St Keyne: farm labouring, shoemaking and gender relations

St Keyne is a small, easily overlooked parish in the south east Cornish countryside. In the 1800s its economy was almost entirely dominated by its farms. Farmers, their sons and farm labourers made up fully 92 per cent of the working male population in 1861. From the bare historical record Emma Jane Hender of St … Continue reading St Keyne: farm labouring, shoemaking and gender relations →