'A country factory, Burrs Mill, Bury, 1801-1802. Bury and the Peel family' in F Collier & R S Fitton (ed), Family Economy of the Working Classes in the Cotton Industry, 1783-1833

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Author(s) Collier, Frances, & R S Fitton (ed)
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1964
Pages pp27-37
Publisher Manchester University Press
Place Published Manchester

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Name Worker / employee wages & remuneration

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Derived from a MA thesis, Manchester, 1921. Relates to the income / standard of living of some of the employees of the Peel family's cotton spinning business at Burr's Mill, near Bury, and is based on an analysis of a wages book, 1801-02, which details the 'earnings and expenditure' of 136 people