I'd assume it's the equivalent of today's "care assistants" - i.e., people paid to bath (etc.) the infirm. But that's only my guess.
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From: From: Local-History list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hideaki INUI
Sent: 11 August, 2016 7:48 AM
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Subject: Bath Women
To all,
I am trying to find a meaning for the following phrase:
"August 5 cash £1. 8s. 0d. To ye Bath Women & Expences"
which I found in the document relative to the disbursement of parish poor relief in Wiltshire village c.1730.
Bath women? Any suggestions gratefully received, please.
Hideaki Inui
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