A virtual book CD-ROM for easy browsing; this Kelly's directory has alphabetical listings of private and commercial addresses, businesses, and all towns, villages and parishes; together with the usual historical and topographical background, and various detailed local information. These directories are invaluable to those interested in building up a picture of contemporary lives, or anyone wanting to know more about general county history. This CD consists of digitally enhanced images of the ori... More Info
Product Code: DIR348
Pigot's directories contain descriptions of all major county towns, with lists of tradespeople and those of nobility, gentry and clergy, along with 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 Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 or above.... More Info
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A Directory of Private Residents and Tradespeople in every town and village in the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire and, for the major towns, i.e. York, Hull and Middlesbrough, there is a Street Index. The contents include a description of every place in the two Ridings. There are listings for Private Residents, Trades & Professional and, for the larger towns, a street index. Almost 2,000 pages...More Info
The Visitation of Yorkshire. Made in the years 1584/5, by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald. Also the subsequent visitation made in 1612 by Richard St. George, Norroy King of Arms. With several additional pedigrees and indexes. The book on this CD is machine searchable
Thomas Langdale's work of 1822. Where to find places in Yorkshire's three Ridings. An alphabetical listing of all the towns, villages, hamlets, gentlemens' seats, &c., giving distances to market or post towns, brief histories of notable antiquities, and the names of magistrates,lieutenants and other officers of the County.
A complete journal of tenancy laws, domestic animal breeding, weaning, rearing, etc., dairy produce, domestic arrangements, husbandry, servants, markets, soil types, tillage, silage, drainage, crops grown, building types, building practices, timber types and uses and, finally, a little help with dialect speech in a chapter entitled 'Provincialisms' ..... everything you need to know about life in r...More Info