Issue 6 features: * Brought to court: Nell Darby begins a new series on courts and their records with a look at Quarter Sessions * Trade secrets: Explore the largest searchable collection of apprenticeship records online * The family killer: Paul Matthews on the ravages of typhus * Roots in many places: Your introductory guide to tracing roots in the Caribbean, by expert Guy Grannum * The skill of search: Maximise your online research techniques * Books: A round up of recent publications * Place in focus: Explore the history of Leeds * Scourge of the seas: Britain’s history of piracy dates back to medieval times – and many pirates were leading figures * Break the brick walls: Wills after 1858 More Info
Product Code: DYAP006
Issue 23 features: * Lost and found: Sharon Brookshaw explores the history of child abandonment and the rise of foundling institutions * The Marine boys (and girls): Nell Darby on the history of a unique society which helps poor children find work at sea * Plotting the past: Tithe maps are coming online * A nation of gardeners: Margaret Powling digs into the history of gardening as a popular pastime * The First Fleeters: Laura Berry follows the experiences of people in the first penal colony to be founded in Australia * Before the trains came: Horse-drawn transport in Leeds * The great survey: Jill Morris delves into Griffith’s Valuation * History in the details: Jayne Shrimpton on wellies More Info
Product Code: DYAP023
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By Paula Robson. A study of Barwick-in-Elmet (near Leeds) 1700-1900
Kelly's 1927 Directory of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Filling in the gaps between the 1901 census and living memory, this directory can help. Includes History, Topography, Street Directory, Alphabetical Directory, Trades Directory and Official Information. There are listings for Private Residents, Trades & Professional and, for the larger towns, a street index. Note: The West Riding includes som...More Info
The West Riding of Yorkshire Every Town, Village and Hamlet except Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield and Rotherham. (Note: There are many places, now in North Yorkshire, which were part of the West Riding in the early 20th century; places such as Selby, Harrogate, Ripon, etc., are detailed here.) 1,493 pages This is only available as a download and will be sent by email within 1-3 days.
Leeds and Borough Includes Armley, Beeston, Rodley, Chapel Allerton, Farnley, Headingley-cum-Burley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Kirkstall, Meanwood, Moor Allerton, Potternewton, Roundhay, Stanningley, Whitkirk, Wortley and New Wortley. 1,143 pages. This is only available as a download and will be sent by email within 1-3 days.
A very rare book. "Showing the rise and progress of the Woollen and Worsted Manufactures in England." With a Directory of manufacturers in Bradford, Halifax, Leeds, Huddersfield &c. 1851.