Add this eBook to your basket to receive access to all 88 records. Our indexes include entries for the spelling longridge. In the period you have requested, we have the following 88 records (displaying 31 to 40): These sample scans are from the original record. You will get scans of the full pages or articles where the surname you searched for has been found. Your web browser may prevent the sample windows from opening; in this case please change your browser settings to allow pop-up windows from this site.  British merchant seamen
(1835-1836)
At this period, the foreign trade of ships plying to and from the British isles involved about 150,000 men on 15,000 ships; and the coasting trade about a quarter as many more. A large proportion of the seamen on these ships were British subjects, and so liable to be pressed for service in the Royal Navy; but there was no general register by which to identify them, so in 1835 parliament passed a Merchant Seamen's Registration Bill. Under this act this large register of British seamen was compiled, based on ships' crew lists gathered in British and Irish ports, and passed up to the registry in London. Each seaman was assigned a number, and the names were arranged in the register by first two letters of the surname (our sample scan shows one of the pages for 'Sm'); in addition, an attempt was made to separate out namesakes by giving the first instance of a name (a), the second (b), and so on. But no effective method was devised to prevent the same man being registered twice as he appeared in a second crew list; moreover, the original crew lists were clearly difficult for the registry clerks to copy, and some of the surname spellings appear to be corrupted. A parliamentary committee decided that the system devised did not answer the original problem, and this register was abandoned after less than two years: but it is an apparently comprehensive source for British merchant seamen in 1835 to 1836. The register records the number assigned to each man; his name; age; birthplace; quality (master, captain, mate, 2nd mate, mariner, seaman, fisherman, cook, carpenter, boy &c.); and the name and home port of his ship, with the date of the crew list (usually at the end of a voyage). Most of the men recorded were born in the British Isles, but not all (for instance, Charleston and Stockholm appear in the sample scan). The final column 'How disposed of' is rarely used, and indicates those instances where a man died, was discharged, or deserted his ship during the voyage. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1836)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
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| Great North of England Railway Shareholders
(1837)
The return of the railway subscription contracts deposited in the Private Bill Office lists the shareholders in the Great North of England Railway, subscribers towards the £450,995 estimated expense of the project. The list gives witness's name, full name of each subscriber, residence, profession, and sum subscribed. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1838)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
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| Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1841)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
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| Bankrupts
(1842)
Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
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| Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1842)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
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| Bankruptcy Meetings
(1843)
Meetings about bankrupts' estates in England and Wales | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1843)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
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| Bankrupts in England and Wales petitioning for discharge
(1846)
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 1846. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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