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
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Farming in North-east Cheshire 1600-1760: The Mini-Ice Age; Landholding and Land Management; Farming equipment; the Cheese Revolution 1680-1760; Early Modern Market Gardeners; Convertible Husbandry; Professional Farmers; The Cider Revolution in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; The Malting Industry in Altrincham; Growing Cloth; Farming and the Eighteenth Century Transport Revolution; ...More Info
Extracts of Cheshire Quarter Sessions records relating to the poor in the early 18th century. Compiled by Anne Cole (2004).
Containing around 200,000 names searchable in Adobe Acrobat, this disk covers the years 1754-1837 for most parishes east of a line drawn from Runcorn to Audlem, together with several thousand entries for Cheshire people married in other counties. Originally compiled by Pauline Litton (1 disk).
Subtitled *A History of the Hundred of Macclesfield*, this important work was published in two volumes in 1877 and 1881. The area covered is that of the old hundred of Macclesfield, which includes the important townships of Stockport, Macclesfield, Wilmslow and the conurbation to the south of Manchester. The author was systematic and thorough in the book's arrangement, and includes detailed geneal...More Info
Contains lists of names of beneficiaries mentioned in various Cheshire wills up to 1900 who have a different surname to that of the Testator; e.g. daughter, son-in-law, executor, witness, tenant, etc. It shows their place of abode and occupation (if given); the name, abode and occupation of the Testator; the date and place where the will was proved. probate and place where the will was proved (3 f...More Info