* Inglorious mud: Caroline Roope explores the world of the mudlarks, people driven by poverty to scavenge along urban waterways * Rebuilding after the Great Fire: The response to London's 1666 fire included raising funds from across the country. Stuart A Raymond reveals some interesting records this generated * Listen to family stories... and then do the research: Nick Thorne builds his family story on firm ground using records readily available online * A father's jealousy: A case from Edwardian England illustrates how basic archival records don't always tell the whole story about a marriage. By Nell Darby * A tale of two towns: 100 years on from Leith's merger with Edinburgh, Nicola Lisle tells the story of the uneasy relationship between Scotland's capital city and its nearby port * History in the details: Materials - leather (part 2) More Info
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* Lives in miniature: Rachel Bates peeks at the world of Georgian miniatures, which offered personal keepsakes in an era before photography * Life on Fleet Street: This long thoroughfare in the City of London has been a centre of commerce for centuries - but there's more to it than just newspapers... By Nell Darby * A walk through history: The smartphone version of Map Explorer opens up the history all around us. By Nick Thorne * The menace of blackmail: Many people have resorted to blackmail over the years, although it is largely the unsuccessful cases that we know about - but how have blackmailers committed the crime, and why? Nell Darby investigates * Almost a saint? Elizabeth Prout is a relatively unknown Victorian figure who played a key role in educating and helping the poor in Manchester during the mid-19th century. Lorraine Schofield tells her story * History in the details: Materials - linen (part 3) More Info
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* Our centenarian ancestors: A perhaps surprising number of our 19th century ancestors reached their 90s or even their centuries - and press interest in their age can really help the family historian, as Nell Darby explains * The marvels of Metro-land: Caroline Roope discovers the London commuter suburbs promoted by the expanding Metropolitan Railway in the early 20th century * A welfare pioneer: Sadie McMullon tells the story of Agnes Marshall Loomes, a pivotal figure for infant welfare * Addressing Sir Alexander: Nick Thorne addresses where Sir Alexander Fleming lived - the man who discovered penicillin by chance in Paddington * History in the details: Materials - cotton (part 3) 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