Description
A gongfermour is a Tudor term that describes someone whose job entailed removing human excrement from cesspits and privies. They only worked at night, and were often called 'nightmen', and the collections as 'night soil'. The waste had to be taken out of town boundaries. The gongfermour is working at night by candlelight, and is possibly in a cesspit or privvy. The illustration was made for the educational department to use on medieval locations.
Content
This is part of the Volume: IC313 Medieval Characters; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction and Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive
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© Historic England Archive
People & Organisations
Artist: Dobie Judith
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