This CD resource contains the 1823 and 1844 Pigot's directories for Cornwall. 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 gives you valuable insight into two generations of public county life and the ability to fi More Info
A virtual book CD-ROM for easy browsing, this Kelly's directory gives an effective overview of the public life of Cornwall in 1893. It lists eminent residents and local businesses, and carries historical and topographical descriptions of all towns, villages and parishes, information on local courts, churches, agriculture and landowners. These directories are invaluable to those interested in building up a picture of contemporary lives, or anyone wanting to know more about general county history. More Info
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A virtual book CD-ROM for easy browsing. This directory gives an effective overview of the public life of Cornwall in 1873. It lists eminent residents and local businesses, and carries historical and topographical descriptions of all towns, villages and parishes, information on local courts, churches, agriculture and landowners. These directories are invaluable to those interested in building up a picture of contemporary lives, or anyone wanting to know more about general county history. This CD More Info
Stepping Stones CD publication. History of Cornwall List of Advertisements Alphabetical list of Private Residents County Council Magistrates for the County Residents in Towns and Villages Trade Directory... More Info
This directory details the legal and medical professions, engineers, bankers, architects, and many others, including names and addresses. There is also a section on peers, bishops, baronets and knights, and others on county seats and county officials, plus descriptive, historical, ornithological and botanical accounts of the counties. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable *Over 1000 pages... More Info
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This 128 page book attempts to list all the published family histories and pedigrees relating to families from the South West, i.e. Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire & Gloucestershire. A tremendous amount of research has been published. I have not counted the number of families mentioned, but it must be well over 2,000.
By Janet Keet-Black. Boatmen, Circus, Gypsies, Photographers, Showmen, Theatricals - extracted from Berkshire, Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Surrey, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Glamorganshire, Monmouthshire. Transcribed in "as enumerated" format with a surname index. 60 pages.
This is a transcript of the surviving Subsidy Rolls of Devon, but does not include Exeter, because its 1544 roll has been transcribed by Mrs. Rowe in “Tudor Exeter” (Devon and Cornwall Record Society. Volume 22. 1977). There are many thousands of people listed usually giving their parish and the value that the person is assessed at. Fully indexed and searchable.
Between 1608 and 1628 Tristram Risdon compiled notes relating to various high ranking families in Devon, starting from the fourteenth century to the sixteenth century. These notes lay in the Cathedral Library at Exeter until they were transcribed and published in 1897. Subjects include • General Armory [of Devon families] • Feudal Baronies of Devon and their Holders, • Knights...More Info
- The Burial Registers Of St Patrick's, Livesey Street, Manchester 1832-1858 - Catholic Marriages In The Church Of England - Fleet Marriage Registers - The Brindles Of Wigan - The Tufton Family And Their Relatives - Catholic Cornwall - A Catholic Funeral In A Protestant Graveyard - A Sequel To The 1880 Burials Act - The Rolls Of The Freemen Of The Borough Of Lancaster