Shareholders of the Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company
(1838)
The provincial banks of England and Wales made annual returns to the Stamp Office of their proprietors or shareholders. These returns, registered in March 1838, from the 103 banks then in existence, contain the full names and addresses of nearly 30,000 shareholders.BIRKBECK. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1839)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
BIRKBECK. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1840)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
BIRKBECK. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Electors of Fakenham
(1840)
The register of electors entitled to vote in any parliamentary election for West Norfolk between 1 November 1840 and 1 November 1841 lists 7,620 freeholders arranged by hundred and within hundred by parish or township &c. In the first column, after number within the register, the elector's name is given (surname first); the second column gives place of abode; the third column the nature of qualification (such as 'owner and occupier'); and the fourth column the address of the qualifying property, in some cases with the name of the tenant or occupier.BIRKBECK. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Electors of Keswick
(1840)
The register of electors entitled to vote in any parliamentary election for East Norfolk between 1 November 1840 and 1 November 1841 lists 8,556 freeholders arranged by hundred and within hundred by parish or township &c. In the first column, after number within the register, the elector's name is given (surname first); the second column gives place of abode; the third column the nature of qualification (such as 'owner and occupier'); and the fourth column the address of the qualifying property, in some cases with the name of the tenant or occupier.BIRKBECK. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Electors of King's Lynn, St Margaret's
(1840)
The register of electors entitled to vote in any parliamentary election for West Norfolk between 1 November 1840 and 1 November 1841 lists 7,620 freeholders arranged by hundred and within hundred by parish or township &c. In the first column, after number within the register, the elector's name is given (surname first); the second column gives place of abode; the third column the nature of qualification (such as 'owner and occupier'); and the fourth column the address of the qualifying property, in some cases with the name of the tenant or occupier.BIRKBECK. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1840)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksBIRKBECK. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1840)
Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitorsBIRKBECK. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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English intelligentsia
(1841)
The Royal Kalendar lists patrons, governors and officers of a number of English literary and scientific institutions, all based in London: the Mathematical Society; British Museum; National Gallery of Pictures; Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce; Royal Academy of Arts; the Highland Society of London; the Linnean Society; Horticultural Society of London; Royal Asiatic Society; Geological Society; Royal Astronomical Society; Royal Medico-Botanical Society of London; Zoological Society; Royal Institution; British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts; London Institution; Russell Institution; London Mechanics' Institution; City of London Literary and Scientific Institution; Marylebone Literary and Scientific Institution; Royal Society of Literature; Royal Academy of Music; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; Royal Geographical Society; Statistical Society of London; Camden Society for the Publication of Early Historical and Literary Remains; Atheneaum, Pall Mall; United Service Institution; Royal Botanic Society of London; the Royal Institute of British Architects; and the Institution of Civil Engineers.BIRKBECK. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London aldermen, councillors, officers and officials
(1841)
The Royal Kalendar lists the mayor and aldermen of the city of London, annotated with ward, year of election, and address; deputies and common-council men of the city, by ward, with the names of their respective livery companies; the city officers; officials of the Irish Society; Commissioners of Sewers, Lamps and Pavements; the Royal Exchange and Gresham Trust Committee; Gresham College; City of London School; the Commissioners of the Lieutenancy for the London; magistrates and clerks of the London police offices; and officials of the Honourable Artillery Company; and commissioners and officials of the Office of the Metropolitan Roads north of the Thames. Then, gathered together until the title of Miscellaneous Institutions, are the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy; the Scottish Corporation for the Relief of Natives of Scotland who have acquired no Parochial Settlement; Morden College for Decayed Merchants; the Alfred Society; the Travellers' Society; the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England; Royal Freemasons School; Royal Masonic Institution; Society of Ancient Britons; Royal Humane Society; Mile End Philanthropic Society; Society for the Relief of Distressed Widows; City of London General Pension Society; Society for the Discharge and Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Small Debts; Friendly Female Society for Relieving Poor, Infirm and Aged Widows and Single Women, of Good Character, who have Seen Better Days; Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress; London Female Penitentiary; Patriotic Fund; Corporation of the Refuge for the Destitute; Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders; Guardian Society for the Preservation of Public Morals; Society for the Suppression of Mendicity; Medical Benevolent Society; British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society; and the General Cemetery Company.BIRKBECK. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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