This book will help you locate and research officers who served in any of the police forces of England and Wales from the creation of the Metropolitan Police by Sir Robert Peel in 1829. Assuming that the reader has no prior knowledge of how or where to look for such information, Stephen Wade explains and describes the various archives and records and provides a discussion of other sources. Case studies are used to show how an individual officer's career may be traced and understood from this r... More Info
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The Londonderry Plantation was published originally in 1939. Only 500 units were produced and printed in the Channel Islands where, reputedly, part of the stock was impounded by the occupation of the islands by the Germans at the end of June 1940. Thus a hugely important work, by an accomplished historian, who was able to draw on historical archives in the City of London which perished in the B...More Info
Listing the Unions of the various Boards of Guardians with the dates of formation. The known surviving records are listed with closure periods for each area. Maps showing the coverage of the Unions are included (1992). 20 pages. London, Middlesex & Surrey.
January 1954. One of a series of six new directories replacing the old London Directory. Coverage: Richmond, Kingston, Malden and Mitcham to the north, Caterham, Croydon, Upper Warlingham and Woldingham to the east, Betchworth, Dawes Green, Redhill & Reigate to the South and Byfleet, Chertsey, Chobham and Egham to the west. It does not cover Guildford, Woking nor areas to the south and west of...More Info
Over 123,000 baptisms collected from 94 Baptism or Non-conformist registers. The following places are included, but for some there are only a small number of records: Acton 1539–1689/90 (2167) Acton All Saints South Acton 1872-76 (649) Ashford 1699-1710 & 1760-1876 (1449) Bethnal Green Virginia Congregational Chapel 1825-37 (24) Chelsea Christ Church 1839-1876 (79) ...More Info