Masters and Apprentices
(1752) 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. 27 April to 31 December 1752.PRADO. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts &c.
(1766) A List of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, 18 August 1766.PRADO. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London nobility and gentry
(1791) The Universal British Directory includes a list of the nobility, gentry, &c. in London and Westminster: esquires, i. e., gentlemen without titles, are sometimes listed without their christian names.PRADO. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts &c.
(1791) The list of contributing members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce: those marked ** pay 5 guineas a year; * 3 guineas a year; those with P are perpetual members; those with a double dagger have served of office of steward; and those with a single dagger are stewards elect.PRADO. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Traders and Merchants in London
(1791) The Universal British Directory was published in five volumes, starting in 1791. The professions included in the London section are very diverse: the addresses are mostly from central London. Some are marked 'F. M.', meaning Freeholder of Middlesex.PRADO. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of London
(1805) Holden's Triennial Directory for 1805 to 1807 includes this 'London Alphabet. Private Residences'. About 10,000 people are recorded.PRADO. Cost: £4.00. | 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.PRADO. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1808-1810) William Smith's abstracts of bankruptcies for England and Wales from 1 January 1808 to 1 August 1810. 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.PRADO. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1839) Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments and domestic occurrences, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
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Associate Members of the Institution of Civil Engineers
(1904) The Institution of Civil Engineers was established 2 January 1818, and incorporated by royal charter 3 June 1828. The annual report lists the names and addresses (throughout the world) of the four classes of member - members (M. Inst. C. E.), associate members (Assoc. M. Inst. C. E.), associates (Assoc. Inst. C. E.), students (Stud. Inst. C. E.) - with the dates of admission. This is the index to the Associate Members. The symbols at the left of each page are * for Former Students, + for contributors of papers published in the Minutes of Proceedings, or of an Engineering Conference Note; F for a deliverer of a James Forrest Lecture; L for a deliverer of one of the Special Series of Lectures; and various letters for recipients of certain medals and prizes - B, Bayliss Prize; C, Crampton Prize; f, James Forrest Medal; H, Howard Quinquennial Prize; J, Joule Medal; M, Miller Scholarship; m, Miller Prize; italic m, Manby Premium; S, George Stephenson Medal or Prize; T, Telford Premium; t, Telford Premium; italic t, Trevithick Premium; and W, Watt Medal. Those elected prior to 2 December 1878 had been transferred into this class by the Council.PRADO. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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