Bankrupts: Dividends and Certificates
(1807-1810)
William Smith's abstracts of bankruptcy certificates and dividends for England and Wales from December 1807 to 1810, referring to commissions taken out before December 1807. Each entry gives the year of the commission; the full name of the bankrupt, address, occupation, and the dates of dividends and certificate as appropriate. CLIFF. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Essex Freeholders: Barstable and Chafford hundreds
(1810)
The poll of the freeholders of Essex at the election of a knight of the shire to serve in Parliament, taken at Chelmsford 31 January 1810 and fourteen following days (Sundays excepted). The candidates were John Archer Houblon esquire and Montagu Burgoyne esquire. This poll book gives the names of the voters arranged by initial letter of surname division by division. The freeholders' full names are stated, surname first, residence (often elsewhere), and place where the freehold lay. The right hand column records their votes. The qualification for suffrage in the counties was the possession of a freehold estate worth more than 40s a year. The electoral divisions comprised these hundreds: I. Barstable and Chafford; II. Becontree and Waltham; III. Chelmsford; IV. Hinckford; V. Tendring; VI. Uttleford, Clavering and Dunmow; VII. Harlow, Ongar and Freshwell; VIII. Lexden, Colchester and Witham; IX. Rochford and Thurstable; X. Dengie and Winstree. Barstable hundred includes Billericay; Chafford hundred includes Brentwood and Greys Thurrock.
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Inhabitants of Cockermouth
(1811)
F. Jollie and Sons of Carlisle printed this Cumberland Guide and Directory 'containing a Descriptive Tour through the County, and a List of Persons in Public and Private Situations in every Principal Place in the County'. The sample scan is from the Carlisle directory: this is the index to the section for Cockermouth.CLIFF. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1813)
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.
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London Traders
(1814)
The fifteenth edition of The Post-Office Annual Directory includes this 'List of More than 17,000 Merchants, Traders, &c. of London, and Parts Adjacent', arranged alphabetically by surname, with trade in italics, and address.CLIFF. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Subscribers to the Wesleyan Methodist preachers' schools
(1814-1815)
Children of Wesleyan Methodist preachers could be educated by the church at their schools at Kingswood and Woodhouse Grove. These schools were supported by subscriptions and donations raised in local congregations throughout England and Wales, and in some years the individuals making larger donations are listed in the annual minutes, grouped together by congregation.CLIFF. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Merchants, Traders and Respectable Inhabitants of Birmingham
(1818)
Wrightson's New Triennial Directory of Birmingham included this 'Alphabetical List of the Merchants, Traders and Respectable Inhabitants of the Town'.CLIFF. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Newcastle-under-Lyme Directory
(1818)
The Staffordshire General and Commercial Directory was published by W. Parson and T. Bradshaw in 1818 in sections, the first seven relating to the north of the county: 1. Newcastle-under-Lyme; 2. Golden Hill, Tunstall &c. (including Talk'o'th'Hill, Red Street, Chesterton, Greenfield, Sandiford, New Field and Brown Hills); 3. Burslem &c. (including Longport, Cobridge and Hot Lane); 4. Hanley and Shelton; 5. Stoke, Etruria and Penkhull; 6. Lane End &c. (including Fenton and Lane Delph); 7. Leek. In each section the traders are listed alphabetically under surname, with occupation and address.CLIFF. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Stafford Directory
(1818)
The Staffordshire General and Commercial Directory was published by W. Parson and T. Bradshaw in 1818 in sections, 8 to 19 relating to towns in the centre of the county: 8. Abbots Bromley; 9. Burton-upon-Trent; 10. Cheadle; 11. Eccleshall; 12. Lichfield; 13. Longnor; 14. Penkridge; 15. Rugeley; 16. Stafford; 17. Stone; 18. Tamworth; 19. Uttoxeter. In each section the traders are listed alphabetically under surname, with occupation and address.CLIFF. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Staffordshire Villages Directory: Hammerton
(1818)
The Staffordshire General and Commercial Directory was published by W. Parson and T. Bradshaw in 1818 in thirty sections for the major towns, followed by lists for the separate villages. In each village the traders are listed alphabetically under surname, with occupation.CLIFF. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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