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RA 33. Guide to Middlesex Parish Documents
Including Poor Law Records, by Cliff Webb This revised 6th edition , November 2009, incorporates The Parochial Poor Law Records of Middlesex as preserved in local libraries and record offices compiled and published by Cliff Webb in 1986. The records listed include registers, churchwardens accounts, vestry minutes.
Supplied by: West Surrey Family History Society Product Ref: WSY-RA33
Our Tangled Speech: Essays on Language and Culture
People are rarely neutral about the Irish language. In Northern Ireland it is a topic which usually creates more heat than light. While attitudes have softened somewhat over the years, polarised views about the language are remarkably persistent. Historic and contemporary efforts to maintain the language have had varied success, but the key goal of creating new sustainable language communities, where…
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1791 DIRECTORY OF HULL & BEVERLEY and RECOLLECTIONS OF HULL 1884 ~ two books on one CD!
The first Directory of Hull, first published in 1791-2, includes a directory of Beverley and a wealth of local information, including a table of Window Duty(a form of taxation, calculated on the number of windows in a house), and a list of stamp duties(another form of taxation), such as: Affidavit in court of law, 1s 6d; Apprentice indenture, 6s; duty for keeping a male servant, per annum 1l.5s (£1.5s),…
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PLACE NAMES OF THE NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE
The North Riding, with places arranged topographically according to Wapentakes, and the Parishes within Wapentakes, including lost places, with local pronunciations of place names.
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THE VILLAGE COOPER
The Memoirs of Francis Barr Memoirs of the life, character and labours of Francis Barr, local preacher, &c., Sheriff Hutton, Easingwold Circuit, in the County of York, by Willliam Smith. Written in 1869
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CS120 Churchwardens Presentments 1662 Vol 1
45 parishes in area between Alderton, Hankerton, Lacock & Malmesbury, (including Chippenham) The Churchwardens Presentments 1662 offer a unique insight into problems after the Restoration. A4, 24 pages. These are answers to a questionnaire sent to each parish prior to the Bishop's Visitation, when churchwardens or other parishioners were required to cover a wide range of business, and they…
Supplied by: Wiltshire Family History Society Product Ref: WIL-CS120
CS121 Churchwardens Presentments 1662 Vol 2
73 parishes between Bradford on Avon, Wootton Bassett and Fittleton The Churchwardens Presentments 1662 offer a unique insight into problems after the Restoration. A4, 49 pages. These are answers to a questionnaire sent to each parish prior to the Bishop's Visitation, when churchwardens or other parishioners were required to cover a wide range of business, and they are an important source…
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CS122 Churchwardens Presentments 1662 Vol 3
50 parishes in area between Amesbury, Laverstock, Martin & Tisbury The Churchwardens Presentments 1662 offer a unique insight into problems after the Restoration. A4, 32 pages. These are answers to a questionnaire sent to each parish prior to the Bishop's Visitation, when churchwardens or other parishioners were required to cover a wide range of business, and they are an important source…
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CS123 Churchwardens Presentments 1662 Vol 4
40 parishes in area between Warminster, Salisbury & Downton The Churchwardens Presentments 1662 offer a unique insight into problems after the Restoration. A4, 32 pages. These are answers to a questionnaire sent to each parish prior to the Bishop's Visitation, when churchwardens or other parishioners were required to cover a wide range of business, and they are an important source for both…
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CS124 Peculiar Presentments
Visitation of the ‘peculiar’ parishes under the separate jurisdictions of the Dean and Sub Dean of Sarum and the Precentor of the cathedral for the correction of both clergy and laity became a useful means of maintaining the religious settlement of the late 16th century. Practice was standardised by Canons issued in 1603, and it remained an important element in church life for the rest of the century.…
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CD 17 FOUR GUILDFORD DIRECTORIES 1842-1934. Feb.2010
This CD provides images of the following: russell's directory, 1842 and hooke's directory, 1871 which cover guildford only . biddle's directories for 1929 and 1934 also include surrounding villages, although some pages of village information is missing from the 1929 directory . some pages are missing in the 1934 directory from the guildford streets and inhabitants sections . the entire contents have…
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Accrington Cemetery, Burnley Road, Monumental Inscriptions
The CD contains all the monumental inscriptions from when the cemetery opened in 1864 to 2009. During this period 61,001 burials took place. There are many local prominent people buried in this cemetery including William Barnes of Accrington House, cotton manufacturer and one of the chief advocates for this municipal cemetery. His was the first burial on the 10th October 1864 - see page 2 of the cemetery…
Supplied by: Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society Product Ref: LFH-CD014
MARRIAGE ALLEGATION BONDS OF THE BISHOPS OF BATH AND WELLS FROM THEIR COMMENCEMENT TO THE YEAR 1755 By Arthur J. Jewers
First published in 1909 this book lists all of the surviving bonds for that year. Since then a number of original documents have been lost or have deteriorated to make this the most complete list of this bonds. Most are for the early 1700's, although there are a number of entries for the previous century. To use Jewers own words in describing the period 1674-75 “in these years large portions are quite…
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A SURVEY OF WEST COUNTRY MANORS Edited by T. L. Stoate
This survey, compiled in 1525, contains details of tenants and the type of lease held, from the estates in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire which belonged to the Marchioness of Dorset. Lots of information for both family and local historians.
