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Aspects of Life in 19th Century Worcestershire

Agriculture and Industry

With the Industrial Revolution under way, there were fewer jobs on the land. Until the event of factory reform, conditions in industry were appalling, but this did improve throughout the century.

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Agriculture and Industry
Advert from Bevis's Builders
Price Book, p.228-229, 1884

Advert from Bevis's Builders Price Book
Advert from Bevis's Builders
Price Book, p.120, 1884

Advert from Bevis's Builders Price Book


Advert from Bevis's Builders
Price Book, p.25, 1884

Advert from Bevis's Builders Price Book
Advert from Bevis's Builders
Price Book, p. 22, 1884

Averill's Hardware Shop Market Place
Averill's Hardware Shop,
Market Place, 1890

Situations Vacant, Evesham Journal
Situations Vacant,
Evesham Journal, p.5, 1878

The Old Stonebreaker
The Old Stonebreaker,
c.1889

Haymaking
Hay Making, c.1896

The Depression in Agriculture
The Depression in Agriculture,
Evesham Journal, p. 5, 1878

Horse Drawn Tram
Horse Drawn Tram
St Johns, c. 1889


Further Reading


The Museum of English Rural Life


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