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Richard Ostler & Fergus O'Conner highlighted the problems of the children working in the mill & their biographies are good reading.

The difference was child labourers worked long hours for little money, doing menial jobs which were dangerous & hazardous to health. An apprentice was being taught a trade, they did not get paid, the masters just had to feed them & give them a set of clothes once a year, (they did not have to be new clothes so a lot of them got hand me downs).

John

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If it mentioned from  Kirkburton I would say Upperthong which was in the parish of Kirkburton.

Could the Overthong be Overthorpe which is at Thornhill.

John

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If I hit the brick wall I tend to leave it and go onto another branch and it might be a year before I have a fresh look at the problem.

It doesn't always work but if you are looking in the area you sometimes accidently find a link that gives you the answer.

John

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It looks alright to me but I would look to see if I can find some baptisms and check for any burials
 in Leicestershire

John

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I don.t know if a mistake was made in the original entry but they usually put a red line through the first entry then they are entered at the back of the book.