Transcript of the Rutland section of the 1873 Return of Owners of Land, with notes on most of the 563 entries. Analysis of who they were, where they came from and what they did. Special sections on Lyddington parish and on a mysterious group of small landowners with strong Gloucestershire connections. Illustrations, tables, index of addresses (60pp). In the early 1870s there were serious social…
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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, colour…
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The Wotton-under-Edge Historical Society holds the original burial and interment register for the Rowland Hill Tabernacle, a non-conformist chapel. The register lists over 1,200 burials next to the Tabernacle (now the Wotton Auction Rooms). The cemetery is in three areas, the Old, New and Extension burial grounds and has interments from 1824 to 1961. The Society has created a searchable Access database…
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The Barnet Museum and Local History Society has searched its archives to provide a record of how the society and the Museum have developed since its foundation. Extracts of past lectures, details of events and memories of volunteers are included in its pages. Together they reflect the story of the town of Chipping Barnet and the area around it.
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In 1947 the treasurer of the newly formed Barnet Society Mr E.H. Lucas was asked by the society to produce a report on the condition of local footpaths. This led to the publication of a booklet in 1948 called Rambles Round Barnet. As part of the 2012 Diamond Jubilee celebrations, some of the walks were revised and reprinted. This is the second volume of these walks.
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Annual Journal of the Society. Contains Bedfordshire's first blue plaque, Mary Norton in Leighton Buzzard; who lived in Leighton Buzzard in 1671 - the Hearth Tax; The day the Choir Exploded, St Andrews Church, Leighton Buzzard; Recollections of World War II in Leighton Buzzard; A history of Vista House, South Street, Leighton Buzzard. Where did the people of Linslade Come From, an analysis of the 1851…
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Journal of the Society. Leighton Buzzard's Spinney Pool, who built it and swam in it; a Telegram Boy, 1942-5; Leighton's roll in the Battle of Britain; Building survey of 34/36 High Street, Leighton Buzzard; Railway Accident on the Dunstable/Leighton Buzzard line 1892, plus society news and archaeology. Illustrated.
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Society's Journal, colour front and back. Extracts for the Diary of John Salusbury 1757-9; Bushell's map of Leighton Buzzard 1838; Lionel Tutt, champion beer drinker; Cecily Neville, Duchess of York; Leighton's newspaper magnet Mr Muddiman; Baptist of many wicked opinions, Stephen Dagnall; A short history of the Seabrook family; How Leighton Buzzard and Linslade celebrated Victoria's long reign. Plus…
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Monumental inscriptions for the Palmerston Road Cemetery, Chatham, which opened c1925 originally published on microfiche 1870 and CD no 37. An index to burials in the cemetery is on the Society's CD 40. 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. Recording of the inscriptions…
Supplied by: Kent Family History Society Product Ref: KFS-DLMI28
The records on the CD have been transcribed by members of Kent Family History Society and are in pdf format. A program such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is required. Kent Family History Society members receive a 50% discount on purchases made through our web shop https://www.kfhs.org.uk/downloads-247 If you have a query about any of our publications please e-mail [email protected] The CD contains…
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Transcription by members of Kent Family History Society in pdf format of the burial register of the parish church of ST Mary Magdalene, Gillingham. The index is in both date and name order. Kent Family History Society members receive a 50% discount on purchases made through our web shop https://www.kfhs.org.uk/downloads-247
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Transcription of parish registers for the parish of Tenterden, St Mildred , Kent:- Bap. 1544-1860 Mar. 1597-1940, banns 1754-1780 and Bur. 1861-1902 Transcribed by society members and previously published on Kent FHS CD02/07 & 35, the data is presented by date and name in pdf format. A program such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is required. If you have a query about any of our publications please…
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Transcription of parish registers for the parish of Rainham , Kent:- Bap. 1628-1662 and 1682-1882 Mar. 1827-1837 Transcribed by society members and previously published on Kent FHS CD02/07, 16 & 27 , the data is presented by date and name in pdf format. A program such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is required. If you have a query about any of our publications please e-mail [email protected] Kent Family…
