Classified lists of the merchants, bankers, professional gentlemen, manufacturers and traders in the counties of Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutlandshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Monmouthshire. Also covers the nobility, gentry, clergy, farmers, carriers, publicans and other trades for these counties.... More Info
Search for your ancestors in this Pigot's directory. This CD contains descriptions of major county towns, with lists of tradespeople and nobility, gentry and clergy, and general local information. Each county is introduced with a background history. * Alphabetical directory * Shows professions and addresses * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable * Fully printable... More Info
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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
Abstracts of all 355 Feet of Fines for Rutland surviving in the National Archives. Discursive introduction covering the form and content of feet of fines, how they relate the Rutland's Victoria County History, and their use as historical sources, including a review of the part played by women in the fines, their relationship to the county's political geography, and their purpose. Fully indexed and...More Info
Castle Hill, Uppingham – a prehistory of Rutland; James Pickering and the search for cropmarks in Rutland; William Stukeley and Rutland: antiquities, science and sociability; Walter Gore Marshall of Hambleton and John Thomas Lee, his architect; Reports on Rutland history and archaeology in 2021.
Seventeenth-century Rutland token and those who issued them - an illustrated catalogue of local tokens with full descriptions and biographical information. Francis Davis (1775-1848), a Rutland cavalryman - the story of a man from the village of Morcott who served in the 18th Hussars during the Peninsula War. Rutland's monumental brasses and a Victorian schoolboy's hobby - the activities of a boy...More Info
Upper Palaeolithic findspots in Rutland; Roman temple at Thistleton, Rutland; Oakham Castle Hall - recent research; Transport connections from the Jack Hart collection of postcards; Rutland history and archaeology in 2018. Full colour in this issue.