tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34093396.post8232647912358413729..comments2023-09-14T17:37:49.571+10:00Comments on Victorian History: Baby FarmingDr Bruce Rosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11591761401001848135noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34093396.post-54333541627000162072017-04-18T00:15:17.450+10:002017-04-18T00:15:17.450+10:00These "nurses" expected to get paid. In ...These "nurses" expected to get paid. In 1869, a Victorian clergyman stopped the regular payments being made for the "care" of his young wife's (allegedly) illegitimate children. The formidable Mrs. Donne went to court and a most sensational trial resulted. See "Two Bastards under his Roof" at http://victorianclericalerrors.blogspot.com Tom Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988424863875787910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34093396.post-72526512402557606952014-04-25T11:39:05.103+10:002014-04-25T11:39:05.103+10:00Markets happened, Hels, Markets. Markets happened, Hels, Markets. AltoBertonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34093396.post-13706991187707744552013-01-22T23:41:43.581+11:002013-01-22T23:41:43.581+11:00I think with the relentless advance of industriali...I think with the relentless advance of industrialisation, the social infrastructure (council/church)of large industrialised areas was non-existent until the end of the 19th century. New parishes were having to be created to cope with the numbers of workers. This was the downside of Victorian (city) expansion and wasn't the norm in the more traditional rural areas of Britain.Lesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34093396.post-66344147575157141522012-03-14T10:12:26.592+11:002012-03-14T10:12:26.592+11:00I have been thinking a lot about orphanages in the...I have been thinking a lot about orphanages in the Netherlands, as far back as the 17th century. There seemed to have been a commitment between the Council in each city and the Church to provide a basic home and education for every child, even if the parents were impoverished, dead or not married. I suppose conditions were sparse but there really was a commitment to Christian dignity for each Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com