John Young Stratton

John Young Stratton
Rector of Ditton
In office
1856–1905
Preceded byWilliam Hamilton Burroughs
Succeeded byHoward Aylwin
Personal details
Born1829/30
Boughton, Norfolk
Died6 April 1905 (aged 75)
Maidstone, Kent
EducationMagdalene College, Cambridge

John Young Stratton (1829/30 – 30 March 1905) was an author, essayist, social reformer, campaigner against rural poverty, and Rector of Ditton, Kent for 48 years. He is remembered mainly for his tireless campaigning to improve the lives of farm labourers and hop-pickers.

Early life, education and family

John Stratton was born in Boughton, Norfolk in late 1829 or very early in 1830. His father, William, was the parish curate and the family remained in Boughton until 1838 when William was appointed Vicar of Gressingham in Lancashire. Educated at Heversham Grammar School in Westmorland (now Cumbria) and Magdalene College, Cambridge, he graduated in 1853 and was ordained deacon the same year. Ordained priest in 1855, he was appointed Rector of Ditton in 1856.[1]

In 1870, Stratton married Anne Louisa Taylor of Boughton Monchelsea Place.[2] Their marriage produced six children.

In 1876, he purchased the Ditton Place estate from Septimus Maitland,[3] renting out the mansion and farmland, and selling off plots of land for development.

Rural poverty

Stratton dismissed the accepted practice of dealing with rural poverty through the perpetual giving of poor relief, which provided only short term relief of its symptoms. Instead, he believed the underlying disease of poverty could be cured through encouraging and facilitating self-help and self-improvement. In 1864, he consolidated his ideas into a lengthy article, "The Life of a Farm Labourer",[4] published in The Cornhill Magazine.[5]

Stratton's ambition to broadcast his message to farmers and landowners nationwide received a boost in 1870, when the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England published his essay, "Farm Labourers, their Friendly Societies, and the Poor Law".[6]

Hop-pickers

Stratton is perhaps better remembered for his work to improve the living conditions and broader wellbeing of a group of seasonal visitors to the countryside, hop-pickers. Hops were a valuable cash crop, and Kent, with its proximity and transport links to London's breweries, produced more than any other county in England.[7] Hop-picking was a very labour-intensive process. Every September, tens of thousands of men, women and children, primarily from East and South East London, and from the Medway towns, would descend on the county for three weeks to bring in the harvest. Most came year after year, viewing it as a kind of holiday, exchanging overcrowded streets and slums for the green fields and fresh air of the countryside. By the 1870s, so many people headed for the annual hop harvest that railway companies ran ‘Hop-Picker Specials’ to transport the workforce to Kent.[8]

But with few exceptions, the conditions they faced on arrival were shocking.[9] The overcrowded accommodation available might be a barn, stable, pigsty, cattle shed, or even a roof space. Sanitation was appalling, and often non-existent, sometimes with fatal consequences. In September 1849, an outbreak of cholera killed 43 "poor, half-starved, half-clothed" hop-pickers at East Farleigh, Kent.[10] By 1865, John Stratton decided it was time for action and he began to canvass support. The result was the formation of the Society for the Employment and Improved Lodging of Hop Pickers.

Despite the support of numerous prominent people, including peers, members of parliament and even the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Society initially struggled to persuade hop-growers to spend significant sums of money on improving facilities. A different approach was required. Hop-pickers were merely tolerated as a necessary evil. They were essential for the harvest, but as soon as they returned home, the permanent populations in hop-growing districts breathed a huge, collective sigh of relief. Hop-pickers brought with them petty crime, vandalism, violence and foul language, and their behaviour, in general, could outrage delicate Victorian sensitivities. Growers were fed up of being held responsible for the behaviour of ‘their’ hop-pickers, and it occurred to Stratton that their poor reputation might, strangely, prove their salvation.[11] The Society became an agency, supplying hop-pickers to growers. In return for agreeing to moderate their behaviour, hop-pickers would benefit from better living conditions. If a hop-picker crossed the line, they would receive a black mark from the Society, with every chance they would struggle to be placed in future. In that way, growers had at least some assurance of improved, if not perfect, behaviour. Equally, the Society could refuse to supply labour to a non-compliant grower. The scheme's beauty was that both sides stood to benefit from the arrangement and it soon took off. Growers even tolerated the agency fee of thruppence per picker, which funded the scheme's administration.[12]

Hopper huts

Early improvements in accommodation were often limited to the provision of tents, but soon, more permanent structures, which became known as hopper huts, began to appear. Initially, many were constructed of wood with a corrugated iron roof, before brick-built structures became more common. The Society's rules for hopper huts promoted space, light, security, and the provision of basic fixtures and fittings. Communal cooking facilities and a nearby supply of clean water were also requirements.

In 1874, the Sanitary Law Amendment Act was enacted. The Society used this legislation to encourage local authorities to pass the first by-laws covering hop-pickers' accommodation, the threat of legal sanction reinforcing the Society's rules. John Stratton's championing of hop-pickers proved a great success. Not only did his tireless work make their lives more tolerable, but inevitably these improvements saved lives. While not a singlehanded effort, Stratton was the catalyst for change. Eventually, he recorded his ideas, along with a more general account of the hop industry, in a book, Hops and Hop-Pickers.[13]

Later years and death

Stratton's obituary referred to him as "probably the best known clergyman in Mid-Kent" and "the Hoppers' friend".[14]

References

  1. ^ Kentish Gazette, 16 December 1856
  2. ^ Illustrated London News, 30 July 1870
  3. ^ Two families and a forgotten house: the Brewers and Goldings of Ditton Place, Richard Lowes, 2020
  4. ^ "The Life of a Farm Labourer". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954). 29 April 1864. p. 3. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  5. ^ The Life of a Farm Labourer, Stratton, J Y, Cornhill Magazine 9, no. 50 (February 1864), 178–86
  6. ^ Stratton, John Young. Farm labourers, their friendly societies, and the poor law.
  7. ^ "Brewery History: 118, pp. 21–26". www.breweryhistory.com. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  8. ^ Staveley-Wadham, Rose (30 May 2019). "The Hop-Pickers' Holiday – A Collision of City and Rural Life". blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  9. ^ Kent & Sussex Hop Pickers' Hovels, Huts & Houses, Construction & History, Sutherland E & Walton R, 1995
  10. ^ Kentish Gazette, 25 September 1849
  11. ^ Hops and Hop-Pickers, J Y Stratton, SPCK, 1883, pp. 53–58
  12. ^ Hops and Hop-Pickers, J Y Stratton, SPCK, 1883, pp. 101–131
  13. ^ SPCK, 1883
  14. ^ Kent and Sussex Courier, 7 April 1905

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