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Halifax & Ovenden Junction Railway- Agreements
1870
Two agreements with Edward Ackroyd, Sir Francis Crossley, Wm Foster, Henry A. Ridgeway, and Robert Midgley about land. April and May 1870.
Weavers 'Wages No. 1
June 1844-Dec 1849
Weekly wages paid to named weavers, mostly women. There are about 240 in 1844 increasing to approximately 500 by 1849. Weekly totals of wages paid and pieces woven are given with the number of pieces ...
VI. WAGE BOOKS. 1820's-1881
c.1820-1881
97. Sorters’ Reckoning Book. Early nineteenth century. ‘Ready Reckoner’ giving amounts of pay for sorting various weights at different rates of pay. 98. Spinners’ Wages Book. Aug. 1828-Jan....
XIV. RAILWAYS. 1852-1884
1852-1884
(Some of this material is of special interest as it would have been available only to directors of the railway companies.) Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (See also section on Halifax & Ovenden J...