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D6948 - Messrs W G and J Strutt of Belper, cotton spinners - 1751-1938
- H - Child workforce registers and certificate books under assorted Factory Acts - 1836-1938
  - 3 - Registers of children in factory of WG & J Strutt where children under 13 years of age were employed - 1853-1875

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D6948/H/3/1
Former Reference	D6948/14/5
Former Reference	D6948/212 (old ref 147)
Title	Register of children in factory of WG & J Strutt where children under 13 years of age were employed
Date	May 1853-Apr 1860
Description	Under the Factory Act 7 Victoria c15. Double pages, with left hand page for beimg employed before 12 o'clock at noon in the morning and right hand page for being employed after 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Columns for reference number of certificate of employment, surname, Christian name, first day of employment or re-employment, and when they change their group, leave or end their thirteenth year and become ‘young persons’. This document is number 46 in Derbyshire Record Office’s “50 Treasures” selection. For more information, click the link below.
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Messrs W G & J Strutt
Archive Creator	English Sewing Cotton Company Limited
Term	Child labour
	Employees
	Factory workers
	Workers
Useful Links	https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/treasure-46-register-of-child-factory-workers/

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