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A transcription by members of the Kent Family History Society Medway Branch of the burial registers held by Medway Council Bereavement Services, Burials from 1869-2007 were issued on CD40 and later burials to 2020 on CD40A, both are available to download. More than 59,500 entries are included. Kent Family History Society members receive a 50% discount on purchases made through our web shop https://www.kfhs.org.uk/downloads-247…
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A transcription by members of the Kent Family History Society Medway Branch of the burial registers for the cemeteries in Gillingham, Kent. The registers for the former Cemetery in Grange Road are held at Medway Archives Centre and more than 23,000 records have been transcribed. The cemetery closed in the 1970s and virtually all headstones were removed and destroyed. The site is now a public open…
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A transcription by members of the Kent Family History Society Medway Branch of the cremation registers held by Medway Council Bereavement Services, Cremations from 1959-1980 were issued on CD40 and later cremations to 1984 on CD40A, both are available to download. More than 52,700 cremations include not only residents of the Medway Towns (Chatham, Rochester, Gillingham, Rainham, Strood etc), but also…
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Transcription of parish registers for the parish of Teynham, Kent:- Bap. 1539-1924 Mar. 1548-1949 Bur. 1538-1962 Banns 1829-1953 Transcribed by society members and previously published on Kent FHS CD28 , the data is presented by date and name in pdf format. A program such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is required. If you have a query about any of our publications please e-mail [email protected] Kent…
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Transcription of registers for Tenterden Presbyterian (Unitarian) Church- (Old Meeting House) Bap. 1736-1837 Transcribed by society members and previously published on Kent FHS CD02/07 , the data is presented by date and name in pdf format. A program such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is required. If you have a query about any of our publications please e-mail [email protected] Kent Family History…
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This publication contains photographs of surviving headstones for St Margaret's Church, Broomfield, Kent. The headstones were photographed in 2022 and transcribed by the Maidstone Branch of the Society. The memorial inscriptions had previously been recorded and published on microfiche 1784 in 1995. A copy of the index of burials 1616-1980 published on CD19 is included. Kent Family History Society…
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To mark the 200th anniversary of the Church building, Kent Family History Society was asked by the Church to assist in transcribing and indexing the burial registers of the Church which were, at that time, on temporary loan from Kent History and Library Centre in Maidstone. The burial register dates back to the mid-1800s when there was a non-conformist burial ground on the church premises. After…
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Full colour photographs of all surviving headstones taken in 2023 and recorded by the Maidstone branch of the Kent FHS. Also included are plans showing the location of the stones and indexes of names and graves. Please note. Some of the burials do not have a headstone or marker and are not numbered on the plan but have been included in the index. Also included in the index are some memorial inscriptions…
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A survey of surviving headstones was one of the early projects undertaken by members of the Kent Family History Society and the inscription from 280 headstones were published in 1984 on microfiche 18. The remaining inscriptions were not published until 1995 on microfiche 1752 and included the inscriptions from more than 800 headstones in the churchyard and memorials inside the church. The download…
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Full colour photographs of all surviving headstones taken in 2023, plus plans showing the location of the headstones and indexes of names and graves. Includes headstones recorded in 1920 and no longer extant. For downloads of parish register transcripts see https://www.kfhs.org.uk/shop/bethersden-kent-transcript-of-parish-registers-214 Photographs of all surviving head stones were taken in 2023 by…
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Companion Booklet for Lily Style's Presentation for Pinner Local History Society. Horatia Nelson Thompson was born at 23 Piccadilly on 29 January 1801. Her mother was Emma, Lady Hamilton and her father was national hero, Admiral Horatio Nelson. The talk was presented by Lily Styles, Horatia’s 3rd great-granddaughter and founder of the Emma Hamilton Society. Emma Hamilton’s spurning by the British…
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This is a 60 page book of Memorial Inscriptions for Lochrutton Parish Churchyard near the Village of Lochfoot in the Parish of Lochrutton, Kirkcudbrightshire. It was published in 2013 and consists of 35 pages of inscriptions from 261 headstones. It is indexed by Surname only. It includes 23 Old Parish Register Burials listed by date. Also included are 142 Hearse Society entries listed by Surname…
Supplied by: Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society Product Ref: DGF-LORCMI-2013