Workers at Chorlton Cotton Mills
(1818)
The minutes of evidence taken before the Lords Committee on the Cotton Factories Bill include a series of reports by medical men as to the general health of the mill workers in April 1818. For each factory there is a complete list of workers, giving full name, age, how long employed in a factory, health (in general terms, such as 'Good' or 'Sickly'), and any chronic disease or 'distortion', cause and duration - with slight variations from report to report. The physicians examined several hundred people each day, asking such questions as 'Have you any swellings or sores anywhere?', 'Are your limbs straight?', 'Have you a good appetite for food?', 'Do you conceive yourself to be in good health?', and all concluded that the health of the mill workers was good, and that the workers were cheerful. This is the report for Birley & Hornby's Chorlton Mills. The report was divided into two sections, adults and children, and this is the report on the adults, 23 April 1818.GIDDINS. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Vagrants imprisoned at Chelmsford, Essex
(1823)
The return of persons committed under the Vagrant Laws to the Prisons and Houses of Correction in Essex includes this list of vagrants committed to the House of Correction at Chelmsford. Full names are given, with a brief description of the acts of vagrancy, such as wandering abroad, begging, prostitution, abandoning family, idle and disorderly, &c. Some stray names of persons mentioned in the indictments are also included in this index; and the return may also include January 1824.GIDDINS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1828)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders
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Inhabitants of Somerset
(1830)
Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the county.GIDDINS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1844)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksGIDDINS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents in England and Wales
(1850)
Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette, issued monthly, included lists of insolvencies and stages in the process whereby the insolvents petitioned for release from debtors' prison. The insolvent is generally referred to by name (surname first), address and trade. This is the index to the names of the insolvents, from the issues from January to December 1850.GIDDINS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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 Residents of Providence Row, Westminster
(1851)
In the 1851 census, Westminster superintendent registrar's district, St Margaret's registrar's district, enumeration district 17 comprised part of St Margaret's parish and St Mark's ecclesiastical district in the city of Westminster. HO 107/1480.GIDDINS. Cost: £2.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Traders and professionals in London
(1851)
The Post Office London Directory for 1851 includes this 'Commercial and Professional Directory', recording about 80,000 individuals. GIDDINS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Unclaimed Dividends
(1855)
The unclaimed dividend books of the Bank of England, containing names and descriptions of over 20,000 persons entitled to many millions of pounds accumulated in the bank unclaimed during the 18th and 19th centuries, mostly in consols and annuities, and transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt.
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Traders and professionals in London
(1856)
The Post Office London Directory for 1856 includes this 'Commercial and Professional Directory', recording over 100,000 individuals. GIDDINS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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