When William Headley was born in 1824, in Enderby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Headley, was 22 and his mother, Rachel Burrows, was 19. He married Mary Ann Gilbert on 7 February 1848, in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died in April 1897, in Blaby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 73, and was buried in Enderby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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: habitational name from Hedley (Durham), Hedley on the Hill (Northumberland), Headley (Yorkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Worcestershire), or Headley Hall in Bramham (Yorkshire). The placenames derive from Old English hǣth ‘heath, heather’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
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