When William Lilly was christened on 19 June 1819, in Scarning, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, Matthew Lilly, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Bone, was 24. He married Harriett Bennett in 1847, in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Whinburgh, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Fakenham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
English: from the Middle English female personal name Lylie, probably from the name of the flower, Middle English lilie, lelie ‘lily’.
English: habitational name from Lelley in East Yorkshire or Lilley in Hertfordshire. The Yorkshire placename probably derives from Old English lǣl ‘twig, brushwood’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English līn ‘flax’ + lēah.
Irish: Anglicized shortened form of Allely .
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