Reconstruction illustration

A reconstruction illustration of a medieval gongfermour, or gong farmer, at work - 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

Boundaries Candlelight Collections Describes Dobie Educational Entailed Excrement Gong Judith Labourer Locations Often Privies Removing Soil Someone Term Waste

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