What percentage of the population died in the Great Famine of 1316-16?

'St Anthony's Fire' was a disease the poor often suffered from. What was another name for this disease?

Why did rich people not suffer from ergotism?

Which two ways was a village supplied with water?

Which industry polluted streams in the countryside?

Villagers had a good supply of fish and would eat this instead of meat on a Friday.

Give two drinks villagers had.

The most common food eaten by villagers was...

Two reasons why villagers brought their animals inside their huts...

A midden was

What did they most commonly do with the waste from the middens and cesspits?

Where did people in towns get most of their food from?

What were the two main ways those living in a town accessed water?

Who built the earliest conduits in towns?

They did not have public latrines in the towns.

From 1293, what was the name of the people employed to clear the streets of waste?

What was the name of the invisible poison in the air which people thought caused diseases?

Why did people often grow flowers in their garden?

People often heated water as they thought this would keep their humours in balance.

What did a gongfermer do?

At what time of the day would a gonfermer carry out their work?