Some criminals are devious; some are sharp and cunning; but Robert was cocky without having the brains to be a successful crook. He was born in 1801 in Cornwell, an … Continue reading →

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Life In The Chipping Norton Workhouse

by cotswoldhistory Posted on November 24, 2010

TweetThe early 1800s saw an increase in the number of people suffering from the effects of poverty in England. Mechanisation in industry ended some jobs, and the rising population put pressure on resources. The old Poor Law, which had come … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Strayed: What Happened To Thomas Tasker?

by cotswoldhistory Posted on May 10, 2010

Tweet In the spring of 1803, a series of adverts was placed in Jackson’s Oxford Journal by Joseph Tyrrell, the overseer of Drayton in Berkshire. Many poor people cost his parish money, and Joseph was tasked with trying to reduce … Continue reading →

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The Workhouse Apprentice

by cotswoldhistory Posted on February 4, 2010

TweetEdward Reynolds was born in 1844 in Stow-on-the-Wold, the fifth child and third son of William and Ann Reynolds. William was a baker, born around 1806 in Little Rissington. He and Ann married in 1832 in Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire, and their … Continue reading →

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Death And Remarriage

by cotswoldhistory Posted on January 25, 2010

TweetIn the minutes for the meetings of Stow-on-the-Wold’s Poor Law Guardians are several references to the wife of Isaac Scarsbrook. Isaac was granted out-relief as an able-bodied pauper between Autumn 1856 and February 1857, often on a weekly basis. Medical … Continue reading →

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