Long-stay Paupers in Workhouses: Newington St Mary
(1861)
This comprehensive return by the Poor Law Board for England and Wales in July 1861 revealed that of the 67,800 paupers aged 16 or over, exclusive of vagrants, then in the Board's workhouses, 14,216 (6,569 men, 7,647 women) had been inmates for a continuous period of five years and upwards. The return lists all these long-stay inmates from each of the 626 workhouses that had been existence for five years and more, giving full name; the amount of time that each had been in the workhouse (years and months); the reason assigned why the pauper in each case was unable to sustain himself or herself; and whether or not the pauper had been brought up in a district or workhouse school (very few had). The commonest reasons given for this long stay in the workhouse were: old age and infirm (3,331); infirm (2,565); idiot (1,565); weak mind (1,026); imbecile (997); and illness (493). CRAINE. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Women Students Entering Stockwell Teacher Training College
(1867)
This list, revised to August 1908, gives the student's name and her then address (if known); the Remarks column indicates whether she left the course early; left the profession; went abroad; died; became a headmistress; and/or married: married name is often given. CRAINE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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 Men of the 50th Regiment who fought in the New Zealand War
(1863-1870)
New Zealand War Medal roll for the 50th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot: for service in the New Zealand campaign 1863 to 1867: the rolls were compiled following a general order in 1869 and the medals were distributed in 1870. CRAINE. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Baptists
(1876)
The Baptist was a weekly newspaper, with some general news and political coverage, but mainly devoted to chronicling Denominational Intelligence, i. e. the doings of the Baptist churches in Britain and Ireland. January to June 1876.CRAINE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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English Pupil Teachers training to become Schoolmistresses
(1878)
The Education Department set examinations for candidates for admission into training colleges, and to become teachers. This is the class list (in order of merit) of the pupil teachers who passed that examination at Christmas 1878. The list gives the candidate's name (surname first) (prefixed by an asterisk where she was examined on second-year papers), and the school in which engaged (N. for National School, Ch. Church of England, B. British School, W. Wesleyan, R. Roman Catholic, P. Parochial, Bd. Board School, Indl. Industrial School). (The sample scan is from the list for Scottish schoolmistresses)CRAINE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Voters in Macclesfield: North-West Ward
(1879-1880)
The electoral register for 1879-1880, for part of Macclesfield, in Cheshire.CRAINE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts, Assignees, Trustees and Solicitors
(1882)
Bankruptcy notices in England and Wales. CRAINE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Debtors, Insolvents and Bankrupts
(1882)
Bills of sale (binding assets to a creditor/lender), insolvencies and bankruptcies in England and Wales, October to December 1882CRAINE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Debtors
(1887)
County Court Judgments in England and Wales. January to March 1887CRAINE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Residents of Surrey
(1895)
Kelly's Directory of Surrey includes this alphabetical Court Directory, listing private residents in the county. In fact, this listing is a little more comprehensive than the main directory, in that it includes residents of some London suburbs that, although in the county of Surrey, are not included in the Surrey directory. Residents are listed surname first, then christian name or initials, and postal address.CRAINE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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