Working Life Timeline: For those following up ancestors whose occupation is known, or can be guessed at.

Using the Timeline: Click on an event for more information, including related archives and records. A document icon appears below an event if further information is available on another timeline. These are colour coded by theme: Migration , Family Secrets and Military

Factory Health and Morals Act 1802 Stephenson's Rocket 1829 Swing Riots 1830 Poor Law Introduced 1834 Registration of Merchant Seamen 1835 Tithe Act 1836 Cotton Famine 1862-1866 Establishment of Trade Union Congress 1868 Registration of Merchant Seamen 1913 World War One Munitions Work 1914-1918 The General Strike 1926 World War Two Employment 1939-1945 National Farm Survey 1943 Miners' Strike 1984