This CD has more than 200 pages of Catholic obituaries, including those for secular priests from 1722 to 1783, and from Laity's Directory, 1773 to 1839, including clergy, religious women, French clergy, and laity. Also includes a collection of Catholic memorial inscriptions for the counties of Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Middlesex, and Kent. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by major headings More Info
* A brief history of dieting: At a time of year when many people look to their New Year's resolutions, Jayne Shrimpton reveals that dieting is certainly no new endeavour * If the invader comes...: Stuart A. Raymond looks at the WW2 Invasion Committees and the useful records they have left * The greats of greetings cards: Nick Thorne explores the records of the Jewish family responsible for many of our ancestors' greeting cards * How justice failed Beatrice and Emily: The unsolved murders of two little girls in 1890s Gloucestershire show the problems with convicting those identified as the likely offender. By Nell Darby * Crime by numbers: Kate Hollis investigates criminal record keeping in Victorian Kent * History in the details: Materials - leather (part 4) More Info
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This volume is an account of the riots in Gloucestershire, in the form of a diary of events, from John Raymond Barker's unsuccessful attempts to persuade the principal inhabitants of Fairford to be sworn in as Special Constables, through the breaking of thrashing machines at Beverstone, Tetbury, Horseley, Fairford, Coln St Aldwyns, Eastleach Turville, Eastleach Martin, Quenington, Bibury, and Coln...More Info
A QUALITY A3 SIZE COLOUR REPRODUCTION FROM JOHN CARY'S 1787 ATLAS WITH DETAILS OF THE COUNTY OVERLEAF. LASER PRINTER ON GOOD QUALITY CARTRIDGE PAPER. SENT FOLDED IN A PLASTIC DISPLAY SLEEVE IN A STIFF CARD ENVELOPE AT THE LARGE LETTER RATE. SCALES VARY
Arthur Mee's classic pre-WW2 guide to the region's settlements including churches and castles and other historic places – 'The glory of the Cotswolds' – with 334 places and 166 pictures.
Transcript of the Rutland section of the 1873 Return of Owners of Land, with notes on most of the 563 entries. Analysis of who they were, where they came from and what they did. Special sections on Lyddington parish and on a mysterious group of small landowners with strong Gloucestershire connections. Illustrations, tables, index of addresses (60pp). In the early 1870s there were serious social...More Info