Men-at-the-Bar
(1885)
Joseph Foster's Hand-List of Men-at-the-Bar gives a paragraph biography of men who had been called to the bar and were alive in 1885. After the full name (surname first, in capitals) there is a short statement of occupation or practice; a student at which inn of court; when called to the bar; father's name and then address; when born; if married, and, if so, wife's name (and her father's name) is often given. At the foot, in small type, is present residence, as of 1885.ADAMS. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Members of Durham University
(1910)
The alphabetical list of all living members of Durham University, issued in 1910, was compiled from the Admission Book and University Register. It gives surname, initials, degree, college, and date. Those marked with an asterisk were Members of Convocation. In the case of graduates in Arts, Theology (except in the case of Bachelors of Divinity) and Civil Law, the dates refer to the year in which the examination for the degree of B.A. was passed; in the case of Bachelors of Divinity who were not Graduates in Arts, of Licentiates in Theology, of Civil Engineers, and of Licentiates in Medicine, to the year in which each passed the Final Examination. In the case of Hygiene, Science, and Music, to the year in which the Examination for B.Hy., B.Sc., or B.Mus. was passed; and in the case of Graduates in Medicine to the year in which the Examination for the degree of M.B. was passed, except in the case of practitioners, when the date refers to the year in which the examination for the degree specified was passed. In cases where no date is given the degree is Ad Eundem, unless it is marked honorary. The abbreviations are: Arms., Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Codr., Codrington College, Barbados; Cos., Bishop Cosin's Hall; F. Bay, Fourah Bay, Sierra Leone; Hatf., Bishop Hatfield's Hall; Med., College of Medicine, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; St. Chad's, St Chad's Hall; St. John's, St John's Hall; Univ., University College.ADAMS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Contributors to Female Missions of the Church of Scotland: Montrose
(1861-1862)
Contributions received on behalf of the Ladies' Association for Promoting the Education of Jewish Females; from 30 November 1861 to 30 November 1862ADAMS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Births
(1930)
Family announcements of Births; Marriages; Deaths; Golden Weddings; Silver Weddings; In Memoriam (and a special section of In Memoriam on Active Service, mainly remembering deaths in the First World War) appearing in the day's issues of The Times. January 1930ADAMS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths
(1930)
Family announcements of Births; Marriages; Deaths; Golden Weddings; Silver Weddings; In Memoriam (and a special section of In Memoriam on Active Service, mainly remembering deaths in the First World War) appearing in the day's issues of The Times. January 1930ADAMS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of Merchantmen
(1757)
The movements of British and foreign ships in Britain and abroad are recorded as Ship News in the London newspapers: these are the entries from January to June 1757.ADAMS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Petroleum Licences: Wandsworth
(1875)
Under the provisions of the Petroleum Act of 1871, the London Metropolitan Board of Works was given the power to grant annual licences to the owners of premises which had been inspected and certified as fit for the storage of petroleum. The lists state parish or district; name (surname first); case number; address (including house number); quantity to be kept, in gallons, and the nature of the storage facility. July to December 1875. ADAMS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Oxford Area Supporters of the Church Missionary Society: Annual Subscriptions
(1848)
The Twenty-Third Report of the Association for Oxford and its Vicinity in Aid of the Church Missionary Society, published in 1848, lists annual subscriptions and donations and subscriptions from individual parishes and branches.ADAMS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Oxford Area Supporters of the Church Missionary Society: Worcester College
(1848)
The Twenty-Third Report of the Association for Oxford and its Vicinity in Aid of the Church Missionary Society, published in 1848, lists annual subscriptions and donations and subscriptions from individual parishes and branches.ADAMS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Subscribers to The Accomptant's Oracle: Alnwick
(1771)
Wardhaugh Thompson 'many years an accomptant in London' published 'The Accomptant's Oracle; Or, Key to Science. Being a Treatise of Common Arithmetic: With the Doctrine of Vulgar and Decimal Fractions. Upon a Plan Entirely New. To which are added Decimal Tables, with their Use and Construction.' The work was printed in Whitehaven, attracting a large subscription, mainly from northern England and southern Scotland.ADAMS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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