Masters and Apprentices
(1721) 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 father's name and address, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 2 January to 26 August 1721.HEMS. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices registered at Warwick
(1750-1754) 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. There are central registers for collections of the stamp duty in London, as well as returns from collectors in the provinces. These collectors generally received duty just from their own county, but sometimes from further afield. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Norfolk return)HEMS. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Traders and professionals in London
(1805) Holden's Triennial Directory for 1805 to 1807 includes this 'London Alphabet of Businesses, Professions, &c.': coverage is good; about 30,000 individuals are recorded.HEMS. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Traders
(1814) The fifteenth edition of The Post-Office Annual Directory includes this 'List of More than 17,000 Merchants, Traders, &c. of London, and Parts Adjacent', arranged alphabetically by surname, with trade in italics, and address.HEMS. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Subscribers to Spiritual Recreations
(1821) 'Spiritual Recreations in the Chamber of Affliction: or Pious Meditations in Verse; written during A protracted Illness of Thirteen Years' by Eliza (Garrington of Burnham in Essex), was published in London in 1821. The subscription list is mainly drawn from Essex and London: it indicates those (marked with an asterisk) who bought the superfine paper edition, and those who bought more than one copy. The names are arranged alphabetically by surname and christian name, with addresses.HEMS. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1826) Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders
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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
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Insolvents
(1842) Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksHEMS. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Residents of Bridge Court, Westminster
(1851) In the 1851 census, Westminster superintendent registrar's district, St Margaret's registrar's district, enumeration district 2 comprised part of St Margaret's parish and St Margaret's ecclesiastical district in the city of Westminster. HO 107/1480
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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. HEMS. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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