When William Milnes was born in 1830, in North Wingfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Milnes, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Burgess, was 32. He lived in Morton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841.
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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.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): variant of Milne , with post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Mills .
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