Bankrupts in England and Wales petitioning for discharge
(1851)
Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette, issued monthly, included lists of bankruptcies and stages in the liquidation of the estate, payment of dividends, and discharge. Towards the end of the process there was a Meeting for Allowance of Certificates, where the bankrupt applied for a certificate of discharge. This meeting sometimes took place many years after the bankruptcy procedure started: the details given are the year originally gazetted, name (surname first), address, and trade; and the date and time of the hearing. This is the index to the names of the bankrupts, from the issues from January to December 1851.SOLOMONS. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dividends of insolvents' estates in England and Wales
(1851)
Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette, issued monthly, included brief notices of dividends of insolvents' estates. Each entry gives the year that the insolvency was first gazetted, the surname and initials of the bankrupt, trade and address; followed by the amount of the dividend as shillings and pence in the pound. This is the index to the names of the insolvents, from the issues from January to December 1851.SOLOMONS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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 Inhabitants of Southwark in Surrey
(1851)
The 1851 census return for St George the Martyr, Southwark, registration district: London Road sub-district: enumeration district 10: described as: "London Road (south side), No 68 to No 1 and the Blind School - Albert Terrace - Gladstone St - Opposite Albert Terrace - Richmond Street - St George's Road (North side) including Preston House - Gladstone Place - Richmond Terrace - and West Place to the corner of Garden Row." This area lay in the parish of St George the Martyr, Southwark, ecclesiastical district of St Jude. The addresses listed in the actual returns are 1 to 68 London Road, Albert Arms, 1 to 5 Richmond Terrace, 1 to 26 Richmond Street, 1 to 16 Gladstone Street, 1 to 34 Albert Terrace, 1 to 4 West Place, 1 to 3 Richmond Place, 1 to 4 Gladstone Place, Preston House (St Georges Road) and the Blind School (London Road). The students at the Blind School are not included in this index.SOLOMONS. Cost: £4.00. | 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. SOLOMONS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Patentees of New Inventions
(1852-1853)
Abstracts of British patents for new inventions applied for and granted from 1 October 1852 to 31 December 1853: giving date, name and address, and short description of the invention. It is then stated whether 'Letters patent sealed' or 'Provisional protection only'.SOLOMONS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts: Adjournment of Meetings
(1854)
Adjournments of meetings of creditors of bankrupts in England and WalesSOLOMONS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1855)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksSOLOMONS. Cost: £6.00. | 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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Gentry in London
(1856)
The Post Office London Directory for 1856 includes this 'Court Directory', listing alphabetically by surname and christian name the upper class residents of the capital with their postal addresses. 'In order to afford space for the addresses, the abbreviation "esq." for esquire has no longer been appended to each name in the Court Directory. It should be understood that such should be added to the name of every gentleman in the following pages to which no inconsistent addition is affixed.' Decorations, honours &c. are generally given. Some gentlemen appear who are also listed (as professional men, &c.) in the commercial section. Those with second residences in the provinces usually have the country address given as well.SOLOMONS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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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. SOLOMONS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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