Parish History

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  • Collection of tracts by W. Bradbrook and others on the local history and parish registers of Buckinghamshire 1
    Collection of tracts by W. Bradbrook and others on the local history and parish registers of Buckinghamshire 7
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    Collection of tracts by W. Bradbrook and others on the local history and parish registers of Buckinghamshire, Leicestershire and Worcestershire

    Collection of tracts by W. Bradbrook and others on the local history and parish registers of Buckinghamshire, Leicestershire and Worcestershire

    Bletchley Monuments & Epitaphs, Fenny Stratford Armorial Ceiling at Fenny Stratford Church, The Earliest Register of the Parish of Great Marlow Buckinghamshire 1592 to 1611, The Register of the Parish of Thornton in the County of Buckinghamshire 1562 to 1812, The Register of the Parish of Walton (near Bletchley) Buckinghamshire 1598 to 1812, The Register of the Parish of Woughton-on-the-Green in the County of Buckinghamshire 1558 to 1718, Notes on the Parish Register of Wavendon including notes about plague and smallpox, violent deaths, Quakers, a Wavendon Terrier dated 1639, the families of Fitzhugh, Sanders, Wells, Selby, Extracts from and Notes on the Parish Registers of Misterton, Leicestershire, History of the Parish of Inkberrow in Worcestershire.

    Publisher: William Bradbrook

    Date of publication: Not Dated

    File Size: 22 MB

  • History of Worcestershire: Based on Bentley's Directory, 1840

    History of Worcestershire: Based on Bentley’s Directory, 1840 – Softcover

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    Joseph Bentley’s History of Worcestershire written in 1840 and viewed in recent times by Gordon Hopkins, including a section on Dudley and its Mines and Canals.

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  • Nottinghamshire House of Correction, Southwell (1611-1880): A Model Institution, Essential History & Architectural Notes

    Nottinghamshire House of Correction, Southwell (1611-1880): A Model Institution, Essential History & Architectural Notes

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    This volume has been extensively researched by Rob Smith and is a most interesting summary of the history of the House of Correction. It also contains details of the design of the prison, which was copied throughout the country and in other parts of the world.

    The book includes a detailed history of the establishment of the prison on the site at the bottom of The Burgage and also some detail of the first prison that was higher up Burgage Green

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  • A history of Blackburn, town and parish Abram, William Alexander, 1835 1894 7
    A history of Blackburn, town and parish Abram, William Alexander, 1835 1894 1
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    A History of Blackburn, Town and Parish 1877

    A history of Blackburn, Town and Parish by William Alexander Abram, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society; Corresponding Member of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Published Blackburn: J. G. & J. Toulmin, The Times Office, Corporation Street. 1877

    Contents Include: General History, Township History and Topography, Appendix, Index

    The Townships include: Township and Town of Blackburn, Township of Balderstone, Township of Billington, Township of Clayton-in-le-Dale, Township of Cuerdale, Township of Nether Darwen, Township of Over Darwen, Township of Great Harwood, Township of Little Harwood, Township of Livesey, Township of Mellor-cum-Eccleshill, Township of Osbaldeston, Township of Pleasington, Township of Ramsgreave, Township of Rishton, Township of Salesbury, Township of Samlesbury, Township of Tockholes, Township of Walton-in-le-Dale, Township of Wilpshire-cum-Dinkley, Township of Witton, Township of Yate-cum-Pickup-Bank.

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  • A history of the ancient chapel of Birch,in Manchester parish 17
    A history of the ancient chapel of Birch,in Manchester parish 1
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    A History of the Ancient Chapel of Birch in Manchester Parish

    A History of the Ancient Chapel of Birch in Manchester Parish including a sketch of the township of Rusholme, for the convenience of which township the chapel was originally erected together with notices of the more ancient local families, and particulars relating to the descent of their estates. By the Rev. John Booker, M.A., F.S.A., of Magdelene College, Cambridge, Curate of Ashurst, Kent. Printed for the Chetham Society M.DCCC.LIX (1859)

     

  • Records and Traditions of Upton on Severn 10
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    Records and Traditions of Upton-on-Severn

    The book Records and Traditions of Upton-on-Severn contains an interesting account of the outbreak of cholera in 1832 in Upton. Chapter IV is interesting reading about pestilence including smallpox in Upton. The account of the cholera outbreak starts on page 139.

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  • One hundred years of poor law administration in a Warwickshire village 7
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    One hundred years of poor law administration in a Warwickshire village

    One hundred years of poor law administration in a Warwickshire village by Ashby, Arthur Wilfred, 1886-1953 Published 1912. The Warwickshire village that is the subject of the article is the village of Tysoe.

    The book also contains The estates of the archbishop and chapter of Saint-André of Bordeaux under English rule.

