This CD resource contains the 1855 Slater's Directory of Cheshire. It carries local listings of major professions, of 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 directory, this CD enables you to research county history and to find out what governed the lives of your ancestors. This More Info
Pigot's directories contain descriptions of all major county towns, with lists of tradespeople and of nobility, gentry and clergy, and general local information. Each county is introduced with a background history. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text *Searchable *Bookmarked by major heading *Fully printable... More Info
Stepping Stones CD publication. Contents of 1828-29 Cheshire Trade Directory Towns and Villages covered: Alrtingham, Cheadle, Nothern, Chester, Congleton, Frodsham, Overton, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Marple, Disley, Romily, Middlewich, Over Mottram, Nantwich, Neston, Great and Little Parkgate, Willaston, Northwich, Runcorn, Stockport, Tarporley, Tarvin, Kelsall, Wilmslow, Alderley.... More Info
Product Code: SS4914
This CD contains a private residents and trade directory for Cheshire, plus a towns and villages directory, including private residents and commercial directories for towns and cities including Chester, Crewe, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Nantwich, Runcorn, Hyde, Stockport, and many more. Also features a Chester street directory, and chapters detailing Cheshire County Council and magistrates of the county. Includes county map. * Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Searchable text * More Info
A comprehensive directory, this CD gives you valuable insight into contemporary county life, and enables you to discover what governed the lives of your ancestors. Towns, villages and parishes are listed with detailed historical and topographical information. Also included are commercial listings, information on local nobility, gentry, and clergy, religious institutions, and more. More Info
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Farming in North-east Cheshire 1600-1760: The Mini-Ice Age; Landholding and Land Management; Farming equipment; the Cheese Revolution 1680-1760; Early Modern Market Gardeners; Convertible Husbandry; Professional Farmers; The Cider Revolution in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; The Malting Industry in Altrincham; Growing Cloth; Farming and the Eighteenth Century Transport Revolution; ...More Info
Extracts of Cheshire Quarter Sessions records relating to the poor in the early 18th century. Compiled by Anne Cole (2004).
Containing around 200,000 names searchable in Adobe Acrobat, this disk covers the years 1754-1837 for most parishes east of a line drawn from Runcorn to Audlem, together with several thousand entries for Cheshire people married in other counties. Originally compiled by Pauline Litton (1 disk).
Subtitled *A History of the Hundred of Macclesfield*, this important work was published in two volumes in 1877 and 1881. The area covered is that of the old hundred of Macclesfield, which includes the important townships of Stockport, Macclesfield, Wilmslow and the conurbation to the south of Manchester. The author was systematic and thorough in the book's arrangement, and includes detailed geneal...More Info
Contains lists of names of beneficiaries mentioned in various Cheshire wills up to 1900 who have a different surname to that of the Testator; e.g. daughter, son-in-law, executor, witness, tenant, etc. It shows their place of abode and occupation (if given); the name, abode and occupation of the Testator; the date and place where the will was proved. probate and place where the will was proved (3 f...More Info