CA 405 Letters – November
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pauper apprentices
‘Tired beyond all telling’: Revealing the hard, often brief, lives of pauper apprentices
A collaborative project has brought to light the lives of a 19th-century community living and working in Fewston, North Yorkshire. Among their number were many children who were indentured to work in the nearby mills, and whose lives may have ultimately been cut short by this labour. Kathryn Krakowka talked with Rebecca Gowland to learn more.
Tracing ‘pauper apprentices’ in North Yorkshire
154 skeletons representing people of all ages were recovered from the 19th-century cemetery in Fewston