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local
people
led
by
Douglas
Clinton who edited the text.
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those
who
worked
on
the
book were:
Margaret Cooke, Sproxton
Elizabeth Exton, Buckminster
Anne Goodacre
Michael Goodacre
Carol Hopcroft
Philippa Jessop, Sproxton
Gill Leigh, Sproxton
Inge Lewis
Jill MacPherson, Buckminster
Eileen Mazure, Buckminster
Mike Reed
Annie Stockwell, Sproxton
Rosie Thompson
Enid Woodcock, Buckminster
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When Bacon was Sixpence a Pound (Victorian Life in Buckminster, Sewstern
and Sproxton)
Contents
Frontispiece
i
Contents
iii
Introduction
iv
Chapter 1
Their Noble Lords
1
Chapter 2
Agriculture
7
Chapter 3
Employment
21
Chapter 4
Labouring Life
35
Chapter 5
Religion
52
Chapter 6
Education
59
Chapter 7
Leisure and Recreation
65
Maps
North East Leicestershire, 1795
72
Sewstern, 1885
73
Buckminster, 1885
73
Sproxton, 1885
74