Description of 24-E Employment I, Agriculture and Domestic Service
1. Section 1 Agriculture
The village economy was dominated by agriculture however there was a diversity of occupations which served the community.
The village at this time was largely unaffected by the industrialisation of urban areas.
In 1851Bramham had a healthy village economy.
2. The three tiers of society which were common to the traditional English village.; wealthy landowners, trade and craftsmen, and labourers.
Two dominant groups are-those who work in agriculture and those who are in domestic service.
Links to Table 14, Fig 14 and Fig15
3. Agriculture and Agriculture Employment
Who were farmers? The three main groups were land owners, tenant farmers and labourers. The importance of relationship between landlords and tenants in the prosperity of the community. Acreage and the role of the land Agent.
4. The three groups who worked on the land were-farm servants, live in labourers and day labourers.
Wages of agricultural workers
Links to table 16 .
5. Women and children in the work force
Living conditions of farm workers---- stone cottages and a quarter acre allotment.
6. Summing up of Section 1
Opening paragraph of Section2 Domestic Service
Link to table 17
7. Wages of Domestic Servants
Hiring fairs. Predominance of unmarried females in ‘Service’.
8. Footnotes 1-9
9. Footnotes 10-13
10. Fig 14 Social Class in Bramham
Table 14 Social Stratification for Bramham in 1851
11. Fig 15 Graph showing Industrial Groupings in 1851
Table 15 Industrial Classifications by Occupation
12. Table 16 Age Structure of Agricultural Labourers
Table 17 Household with Servants by Social Class of Householder
13. Illus 14 Wise Warren Farm
Illus 14 New York Farm (principal farms both held by tenants)
14. Illus 16 HeadleyHall
Illus 17 Paradise Farm
Illus 18 Well Hill Farm
15. Illus 19 labourers Cottages
Illus 20and 21Two further examples
16. Illus 22 Barns (a particular feature of the village was the numerous barns)
Illus 23 A modern conversion of a village barn
17. Illus 24 Hope Hall
Illus 25 Bramham Lodge ( These houses would have provided employment for local men and women.)
18. Illus 26 Land Agent’s House
Illus 27 Old Hall a large residence dating from the 17th century facing the churchyard.
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