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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Transcription of parish registers for the parish of Leeds , Kent:- Bap. 1625-1972 Mar. 1625-1837 Bur. 1625-1925 Banns 1756-1807 Previously published on Kent FHS CD12 & 16 , the data is presented by date and name.
Monumental inscriptions for the parish of Leeds originally published on microfiche 2037 and CD no 38. A scan of the fiche with a plan of the churchyard and details of the actual inscriptions is included together with searchable modern indexes presented in name and grave order. Please note that the inscriptions were recorded before 2003 and some may no longer be legible or the stones in situ.
Containing an Alphabetical List of the Corporation, Clergy, Merchants, professors of the Law and Physic, Manufacturers, Traders, etc. Also particulars of the Mail and other Coaches, Waggons and the Navigation Barges, by which Goods and Merchandise are conveyed from the town to various parts of the United Kingdom. Includes a History of Kirkstall Abbey