Lancashire and Cheshire Marriage Licences
(1624-1632) Licences for intended marriages in Chester archdeaconry, which covered Cheshire and Lancashire south of the Ribble (by far the most populous part of that county)SKARRATT. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Lancashire and Cheshire Marriage Licences
(1661-1667) Licences for intended marriages in Chester archdeaconry, which covered Cheshire and Lancashire south of the Ribble (by far the most populous part of that county)SKARRATT. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices
(1770) Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty (late payment of the 6d rate attracted double duty (D D) of 12d): 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 1770.SKARRATT. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Worcester
(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.
SKARRATT. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Manchester Directory
(1825) W. Parson compiled this Manchester trades directory included in the second volume of the History, Directory, and Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster, by Edward Baines, published in 1825. The names are arranged alphabetically by surname and christian name, with address, including house numbers where appropriate.SKARRATT. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1838) Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
SKARRATT. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Shareholders of the Northern and Central Bank of England
(1838) The provincial banks of England and Wales made annual returns to the Stamp Office of their proprietors or shareholders. These returns, registered in March 1838, from the 103 banks then in existence, contain the full names and addresses of nearly 30,000 shareholders. This bank was based in Manchester.SKARRATT. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Railway Subscription Contracts
(1845) £21,386,703 6s 4d was promised by about 10,000 subscribers of less than £2,000 per contract to the nearly 200 railway bills deposited in the Private Bill Office during the Session of Parliament for 1845. This alphabetical list gives the full names of the subscribers (surname first), description (i. e., occupation), place of abode, a numerical reference to the title of the railway, the amount subscribed to each, and total. There is a separate key to the titles of the railways.SKARRATT. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Liverpool
(1850) Over 1600 inhabitants of Liverpool signed this petition to the Mayor, 14 November 1850, to 'call a Public Meeting, for the purpose of adopting an Address to the Queen, praying her Majesty to take such steps as may be deemed necessary to maintain the prerogative of the Crown against all Papal aggression.'SKARRATT. Cost: £6.00.  | 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. SKARRATT. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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