This 6-volume set contains Army records starting from the birth of the permanent English Army in 1661. It contains details on the names, regiments and ranks of officers, and includes dates of appointments. *Digitally enhanced images of the original text * Fully searchable * Bookmarked by major headings * Fully printable *Contains over 2540 pages... More Info
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Anyone who has previously taken an interest in the life and history of Dartmoor will be familiar with the names of Beatrice Chase and Sabine Bearing-Gould. One other must also be added to this illustrious list and that is William Crossing. He is now considered one of the best authorities on Dartmoor and its antiquities, having made it the subject of his life's work and his writings being as popula...More Info
This transcript covers the following events; • Baptisms 1563 to 1812 • Marriages 1568 to 1812 • Burials 1568 to 1812 Also included are the pre 1812 monuments in the church and tombstone in the churchyard to the same date. The latter is very important as this list was made at the end of the nineteenth century and many of the stone will have decayed or been removed. There ar...More Info
n the introduction the author askes “What defines a Worthy”, which is a very difficult question to answer because this surely must include lesser known people as well as the good and the great. This publication gives details on not only nobility and statesmen connected with Dorset but also artists, authors, merchants, sailors, soldiers plus many more. There is also a list of officers and men f...More Info
Full description of a fine map of Oakham of 1787 and transcript of accompanying field books. Discussion of the layout of the town, its inhabitants, topography, buildings, roads, fields. Assessment of how the map (the earliest known for Oakham) reveals likely features of the early medieval town. Transcript of Oakham's entry in the Universal British Directory of 1791. Full index. 104pp, paperback, c...More Info
Excerpts from the school logbooks; Brief history of the school; Early photographs; List of Head Teachers; Memories;