    One hundred years of poor law administration in a Warwickshire village starts on page 221 of the PDF.

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  • A sermon, preached on the death of Mr. N. Aspden, surgeon 1
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    A Sermon, Preached on the Death of Mr. N. Aspden, Surgeon 1798

    A sermon, preached on the death of Mr. N. Aspden, surgeon : before a respectable audience, in the Methodist Chapel, Blackburn, on Sunday, September 30th, 1798. With enlargements, and illustrated with notes by T. Wood

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  • A short account of the life and death of the late Mr. N. Aspden, surgeon, of Blackburn 1
    A short account of the life and death of the late Mr. N. Aspden, surgeon, of Blackburn 3
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    A Short Account of the Life and Death of the Late Mr. N. Aspden, Surgeon, of Blackburn

    A short account of the life and death of the late Mr. N. Aspden, surgeon, of Blackburn by T. Wood. Published Blackburn Printed by Hemingway and Nuttall. 1798.

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  • History of the St. George's Road Congregational Church and its connections 1
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    History of the St George’s Road Congregational Church and its connections

    History of the St George’s Road Congregational Church and its connections. A Record of Work accomplished from 1752 to 1912. By F. W. Peaples. With Portraits and Illustrations. Issued in connection with the Jubilee of St. George’s Road Church in 1913. Bolton : Tillotson & Son, Ltd., Mealhouse Lane. 1913.

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  • Market Harborough parish records, to A. D. 1530 10
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    Market Harborough Parish Records, to A.D. 1530

    Market Harborough parish records, to A.D. 1530. By J. E. (John Edward) Stocks, M.A., Vicar of St Saviour’s Leicester; formerly (1871 to 1884) Vicar of Market Harborough; assisted by W. B. Bragg, of Market Harborough, Two of the Trustees of the Town Estate. London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row E.C. 1890.

    File Size: 6 MB

  • Monumental brasses in the Bedfordshire churches 5
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    Monumental Brasses in the Bedfordshire Churches

    Monumental Brasses in the Bedfordshire Churches by Grace Isherwood with Illustrations drawn by Kitty Isherwood from rubbings by the Authoress. London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.C. 1906.

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    Date of publication: 1906

    File Size: 4 MB

  • The visitations of the county of Somerset, in the years 1531 and 1573, together with additional pedigrees, chiefly from the visitation of 1591 7
    The visitations of the county of Somerset, in the years 1531 and 1573, together with additional pedigrees, chiefly from the visitation of 1591 1
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    The Visitations of the County of Somerset, in the Years 1531 and 1573

    The Visitations of the County of Somerset, in the Years 1531 and 1573, together with additional pedigrees, chiefly from the visitation of 1591

    by Benolt, Thomas, d. 1534; England. College of Arms; British Museum. Mss. (Harleian 1445); Cook, Robert, d. 1593?; Weaver, Frederic William, b. 1853 ed

    Publisher: Exeter : Printed for the editor by W. Pollard

    Date of publication: 1885

    File Size: 7 MB

  • Register of the freemen of the city of York; from the city records pt1 1272 to 1558 12
    Register of the freemen of the city of York; from the city records pt1 1272 to 1558 2
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    Register of the Freemen of the City of York from the City Records. Vol. 1 1272 to 1558.

    Register of the Freemen of the City of York from the City Records. Vol. 1 1272 to 1558.

    Volume 1

    Publisher: Published for the Surtees Society by Andrews & Co. Durham; Whittaker & Co. 2, White Hart Street, Paternoster Square, Bernard Quaritch, 15, Piccadilly; Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh.

    Date of publication: 1897

    File Size: 27 MB

  • Snowden Dunhill The Convict 1
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    Snowden Dunhill – The Convict

    “Snowden Dunhill – The Convict” (S. Baring-Gould, published 1877). A summary presentation of  “The life of Snowden Dunhill, as told by himself” (S. Dunning aka Dunhill, published 1834). Text of Snowden Dunning (alias Dunhill)’s autobiography, written in Tasmania and published in 1834. This text is taken from ‘Yorkshire Oddities’ which was published in 1877. Also includes extracts from several contemporary (Tasmanian) newspaper articles regarding Snowden. Transcription by mfwuk. Publisher: S. Baring-Gould Date of publication: 1877

  • Historical sketch of the parish of Saint Neot (Cornwall) 5
    Historical sketch of the parish of Saint Neot (Cornwall) 1
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    Historical Sketch of the Parish of Saint Neot Cornwall

    Historical sketch of the parish of Saint Neot (Cornwall). Including the life of Saint Neot, together with a description of the Parish church and its windows, and the Ballad of Tregeagle by William A Axworthy. Published 1906.

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