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Cumberland, Lancashire and Westmorland Pigot's 1828-1829 Directory Special Offer
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 * Fully searchable * Bookmarked by major headings * Fully printable... More Info
The Visitations of The North 1552, 1558 and 1560-1 Special Offer
This CD contains 2 parts of the Surtees Society's Visitations of The North. It allows you to find the pedigree of a family, see its coat of arms (if available), and view family trees. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Westmorland, Yorkshire.... More Info
Yorkshire, History of the Chapelry and Church of Saddleworth Special Offer
This CD includes lists of wardens, curates and vicars for the church and chapel of Saddleworth, Lancashire (now Yorkshire). The history is detailed and includes portraits, illustrations and plans dating back seven centuries from 1915. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookmarked by major headings *Fully printable This CD requires Adobe Reader 8 or above.... More Info
Catholic Records: Miscellanea Volume 2 Special Offer
Catholic records and documents dating from the 16th century, with the Catholic registers for Towneley Hall in Lancashire (1705-1727), Cheam in Surrey (1755-1788), Wootton Wawen in Warwickshire (1786-1843), and the Catholic Mission of Bellingham in Northumberland (1794-1837). Also includes papers, memoirs, letters, and the second part of the Official List of Prisoners for Religion under Elizabeth I, covering 1581-1602. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable text *Bookma More Info
Catholic Records: Miscellanea Volume 4 Special Offer
This CD contains Catholic records and documents dating from the 16th century, including the Catholic registers of Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, York (1744-1840), York Bar Convent Chapel (1771-1826), Robert Hall and Hornby, Co., Lancaster (1757-1851), Courtfield in Welsh Bicknor, Monmouthshire (1773-1832), plus bills regarding prisoners in the Tower of London (1595-1681), Nuns of the Institute of Mary at York (1677-1825), Papist Returns for the City of York (1735), Lord Burghley's 1590 Map of Lancashi... More Info
Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 7 (November 2013)
Issue 7 features: * The back-up brigades: The largest collection of militia records online has just been released – here’s the background * Petty crimes?: Nell Darby continues her series on the courts with a look at the Petty Sessions * Grande dame of the seas: We explore the history and heritage of the legendary steamship SS Great Britain * Ladies with many layers: Lucy Adlington discusses women's fashion on the eve of World War One * Place in focus: Explore Lancashire history and records * Books: A round up of recent publications * Break the brick walls: Jenny Jones on parish birth records * What's new in November: Key history-related events More Info
Product Code: DYAP007
Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 8 (December 2013)
Issue 8 features: * Know your place: Jill Morris joins DYA’s team of writers with an extended feature on exploring your British local history * Picturing the past: Enjoy a new, free image archive online * The flying judges: Nell Darby concludes her series on the courts with a look at the Assizes * Jutland remembered: A Roll of Honour remembering those who died in WW1’s largest sea battle has now gone online * Place in focus: Explore Lancashire history and records * Books: A round up of recent publications * Break the brick walls: Advice on parish marriage records * What’s new in December: Key history-related events More Info
Product Code: DYAP008
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
Product Code: DYAP016
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The Laws of Rossendale and the Upper Calder Valley 1500 to 1750/1800 (2001). By Milton B Ormerod & Frank T Haylett
This illustrated book gives an account of the Law family from the Rossendale & Calder valley of Lancashire and contains nine family trees. The various genealogical sources in the Honor of Clitheroe are detailed and their value to family history research is discussed. Thus this is a useful publication anyone researching their roots in north-east Lancashire prior to 1750.
STONY STRATFORD Past: A Lambert, R Ayers
short history, well illustrated of the most important coaching town on the road to Lancashire
Earwaker's East Cheshire: Past and Present
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
The Great Lifeboat Disaster of 1886
By J. Allen. New Edition by Andrew Farthing. One sad night in 1886 no less than twenty seven brave lifeboat men lost their lives off the Lancashire coast. This is the story of the "Mexico" disaster, and the men of the Southport, St. Annes and Lytham lifeboats. This publication includes over 30 photographs-many never before published, also gives personal details of the lifeboat men.