Search Results for: “poll book”
Discover Your Ancestors Periodical - Issue 18 (October 2014)
Issue 18 features: * Housekeeping through history: Margaret Powling shows how housekeeping books can illuminate social history * Celebration of place: A new one-place studies conference * Wounded in WW1: Explore 1.3m casualty records online * Sea changes: Karen Foy on the many ways we can learn about our migrant ancestors * A walk in the park: The development of public parks * The slippery poll: 18th and 19th century poll books revealed * History in the details: Cloaks and mantles * Places in Focus: Norwich More Info
Product Code: DYAP018
Can't find what you're looking for? Try using our filter system to narrow down your search.
Available through our sister site GenFair
OUR OLD NOBILITY
Written C.1906, this book gives a historical account of some of the most noble families in England, including: Fitzroy, Bentinck, North, Russell, Churchill, Howard, Coke, Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Cecil, Fane, Pelham-Clinton, Digby, Manners, Herbert, Sackville-West, Scott, Paget, Fitzwilliam, Bathurst, Osborne, Manners-Sutton, Parker, Stanhope, Montagu, Lennox, Nevill, Cavendish, Seymour, Vane-Tem...More Info
HISTORIC TOWNS - YORK
By James Raine, M.A., D.C.L. Chancellor and Canon Residentiary of York, and Secretary of the Surtees Society. York, in all periods of its existence, has played a very important part in the history of England. This book contains a General History, Church History, Education and Charities, with an index of Names and Places.
CRIMINAL CHRONOLOGY OF YORK CASTLE
A register of the Criminals capitally convicted and executed at the County Assizes. Commencing March 1st 1379, to the present time (1867). This book was written by William Knipe, Antiquarian, of Clementhorpe, York, in 1867. "Carefully compiled from Prison documents, ancient papers, and other authentic sources."
SHERBURN AND CAWOOD, with Wistow, Saxton, Towton, &c.,
The History of these Parishes Illustrated Second Edition of this very good local history, by W. Wheater, 1882. Includes an immense amount of information, including churchyard monumental inscriptions. The book on this CD is machine searchable. (Note: this is Sherburn-in-Elmet, in the West Riding).
THE CENTURY’S PROGRESS ~ YORKSHIRE
Yorkshire, rich in natural resources and splendid industries. During the 19th century, much progress was made in commerce and industry, and in our admirable social and municipal institutions. The book on this CD is an illustration of that progress. Potted histories of some of the businesses and the people who made our county great, with lots of illustrations. The text is machine searchable.