Add this eBook to your basket to receive access to all 211 records. Our indexes include entries for the spelling sidebottom. In the period you have requested, we have the following 211 records (displaying 11 to 20): 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. Cheshire Merchants: Stockport and Neighbourhood
(1787)
William Tunnicliff's 'Topographical Survey of the Counties of Stafford, Chester, and Lancaster' included directories of the principal merchants and manufacturers in each county. For Cheshire, there are lists of traders in Chester, Congleton, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Middlewich, Nantwich, Northwich, and Stockport and neighbourhood. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Conveyancers in London
(1791)
Legal conveyancers, but not at the Bar, listed in the Universal British Directory. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| London Barristers
(1791)
A list of legal counsel (omitting conveyancers, special pleaders and draftsmen), with their addresses, usually in the respective inns of court: from the Universal British Directory. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
|  Apprentices and clerks
(1794)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 2 January to 31 December 1794. IR 1/36 | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Inhabitants of Kingston-upon-Thames in Surrey
(1790-1797)
The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Hull). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
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| Inhabitants of Liverpool
(1790-1797)
The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Hull). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
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| Inhabitants of Manchester in Lancashire
(1790-1797)
The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Hull). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
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| Inhabitants of Wakefield in the West Riding of Yorkshire
(1790-1797)
The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Nottingham). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
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| Bankrupts
(1786-1806)
William Smith's abstracts of bankrupts, dividends and certificates for England and Wales from 1786 to June 1806. Bankruptcy causes abrupt changes in people's lives, and is often the reason for someone appearing suddenly in a different location or in a different occupation. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Ashton-under-Lyne Cotton Spinners
(1818)
'The Commercial Directory, for 1818-19-20, Containing the Names, Trades, and Situations of the Merchants, Manufacturers, Tradesmen, &c. in Ashton, Barnsley, Beverley, Bilston, &c. Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford, Burnley, Bury, Chester, Chesterfield, Chorley, Colne, Congleton, Coventry, Derby, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Dudley, Halifax, Heckmondwike, Huddersfield, Hull, Kidderminster, Lancaster, Leeds, Leek, Leicester, Liverpool, Macclesfield, Manchester, Newcastle and the whole of the Potteries, Nottingham, Oldham, Prescot, and St. Helens, Preston, Rochdale, Rotherham, Saddleworth, Selby, Sheffield, Stockport, Stourbridge, Tadcaster, Wakefield, Walsal, Warrington, Wigan, Wolverhampton, Wrexham & York. Together with A List of the London, Country, & Irish Bankers, Tables of the Current Coins of Twenty-eight Countries, With their relative value in British Money. Embellished with a New Map of England and Wales' was published by James Pigot, in Manchester, in 1818. The section for Ashton-under-Lyne is divided into: Attorneys; Auctioneers; Bookseller and Stationer; Boot and Shoe Makers; Cabinet Makers; Calico Printers; Canal Agents; Carriers to Manchester; Cloth Dressers; Clothes Dealers; Coal Merchants; Confectioners; Corn Dealers; Cotton Spinners; Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers; Drapers and Hosiers; Druggists; Fire Insurance Agents; Flour Dealers, Bakers, &c.; Grocers; Hat Manufacturers; Innkeepers; Ironfounders; Ironmongers; Joiners; Linen and Woollen Drapers; Liquor Merchants; Machine Makers; Miscellaneous; Muslin Manufacturers; Plumbers and Glaziers; Reed Makers; Saddlers; Straw Hat and Bonnet Makers; Surgeons; Tallow Chandlers; Taverns and Public Houses; Timber Merchants; Tinplate Workers; Wheelwrights; and Woollen Manufacturers. In most cases full name is given (surname first) and address. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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