Pages: 1 [2]

Author Topic: Council scavenger  (Read 1257 times)

Offline Bee

  • RootsChat Aristocrat
  • ******
  • Posts: 2,915
    • View Profile
Re: Council scavenger
« Reply #9 on: Monday 01 February 21 00:19 GMT (UK) »
My OH's gt grandfather went from being an owner of thrashing machine on the 1891 census to a scavenger on the 1901 census. :o
Dinsdale, Ellis, Gee, Goldsmith,Green,Hawks,Holmes,  Lacey, Longhorn, Pickersgill, Quantrill,Tuthill, Tuttle & Walker,  in E & W Yorks, Lincs, Norfolk & Suffolk. Census information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Offline Ray T

  • RootsChat Aristocrat
  • ******
  • Posts: 1,502
  • Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
    • View Profile
Re: Council scavenger
« Reply #10 on: Monday 08 February 21 13:42 GMT (UK) »
According to Arrowsmith, 1997 “Stocport - A History”; in the 16 & 17 Century, “scavengers” were appointed to report on the dumping of refuse in the streets.
Pages: 1 [2]