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London 1768 Poll Book
This gives the livery company (Trade) full name and abode for all those that voted in the election.... More Info
London, Westminster Poll Book 1774
This gives names, addresses, occupations and how people voted in the election of 1774... More Info
London, Westminster Poll Book 1818
This gives names, addresses, occupations and how people voted in the election of 1818... More Info
London, Westminster Poll Book 1841 Special Offer
This gives names, addresses, occupations and how people voted in the election of 1841.... More Info
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Strensall in the mid 19th Century
Originally written in 1989 by Tessa Mitchell, this book has been out of print for many years. We are delighted to have been able to assist Tessa with this reprinted version which is now available at our Research Room and here on our website. Tessa’s Preface: The idea for this book was born on the realisation that it was possible to match the families that were resident in the township in 1...More Info
Behind the Battle of Barnet Banners: People of the Wars of the Roses
This book explores the lives of many of the people who fought at the Battle of Barnet. This person-by-person approach gives a picture of the life, society and culture of the late fifteenth century that goes far beyond the fight for the throne. This A4 format book of some 152 pages has been extensively researched. It is lavishly illustrated and a delight to read, being divided up into articles ...More Info
Mr Sugar Face and his Moll
The story of George Webb Medley, a.k.a. Mr Sugar Face, (1828-1898) and his wife Maria (‘Molly’) Selous (1839-1919). A principled, enterprising Victorian, George had the vision, ambition, wealth-creating skills, good sense and good luck, to earn a fortune, investing heavily in their home region near Okehampton in Devon. In following his story, we visit pre-abolition Jam...More Info
British County Pauper Lunatic Asylums
The book focusses on the late Victorian period where the number of patients housed in county pauper lunatic asylums drastically rose, thus adding knowledge to our understanding of attitudes to and the relief of historically marginalised individuals who sat at the intersection between poverty and mental illness, an increasingly common position as the nineteenth century progressed. Importantly, t...More Info
Bedfordshire Wills 1537-1545 and cases from the Archdeacon's Court
This book contains the next batch of records (books 6, 7 and 10) from the Archdeacon of Bedford's Court which include a large number of other cases brought before the Ecclesiastical Court as well as records of Probate. These throw light on the practices of late Tudor times, but there are also many wills from this later period, following on from the previous volume. Fully indexed, this book forms a...More Info