This virtual book CD resource contains a bundle of Pigot's 1823 Directories; carrying local listings of professions, nobility, gentry, and clergy, of transport and freight services; and information on the education, public services, and public houses of the area. Towns, villages and parishes are listed with background historical and topographical information. A comprehensive resource which gives you valuable insight into the history of London and the Home counties, and enables you to find out wh... More Info
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With microfiche facsimile of the original book. Poll books are an invaluable source for the better-off section of the community (28 pages)
Arthur Mee's classic pre-WW2 guide to the region's settlements including churches and castles and other historic places – 'London's southern neighbour' – with 164 places and 181 pictures.
Contains an index to the Carriage Tax records held at The National Archives (TNA references: T47/2 - T47/4 inclusive). Just over 3,800 names are indexed to allow searches by surnames and forenames. Also included is an explanation of the history of the Carriage Tax and the areas covered.
Here we meet Tennyson, Conan Doyle, Bernard Shaw and the many other writers who populated the hilltops around Haslemere and Hindhead at the end of the 1890s. *W R (Bob) Trotter* \[See also JOS-12-5; JOS-29-X; JOS-38-9; JOS-39-7; JOS-47-8; JOS-50-8\] Supplied by John Owen Smith