Amersham - Workhouse Offences
Elizabeth Ayres was charged with leaving the workhouse without permission and taking workhouse clothing.
Notes from Winslow Workhouse
27th January 1873
Patrick Collier was charged with begging alms. The case was proven but dismissed with a caution.
Gamekeepers Licences 1831
The list shows the men licenced to be a gamekeeper and their employers and their licences.
GAME LISTS.
COUNTY OF BUCKS
PERSONS who have obtained GAME CERTIFICATES for the year 1831
LIST I
GENERAL CERTIFICATES at £3 13s. 6d. each.
Description of Agriculture in the Vale of Aylesbury - 1850
Description of Agriculture in the Vale of Aylesbury - 1850
The soil, in the Vale of Aylesbury, is a strong clay loam, varying in depth from two feet to a few inches, of rich earth, generally incumbant on stiff clay....
By “GOOD WORDS” COMMISIONER.
iv.—THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LABOURER.
The English hind is best off in some of the northern, worst off in some of the southern-coast counties. The Buckinghamshire labourer, however, may be taken with tolerable fairness as a type of the English peasant. Bucks is a good deal nearer to Dorsetshire than it is to Northumberland, and the average of agricultural wages in Bucks is nearer the Dorsetshire than the Northumbrian average; but, for that very reason, the Buckinghamshire labourer may all the more fairly be selected as a type of the class who receive corduroy breeches as rewards of virtue.
Below are two advertisements from the Oxford and West Bucks Gazette in 1875. They show the types of farm and the types of equipment and livestock that were on the farms of the time.
17th November 1866
From the Marlow Magistrates Minute Book
Below is an advert for an entertainment and race for boys.
Music and dance played a great part in the lives of people.
The race is interesting as it is for all ages of boy. There is a handicap system where the slower and younger boys get a head start. This race is one of many over a season for boys, There are no adverts for girls races..
6th August 1842 High Wycombe,
Storm
On Wednesday afternoon this town was visited with a most violent and heavy storm, indeed such a one as even the oldest inhabitants cannot recollect before.
8th September 1827
At Buckingham fair on Tuesday last a bull and cow entered the house of Harry Cox, the staymaker, and alarmed the family whilst at breakfast; the entrance being narrow it was impossible to turn them out.
Toy Dealers
This is the list of Toy Dealers that are in Buckinghamshire in 1891.
Subcategories
Transport
Covering anything involving Roads, Canals and Railways.
Law and the Courts
Includes the Petty and Quarter Sessions, JPs, Police, and the Criminals.
Poor and Workhouses
The Workhouse and the poor examples, including a few cases.
General
Articles that do not fit into other categories
From Local Newspapers
Snippets that do not fit in elsewhere.
The Military & Remembrance
Articles involving all three services and the part played by Buckinghamshire people.