Farms on the wolds had a farmhouse where the farmer and his family lived. There would also be a fairly large house where (usually but not always) the farm foreman lived. He would be known as the Hind(rhymes with wind(as in winding a clock, not as in wind, the wind that blows). The wife of this man, whatever position he held, would run what was,in effect, a lodging house for the unmarried men who worked on the farm. The farmer would give this lady a lodging allowance for each man every week. Wages were paid annually and the total sum thus paid would be deducted from the years wages next Martinmas (23 Nov. was Martinmas day) and the hirings for the next year's work were held during the week following. Men could also 'sub' their wages if they wanted to buy clothes or go down the pub for a drink This covers it pretty well Richard Dawson