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NOTES AND ABSTRACTS OF THE WILLS CONTAINED IN THE VOLUME ENTITLED THE GREAT ORPHAN BOOK AND BOOK OF WILLS by Rev. T. P. Wadley
This book of three hundred plus pages was first published in 1886 and contains abstracts from over four hundred wills from the Bristol area. The wills date from the mid fourteenth to the sixteenth century and are packed with personal and local information which will be of great interest to anyone studying the city of having ancestors from this area. Index and is fully searchable.
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DEVON WILLS By C. Worthy
You will probably be aware that most of the wills belonging to the West Country were destroyed in an air raid on Exeter during the Second World War. Whilst copies are being found genealogists and local historians have to rely heavily of transcriptions and extractions made prior to this loss. Of these useful works Devonshire Wills by C. Worthy is one of the most important. This massive work of 516 pages…
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STORIES AND FOLK-LORE OF WEST CORNWALL by William Bottrell
This book contains numerous stories of magic, legends and life in West Cornwall. Some of the subjects covered include The ghosts of Kenegie, Mill stories, A Madron Feast of Fifty Years Ago, Zennor Hearthside Stories, Fairies, The Giant of Carn Galva, Penzance of our Grandfathers, Astrologers of the West, Conjurers and their Spells, Old Methods of Conveyance, Going to Town on Market Day, A Glossary…
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BRUTON PARISH REGISTER TRANSCRIPTS 1554 to 1812 by Reverend Douglas L. Hayward
This work, in two volumes, is probably the best transcript of Bruton Registers ever published, being compiled by the vicar of this parish who would have known the area, known the local families and would have a scholarly knowledge of the writing styles of the various periods covered. Volume 1 • Baptisms1554 to 1680 • Marriages1554 to 1680 • Burials1554 to 1681 Volume 2 •Baptisms1681 -…
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THE PREPARATIONS IN SOMERSET AGAINST THE SPANISH ARMADA1558 - 1588 by Emanuel Green
First published in 1888 this wonderful book is a comprehensive guide of the preparations made in the county for the expected invasion of England by the Spanish in the sixteenth century. In addition to this many hundreds of names are given in the various returns that were made during this period. The amount of information these contain varies from just a name and the hundred to a full entry such as…
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SOMERSET MEDIEVAL WILLS (1501 – 1530) edited by Rev. F. W. Weaver
Wills are one of the most important sources for family and local historians. Somerset, unfortunately, lost a large number of original wills during the Second World War. This book also contains Lambeth Wills between 1363 – 1491. There are many hundreds of wills and thousands of names in the publications.
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SOMERSET WILLS 1383 - 1500 edited By The Rev. F. W. Weaver
Wills are one of the most useful sources for those studying family and local. They contain personal details most often with relationships and also distribution of property. This book is taken from volumes that were held at Somerset House at the time of it was compiled and contains extracts and transcripts of the earliest Somerset wills. A great addition to the collection of anyone who wants to have…
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SONGS OF SOMERSET by Joseph Henry Stephens
Whilst this book is named the “Songs of Somerset” it is actually a book of local poems that the author says is a collection that appeared in long out of print books (this particular book was published in 1898).Subjects include Dunkery, Quantock, Crook's Peak, A Brean Down Parable to name just a few. A great CD for those who wish to know more about the county of Somerset and its interesting past. …
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D Edward Long Fox: radical and mental health pioneer
Dr Edward Long Fox (1761-1835) was born into a quaker family in Cornwall. He came to Bristol in 1785. He engaged in local politics, and led an inquiry into the Bristol Bridge riots. He pioneered a humane approach to the treatment of mentally ill people. He built an asylum at Brislington with innovative features and 'romantic' landscape gardens, and a therapeutic spa at Knightstone, Weston super mare.…
Supplied by: Avon Local History & Archaeology Product Ref: ALH-13954377
St Anne Soho
This booklet contains a list of the main records of interest to the genealogical researcher for the area based on the ancient parish of St Anne Soho. This area was in the county of Middlesex but is now in the City of Westminster London Borough. Apart from the vital records of the various religious denominations, examples of subjects covered in this booklet are Militia records, poll books and local…
Supplied by: London Westminster & Middlesex Family History Society (LWMFHS) Product Ref: LWM-PG002
Totteridge
This booklet contains a list of the main records of interest to the genealogical researcher for the area based on the ancient parish of Totteridge which used to be in Hertfordshire but is now in the London Borough of Barnet. Apart from the vital records of the various religious denominations, examples of subjects covered in this booklet are local burial grounds, law court archives and parish chest…
Supplied by: London Westminster & Middlesex Family History Society (LWMFHS) Product Ref: LWM-PG029