Sh 39d Victorian Rural Life – Challenge and Change - Members Only
The good times for English farming came to an end in the later 1870s, and hit Oxfordshire particularly hard. Prices for corn and wool fell. In the wake of economic pain, came change
Sh 39c Victorian Rural Life: Variety and Conflict - Members Only
Religion was a force both for stability and change, conservatism and radicalism
Sh 39b: Victorian Rural Life: Household and Labourers - Members Only
Life in a closed parish may have had some advantages – stability, some perks in cheap and good quality houses. But life wasn’t easy for the vast majority ofRead More
Sh 39a Victorian Rural Life: Region and Elite - Members Only
The first of a trilogy in four parts about Victorian Rural life, from the perspective of the Swyncombe Parish. Here we talk about Swyncombe, its region – and theRead More
Victorian Rural Life: Introduction - Members Only
A Shedcast series from August, about the rural parish of Swyncombe and what it can tell us of Rural Victorian England