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The great scheme of evacuating some three million children and mother of infants under five years of age from what are regarded as vulnerable areas to less vulnerable areas came into operation on ...

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No. 7— John Saville, 7 years old, collier’s boy at the Soap Pit [Sheffield] Also examined January 19th :– No.7 I have worked in the pit for two weeks; I stand and open and shut the door; I’m generally ...

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The sixteenth century was a period of population rise and price inflation. The social pressure on those with wealth to display it was considerable. Fortunes were poured into building grand houses and ...

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Map created in 1597 showing the Tower of London (Catalogue ref: MPH 1/213) ...