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CS127 Poor Law in Wiltshire 1670-1890
Removal orders, settlement certificates and settlement examination records for the county from 1670 to 1890. Available here as a book. Also available as a CD or download. Go to Section 1 - CDs - compilation and single source - Other compilation and single source CDs and scroll down to CD21 We have provided a free name index to this product, as a pdf file, which can be viewed, downloaded,...
Supplied by: Wiltshire Family History Society Product Ref: WIL-CS127
CD11 Wiltshire Land Tax 1780
Land Tax started in 1692 and remained until the mid 20th century. Between 1780-1832 copies were required to be sent to the Clerk of the Peace of each county to be used to establish the right of those eligible to vote in parliamentary elections (not everyone paying land tax had that right). Thus returns for those years are generally complete whereas before and after very few have survived. The retu...
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1839 BAINES' GENERAL AND COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY OF THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS
The City and Borough of Leeds. The names of the inhabitants given in a three-fold arrangement;1st - Alphabetical Directory, being names listed alphabetically with profession and residence attached; 2nd - Classification of Trades, listing all in each trade or profession; 3rd - Street Key, with names and professions arranged in Street order and numerically....
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1879 KELLY'S POST OFFICE DIRECTORY OF THE NORTH & EAST RIDINGS OF YORKSHIRE WITH THE CITY OF YORK & THE PORT OF HULL Free P&P
The complete contents of both the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire all on one CD. Over 1,000 pages, plus indexes to places and advertisers and lists of the Principal Seats of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire. Listing private residents, classified index of trades and street indexes for larger places. This is only available as a download and will be sent by email within 1-3 days....
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW015
CD13 Wiltshire Confirmations 1703-1920
The confirmations in this publication, with the exception of Bromham, which is still held by the Church, are deposited in Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre. Over 3,000 records, all for the year 1787, are in the Diocesan records. The rest are in the parish records, some of which are in specially printed books and a few in parish registers. Candidates may not have been confirmed in the parish ...
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CS128 Broad Town Charity Apprentices
Softback, 195 pages. THE BROAD Town Charity was conceived by Her Grace Sarah Duchess Dowager of Somerset in her Will dated 17th May 1686, the object being to pay for poor boys to become apprenticed to honest trades and callings. The Duchess bought an estate at Cotmarsh in Broad Hinton so that the rents and profits from it could be used for the apprenticing of four boys from the Manors of Broad T...
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1893 KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF NORTH & EAST RIDINGS OF YORKSHIRE WITH THE CITY OF YORK Free P&P
Directory of Residents, Streets, Trades, Officials, Churches, etc., Brief History and Description of all Towns, Villages, Hamlets, etc., and with extensive information on the Cities of York and Hull. This is only available as a download and will be sent by email within 1-3 days....
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW042
1840 HISTORY, GAZETTEER & DIRECTORY OF THE NORTH & EAST RIDINGS OF YORKSHIRE
William White's very comprehensive 'General Survey of the Ridings' including descriptions of all the boroughs, towns, parishes, chapelries, townships, villages, hamlets, manors, liberties and wapentakes; the names and addresses of principal inhabitants, industry, agriculture, markets, fairs, Lords of the Manor, owners of land, churches, chapels, charities and Public Intitutions; and a variety of o...
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW074
1857 KELLY'S POST OFFICE DIRECTORY of the WEST RIDING of YORKSHIRE Free P&P
The whole of the West Riding is in this one! History and Topography, street directories of all the principal towns. Residents and Commercial Listings. Complete Trades Directory. The book on this CD is machine searchable. This is only available as a download and will be sent by email within 1-3 days. ...
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW077
CS129 Wiltshire Apprentices: Parish, Charity & Private
Softback. 348 pages The information in this publication has been taken from the apprenticeship indentures, for boys and girls, most of which are found in the parish collections in Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre. Numbers of indentures in the parishes vary from 1,754 for Bradford on Avon to just one for Lydiard Millicent but this may not indicate the total apprenticed since the indentures m...
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CS131 - Wiltshire Asylum (Roundway) Admissions & Discharges 1851 – 1919
A4 paperback. 334pp The Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre (WSHC) holds records for a number of asylums that were in operation from the late 19th century in Wiltshire. The records for this publication are for Wiltshire Asylum (Roundway). They are presented in name order and admission year. There is no name index. A free name index to all four publications will be found on the WFHS website...
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CS132 - Fisherton Anger Asylum Admissions & Discharges 1813 – 1913
A4 paperback. 490pp The Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre (WSHC) holds records for a number of asylums that were in operation from the late 19th century in Wiltshire. The quantity and scope of the records vary between institutions. These records are for: Fisherton Anger Wilts, Lunatic Asylum. 1813 – 1913 A register or list of the several patients under the care of Mr Charles Finch a...
