This CD resource contains trades and residential directories (listing names and addresses) with topographical information on each town, parish and village. Also included are trades directories for Birmingham and Bristol. * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable text * Bookmarked by major headings * Fully printable... More Info
Stepping Stones CD publication. Contents of The 1900/01 Telephone Book for Southern England Hundreds of Names and Addresses in alphabetical order of surnames Areas covered Bristol Area. Clevedon. Weston Super Mare Area. Bridgewater. Bath Area. Batheaston. Radstock. Midsomer Norton. Devizes Area. Frome. Melksham. Chippenham Area. Swindon Area. GloucesterArea Barnwood. Stroud. Stonehouse. Brimscombe. Nailsworth Cheltenham Area. Cleve hill. Cirencester Area. Evesham Area. Pershore. Heref More Info
This CD contains an alphabetical trade directory of London, plus provincial towns from 18 counties in England, together with towns in North and South Wales. Each area is introduced with a background history and there are trade directories for over 250 towns. These include Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, York and more. Please contact us to see if your area of interest is included. * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable text * B More Info
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Almost 400 pages of Catholic records and documents dating from the 16th century, including the Catholic registers of Holywell, Flintshire (1698-1829); Nidd Hall, York (1780-1838); Llanarth, Monmouthshire (1781-1838); St Joseph's Chapel, Bristol (1777-1808); the Recusants of Marsham (1589-1628); bills regarding prisoners in the Tower of London (1575-1589), plus miscellaneous letters, documents and biographies. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by ma More Info
This CD has more than 200 pages of Catholic obituaries, including those for secular priests from 1722 to 1783, and from Laity's Directory, 1773 to 1839, including clergy, religious women, French clergy, and laity. Also includes a collection of Catholic memorial inscriptions for the counties of Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Middlesex, and Kent. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by major headings More Info
* A brief history of dieting: At a time of year when many people look to their New Year's resolutions, Jayne Shrimpton reveals that dieting is certainly no new endeavour * If the invader comes...: Stuart A. Raymond looks at the WW2 Invasion Committees and the useful records they have left * The greats of greetings cards: Nick Thorne explores the records of the Jewish family responsible for many of our ancestors' greeting cards * How justice failed Beatrice and Emily: The unsolved murders of two little girls in 1890s Gloucestershire show the problems with convicting those identified as the likely offender. By Nell Darby * Crime by numbers: Kate Hollis investigates criminal record keeping in Victorian Kent * History in the details: Materials - leather (part 4) More Info
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* People's parks: Denise Bates explores the history of public parks and the social purpose they have served * Bigamy at Bristol: When a man committed bigamy, one might expect people to condemn him. So how, in 1859, did one man actually get sympathy for doing so? Nell Darby knows * A ride through time: Nick Thorne demonstrates how combining online resources can help with researching ancestors' occupations * The saddest goodbye: Simon Wills looks at why and how our ancestors attempted suicide and the repercussions for them and their families * Letters to the editor: Paul Matthews offers a sampler of correspondence to periodicals, revealing little windows into the past * History in the details: Materials - cotton (part 2) More Info
Product Code: DYAP106
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The late Alan Redstone, a founder member of the Bristol and Avon Family History Society, transcribed and indexed over 80,000 references from policy registers deposited in Guildhall Library, London. He concentrated exclusively on provincial England. The period 1714 1731 was systematically covered using the registers of the Sun Fire Office. These policy register have been preserved virtually intact...More Info
Softback. 348 pages The information in this publication has been taken from the apprenticeship indentures, for boys and girls, most of which are found in the parish collections in Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre. Numbers of indentures in the parishes vary from 1,754 for Bradford on Avon to just one for Lydiard Millicent but this may not indicate the total apprenticed since the indentures m...More Info
This is a wonderful publication of over three hundred pages giving a details description of the Somerset Coastline from the River Avon to the border of Devon. Not only does it give geographical details but also literary and historical connections associated with the coast the towns along its length with a number of lined illustrations. The ideal publication to build a picture of this historica...More Info