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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 16 (August 2014)
Issue 16 features: * Living on leftovers: Nell Darby explores the forgotten practice of gleaning after the harvest * Fit for a king: The new Richard III visitor centre in Leicester * Justly honoured: Military Medal records from WW1 go online * Short o’ pobbies: Lancashire dialect and the Cotton Famine * Hopping through history: The hop pickers of SE England * To Botany Bay and beyond: Convict transportation records * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on straw boaters More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 27 (July 2015)
Issue 27 features:*Building history: Laura Berry reveals how to research the history of homes in England and Wales*Sitting on the penitent's stool: Chris Paton explains the judicial role of the kirk session in Scotland*'Toys were us': Sharon Brookshaw explores how our ancestors may have entertained themselves as children*Working in the woods: Melvyn Jones explores the working life of men who toiled as charcoal burners*Steaming through history: P&O’s heritage in pictures*The Modern Domesday: Jill Morris plots the history of a major 19th century resource listing landowners*History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on swimwear More Info
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The Magnificent Marshall - The Story of Lion, Barbarian and England International Rugby Half Back Howard Marshall by Keith Gregson
Keith Gregson explores the life of Howard Marshall, a Lion, Barbarian and England International rugby half back. This book is supported by ten or more photographs/illustrations and is thoroughly and carefully referenced. More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 40 (August 2016)
* Home Front fashion: Jayne Shrimpton stitches together a seamless history of fashion economies during WW1 * Is it worth 'giving them a bell'?: Keith Gregson examines how late Victorian/early Edwardian telephone directories can help the family historian * 'Wrens': the women of the Royal Navy: Simon Wills looks at the history of the Women's Royal Naval Service * The Great British Chocolate Factory: We've loved chocolate in Britain for centuries - but how did we get the taste for it, and who was responsible? Nell Darby finds out* History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on smocks * Anglicans in the archives: Jill Morris looks at the history of the Church of England, and records of clergy available online More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 49 (May 2017)
* Your ancestor's voice: Ruth A Symes wonders what it would be like if we could hear our ancestors speak - and in fact there are online tools which can help * Going into Labour: Harry Cunningham investigates the Victorian roots of the British Labour Party and the road the very first Labour government in 1924 * Pillars of the establishment: From a Governor of the Bank of England to a grandson killed by Indian Tigers - Nick Thorne explores an interesting Huguenot family * Fleeing in terror: Eighty years ago this month, the UK welcomed nearly 4000 child refugees from the war-torn Basque region of Spain. Nicola Lisle tells their story * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on dresses More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 72 (April 2019)
* Changing landscapes: Wayne Shepheard explores the creation of new lands for human habitation through a specific family example in East Yorkshire * The Tale of a Family Tree: Nick Thorne uses online resources to explore the family history of Beatrix Potter * The business of crime at sea: Gregory Parker explores the world of England's smugglers and their support network * Why we like crime: For centuries, we have been both attracted and repelled by crime - but what is the attraction, and what does it say about us? Nell Darby speculates * We love to go a-wandering: Jayne Shrimpton steps out with a social history of walking for leisure and pleasure * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on laces, ribbons and garters More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 80 (December 2019)
* All dressed up: With Christmas coming, one of the many festivities where people have often dressed up for fun, Jayne Shrimpton explores the history of fancy dress down the ages * The Rochdale Pioneers: 175 years ago this month, a group of individuals in the north-west of England established one of the first co-operatives in the country. Who were they, and what did they want to achieve? Nell Darby investigates * Sky high progress: Nick Thorne tells the story of the son of a ladies underclothing manufacturer who pioneered long distance flight in a flimsy biplane * Field of the Yard: One detective from the Metropolitan Police in the 19th century, writes Nell Darby, captured the imagination of the press, the public, and one novelist by the name of Dickens... * A life on the ocean wave: Life in the Royal Navy was not all rotten meat and weevily biscuits, says Gregory Parker * History in the details: Tram crew uniforms More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 91 (November 2020)
* 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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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 96 (April 2021)
* 'Common bargains'? Phil Wood explores the variety of marriages in Georgian times * he chocolatier of York: Nick Thorne delves into the records to explore the history of the Terry family * From theatrical princess to penniless waitress: Researching teen star Kate Everleigh's life illustrates the difficulties of tracking theatrical lives, as Nell Darby shows * Posh paupers: Paul Matthews looks into distressed gentlefolk and the charities that helped them * New women of the law: Stephen Wade looks at the revolution in the lives of women working in the law from the 1919 Sex Disqualification Removal Act * Want to buy a rhino?: Andrew Chapman tells the tale of the first rhinoceros in England * History in the details: Materials - wool (part 3) More Info
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Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 97 (May 2021)
* Food to die for: When our Victorian ancestors went shopping, adulterated food was everywhere and nothing was as it seemed. Michelle Higgs serves up the details * Celebrating Coventry: As Coventry launches its year-long programme of events to mark its status as the 2021 City of Culture, Nicola Lisle explores its history * A matter of life and death (and marriage): Nick Thorne researches the family of actor David Niven * Tracing a difficult dentist: Under the surface, the life of one dentist highlighted the gender inequality present in Victorian England, as Nell Darby explains * Twas a rare affair: Denise Bates researches a family poem written in 1913 * History in the details: Materials - wool (part 4) More Info
Product Code: DYAP097
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Pigot's Commercial Directory for Northern England 1816-1817
This disk contains a copy of Pigot's Commercial Directory of the Northern Counties of England, originally produced in 1816. Arranged by county and town, the directory shows the commercial enterprises and local information about these towns, which can be most useful for students of local and family history. The pages are reproduced in Adobe Acrobat format (reader supplied), and the CD is bookmarked...More Info
Hemingway Family of Yorkshire, England
The Hemingway Family of Yorkshire, England - a reprinted version of the excellent text originally compiled by John Leonard Noades Hemingway (1884-1955) and available on a poor quality LDS film. This reprinted, bound edition of 152 A4 pages transcribed from the film includes the nine trees from the original work, masses of extracts from various Parish Registers, Will Calendars and previously publis...More Info
Buckinghamshire (The King's England)
There have been many books on Buckinghamshire, but never one like this… The perfect historic guide to Buckinghamshire churches, castles and other historic places. “Buckinghamshire has a famous roll of honour; no small county has contributed more to England’s fame…” – Arthur Mee Arthur Mee’s guide to 206 places in the historic county of Buckinghamshire, from Addington to Wray...More Info
Historic Oxford (The King's England)
This volume revives the extensive guide to Oxford first published in 1942 within Arthur Mee’s famed and popular King’s England series, here as a separate volume about the city of dreaming spires for the first time. The book has comprehensive detail about Oxford’s historic landmarks, churches and colleges, accompanied by more than 50 photos from the original Oxfordshire volume. Charming an...More Info
Cornwall (The King's England)
Arthur Mee's classic pre-WW2 guide to the region's settlements including churches and castles and other historic places – 'England's farthest south' – with 250 places and 173 pictures.