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This CD resource contains the 1855 Slater's Directory of Cheshire. It carries local listings of major professions, of nobility, gentry, and clergy, of transport and freight services; and information on the education, public services, and public houses of the area. Towns, villages and parishes are listed with background historical and topographical information. A comprehensive directory, this CD enables you to research county history and to find out what governed the lives of your ancestors. This More Info
Pigot's directories contain descriptions of all major county towns, with lists of tradespeople and of nobility, gentry and clergy, and general local information. Each county is introduced with a background history. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable *Bookmarked by major heading *Fully printable... More Info
This CD contains a private residents and trade directory for Cheshire, plus a towns and villages directory, including private residents and commercial directories for towns and cities including Chester, Crewe, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Nantwich, Runcorn, Hyde, Stockport, and many more. Also features a Chester street directory, and chapters detailing Cheshire County Council and magistrates of the county. Includes county map. * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable text * More Info
A comprehensive directory, this CD gives you valuable insight into contemporary county life, and enables you to discover what governed the lives of your ancestors. Towns, villages and parishes are listed with detailed historical and topographical information. Also included are commercial listings, information on local nobility, gentry, and clergy, religious institutions, and more. More Info
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There have been many books on Cheshire, but never one like this… The perfect historic guide to Cheshire churches, castles and other historic places. Arthur Mee’s guide to 150 places in Cheshire, from Acton to Wybunbury, provides both a snapshot of the county before the Second World War and a comprehensive guidebook to the county’s heritage which remains invaluable for travellers and hi...More Info
George Ormerods monumental work *The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester* was first published in 1819, and it still remains the most complete historical survey of the county to date. The second edition (1882) was substantially revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby, and extends to around 2,500 pages contained in three enormous volumes. As well as giving detailled histories of all the...More Info
Bertram Merrell was the founder of the FHS of Cheshire, and over the past 25 years he has compiled a marriage index for most of the county, covering the years 1550-1837. It was originally available as a hand-written document on fiche, but the Society has computerised the index, and made it more easily accessible by publishing it on CD-ROM. Version 3 covers almost all the ancient Cheshire parishes ...More Info
By Charles Foster. Study of the marketing and making of Cheshire cheese in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, particularly to the London market. The success led to changes in Cheshire agriculture. Based on Arley Hall estate records
Saltmaking at Higher and Lower Dirtwich; The Travels and Trials of a sixteenth-century Wirral recusant; Backford's memorial Boards: were they painted by a Randle Holme?; Hidden behind an oaken door? The last years of an ejected minister: George Mainwaring of Malpas; An eighteenth-century Cheshire Carrier: Twiss of Alsager; Mapping the Past: Tithes and their value in detecting the past; John Tollem...More Info