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^ . — Statement of tlie Situation of tlie Labourers in the Village of 
Saxby, on the Lincolnshire Wolds. 
By Mr. John Horsley. 
In the first place, the cottages are good, being brick and tile, and contain 
each four rooms, viz., two low rooms and two chambers, besides a back 
kitchen, pantry, &c. &c. For the cottage alone the rent charge is 30*., to 
each of which is attached about an acre (some more, some less) of garden 
ground, for which they pay 285. per acre, the average rent of their 
meadow and pasture land. Those keeping one cow have about 4 acres 
of meadow and pasture, and those keeping tico cows about 7 or 8 acres, 
exclusive of the garden above described. The labourer's wages are 
13*. 6^ * per week ; this has been the stated wages during the winter. 
The garden ground is cultivated with potatoes, which enables them to 
feed two or three good pigs, which on an average weigh about 25 stone 
(14 lbs. to the stone) : one pig they generally contrive to sell for the 
Michaelmas rent, the other for their own consumption. During the spring 
they have generally a good fat calf, which will fetch from 3/. to 3/. 10*. 
Having given you the principle upon which our cottages are rented, I 
will give you (as under) a few of the names, with the particulars, as they 
stand in the rent-roll : — 
1 
Quantity. ! 
Anuual \'alue. 
A. 
R. r. 
£. 
s. 
(/. 
George Atkinson, two cows 
8 
1 8 
13 
19 
6 
Jonathan Ashton, one do. 
4 
1 34 
7 
15 
0 
John Brocklesby, one do. . i 
3 
2 26 ' 
6 
7 
0 
William Blair, one do. 
3 
3 30 ' 
7 
1 
0 
John Clayton, one do. . . 
William Jackson, one do. . 
4 
0 1 
7 
2 
0 
4 
0 27 ; 
1 ' 
0 
0 
Isaac Marshall, one do. 
4 
3 3 
1 ^ 
4 
0 
John Oglesby, two do. 
8 
1 19 
13 
5 
0 
John Pocklington, two do. 
7 
0 1 
' 11 
9 
2 
Thomas Stephenson, two do. . 
7 
1 39 
' 14 
10 
0 
George Turner, one do. 
3 
3 31 
7 
0 
0 
John Twidle, one do. . 
4 
3 7 
8 
4 
0 
Joseph Thistleton, two do. 
John Walker, one do. 
8 
0 25 
13 
0 
0 
4 
3 23 
8 
7 
0 
What I have stated above is a fair specimen. We have in this parisli 
about forty cottagers, and I am happy to see them all comfortably fixed. 
The farmers generally draw the hay and coals for the cottagers in their 
employ. I have great pleasure in giving ti>e particulars of our cot- 
tagers, and I should be glad to hear of other landlords following the 
example. 
Sajcbij, near Barlon-on-H umber, John Horsley. 
2nd April, 1842. 
'I'he wages would b« now about I2«. 