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1872 KELLY'S POST OFFICE DIRECTORY OF THE NORTH & EAST RIDINGS OF YORKSHIRE, with YORK.
Street indexes, alphabetical list of residents and classified lists of trades in both the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire all on one CD. Over 1,000 pages, plus indexes to places and advertisers and lists of the Principal Seats of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire. A useful aid to finding people in the 1871 census. The book on this CD is machine searchable....
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW089
1937 DIRECTORY OF HUDDERSFIELD & DISTRICT, by Alfred Jubb.
This is much more than just a directory. Packed with all sorts of information....
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW130
TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF YORKSHIRE 1822
Thomas Langdale's work of 1822. Where to find places in Yorkshire's three Ridings. An alphabetical listing of all the towns, villages, hamlets, gentlemens' seats, &c., giving distances to market or post towns, brief histories of notable antiquities, and the names of magistrates,lieutenants and other officers of the County....
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW034
HISTORIC TOWNS - YORK
By James Raine, M.A., D.C.L. Chancellor and Canon Residentiary of York, and Secretary of the Surtees Society. York, in all periods of its existence, has played a very important part in the history of England. This book contains a General History, Church History, Education and Charities, with an index of Names and Places....
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW060
CS133 - Box, Calne, Fonthill, Laverstock and Market Lavington Asylums Admissions & Discharges
A4 paperback - 196pp The Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre (WSHC) holds records for a number of asylums that were in operation from the late 19th century in Wiltshire. The quantity and scope of the records vary between institutions. The records for this publication are for : Box – Kingsdown House. 1792 – 1919 A Register or List of the several Patients confined in the House of Dr Char...
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CS045 Trowbridge Settlement Examinations 1740-1831
Settlement examinations provide much evidence of the trials and tribulations of life and the resourcefulness of the poor in seeking to make a living as best as they can in conditions that were often not conducive to stable and settled lives. Full transcripts of these settlement examinations were made by Fred Pitt of Trowbridge in 1950. The summarised versions were made by Ken Rogers, c 2000. ...
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CD 02 Surrey Marriage Index to 1837-4th Edition enlarged. November 2010.
Indexed for publication on CD-ROM by Tim Wilcock. This enlarged Index of over 340,000 Marriages is COMPLETE for rural Surrey. It includes over 9,000 ‘Stray' marriages of Surrey people in other counties and more than 166,000 marriages from Metropolitan Surrey and Middlesex, of which (at least) 60,000 from Metropolitan registers are NEW in this edition . The Index is now ALMOST COMPLETE for METROP...
Supplied by: West Surrey Family History Society Product Ref: WSY-CD02
BYGONE YORKSHIRE by William Andrews. Written in 1892.
A charming collection of stories from various people and places all over Yorkshire....
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW114
OWNERS OF LAND IN 1871 FOR THE NORTH, EAST AND WEST RIDINGS OF YORKSHIRE .
All Yorkshire on one CD - Gives Landowners Names and Addresses. 553 North Riding Parishes, 384 East Riding Parishes and 689 West Riding Parishes. Total 1626 Yorkshire Parishes...
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW013
BOOTHAM SCHOOL REGISTER
Bootham School Register 1822 to 1935. The School was opened in January, 1823. This Register was intended to cover the whole period of the School’s history from 1822 to 1935, however, the early records are very imperfect, and it was impossible to ascertain the names of all the pupils who attended the School during the first years of its existence. In this Register are 2,853 names of pupils and st...
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW126
1838 CITY OF YORK
The New Guide' This Book, entitled 'The New Guide for Strangers and Residents in The City of York' includes a 'concise historical descriptions of all the public buildings, antiquities, &c of that ancient City' and is illustrated with a lithographic view of the River Ouse, a street plan of the City and over sixty wood engravings. The City as it was in 1838, much of which is still recognisable today...
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW044
TOURISTS’ GUIDE TO THE EAST AND NORTH RIDINGS OF YORKSHIRE 1884 With map and plan.
"All the favourite places of resort, both on the coast and inland" Giving a general description and detailed description of Road and Rail Excursions. First published 1884. Even though many of the railways featured in these excursions no longer exist, this guide will make you want to go there! The book on this CD is machine searchable....
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW098
THOROUGH GUIDE TO YORKSHIRE c1892
Part 1, The East Coast, York, and the Country between the N.E. Main Line and the Sea, also the Cathedral and Castle of Durham; Part 2, The West and Part of the North Riding and all Parts of the Country West of the N.E. Main Line also Barnard Castle. Illustrated with 28 maps and plans. The book on this CD is machine searchable...
Supplied by: Yorkshire Ancestors Product Ref: YAN-GW101