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(1835-1836)
At this period, the foreign trade of ships plying to and from the British isles involved about 150,000 men on 15,000 ships; and the coasting trade about a quarter as many more. A large proportion of the seamen on these ships were British subjects, and so liable to be pressed for service in the Royal Navy; but there was no general register by which to identify them, so in 1835 parliament passed a Merchant Seamen's Registration Bill. Under this act this large register of British seamen was compiled, based on ships' crew lists gathered in British and Irish ports, and passed up to the registry in London. Each seaman was assigned a number, and the names were arranged in the register by first two letters of the surname (our sample scan shows one of the pages for 'Sm'); in addition, an attempt was made to separate out namesakes by giving the first instance of a name (a), the second (b), and so on. But no effective method was devised to prevent the same man being registered twice as he appeared in a second crew list; moreover, the original crew lists were clearly difficult for the registry clerks to copy, and some of the surname spellings appear to be corrupted. A parliamentary committee decided that the system devised did not answer the original problem, and this register was abandoned after less than two years: but it is an apparently comprehensive source for British merchant seamen in 1835 to 1836. The register records the number assigned to each man; his name; age; birthplace; quality (master, captain, mate, 2nd mate, mariner, seaman, fisherman, cook, carpenter, boy &c.); and the name and home port of his ship, with the date of the crew list (usually at the end of a voyage). Most of the men recorded were born in the British Isles, but not all (for instance, Charleston and Stockholm appear in the sample scan). The final column 'How disposed of' is rarely used, and indicates those instances where a man died, was discharged, or deserted his ship during the voyage.BECKINGHAM. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Bath & Weymouth Great Western Union Railway Shareholders
(1837)
The return of the railway subscription contracts deposited in the Private Bill Office lists the shareholders in the Bath and Weymouth Great Western Union Railway, subscribers to shares amounting to £517,800 towards the £771,000 estimated expense of the project. The list gives full name of each subscriber, address, designation (occupation), number of shares, and amount subscribed.BECKINGHAM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1837)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders: in England and Wales
BECKINGHAM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Insolvents
(1838)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksBECKINGHAM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1838)
Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitorsBECKINGHAM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1839)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
BECKINGHAM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| British merchant seamen
(1835-1840)
At this period, the foreign trade of ships plying to and from the British isles involved about 150,000 men on 15,000 ships; and the coasting trade about a quarter as many more. A large proportion of the seamen on these ships were British subjects, and so liable to be pressed for service in the Royal Navy; but there was no general register by which to identify them, so in 1835 parliament passed a Merchant Seamen's Registration Bill. Under this act a large register of British seamen was compiled, based on ships' crew lists gathered in British and Irish ports, and passed up to the registry in London. A parliamentary committee decided that the system devised did not answer the original problem, and the original register was abandoned after less than two years: the system was then restarted in this form, with a systematic attempt to attribute the seamen's (ticket) numbers, and to record successive voyages. The register records the number assigned to each man; his name; age; birthplace; quality (S = seaman, &c.); and the name and official number of his ship, with the date of the crew list (usually at the end of a voyage). Most of the men recorded were born in the British Isles, but not all. The system was still very cumbersome, because the names were amassed merely under the first two letters of surname; an attempt was made to separate out namesakes by giving the first instance of a name (a), the second (b), and so on. During 1840 this series of ledgers was abandoned, and a new set started with names grouped together by surname. BT 112/4BECKINGHAM. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1844)
Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments and domestic occurrences, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
BECKINGHAM. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Railway Subscription Contracts
(1845)
£21,386,703 6s 4d was promised by about 10,000 subscribers of less than £2,000 per contract to the nearly 200 railway bills deposited in the Private Bill Office during the Session of Parliament for 1845. This alphabetical list gives the full names of the subscribers (surname first), description (i. e., occupation), place of abode, a numerical reference to the title of the railway, the amount subscribed to each, and total. There is a separate key to the titles of the railways.BECKINGHAM. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Inhabitants of Newington in Surrey
(1851)
The 1851 census return for St Mary Newington, Surrey, registration district: St Peter Walworth sub-district: enumeration district 8: described as: "All that Part of the Parish of St. Mary Newington, which Comprises Walworth Common (south side) from Walworth Road to Providence St., Including West side of Providence St., Appleton Place, Charles St., Pilgrim St. (both sides), Port St. (both sides), Milk St. (both sides) and Red Lion Row". This area lay in the ecclesiastical district of St Peter Walworth, and in the borough of Lambeth. HO 107/1567. The addresses listed in the actual returns are 1 to 7 Red Lion Row, Grosvenor Park; 1 to 7 Port Place, Walworth Common; 1 to 27 Milk Street; 1 to 6 Port Place; 2 to 24 Port Street; Port House, Port Street; 1 to 32 Pilgrim Streeet; 1 to 3 Bucknell Place; 1 to 7 Charles Street; 1 to 4 Nuns Place; 1 to 5 Appleton Place; 1 to 6 Boytons Place; 1 to 6 Portland Terrace; and 9 to 18 Providence Street. BECKINGHAM. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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