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)WOOLSTENCROFT. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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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.
WOOLSTENCROFT. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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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.WOOLSTENCROFT. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Tradesmen and Professionals in Leith
(1819)
'An Alphabetical Arrangement of the Noblemen, Private Gentlemen, Merchants, Traders, and Others, with their Residence'. Full names are usually given, surname first, with address, including house number where appropriate.
WOOLSTENCROFT. Cost: £4.00. | 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.WOOLSTENCROFT. 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
WOOLSTENCROFT. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1840)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
WOOLSTENCROFT. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Trainee Schoolmasters at Chester
(1859)
The Education Department set examinations of trainee teachers at the various training colleges in Britain. This is the class list of the men who took examinations at the Teacher Training College at Christmas 1859. The names are given for the second year first, arranged by division in the examination (in order of merit for the first and second divisions), and then for the students of the first year, arranged similarly. Full names are given (with initials for middle names). The letter (D.) indicates that the candidate had obtained a certificate of competency as a teacher of drawing. An asterisk signifies that the candidate had received a prize for proficiency in drawing. The sample scan is from an Edinburgh list of trainee schoolmistresses.WOOLSTENCROFT. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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 Sailors and marines on board Her Majesty's ship Volcano
(1860)
The China Medal was awarded to soldiers and sailors involved in the various actions of the war against China, in which this ship was engaged in 1860. The medals were either delivered on board or sent on in 1862: except that many of the men were no longer immediately traceable, and the remarks on the roll show that some medals were not sent on for several years, and some were never sent. After the main roll there is a section showing which of the men also qualified for clasps. Separate clasps were awarded for men who had been in receipt of the China Medal of 1842; for the taking of Fatshan in 1857, Canton in 1857, Taku Forts in 1858, Taku Forts in 1860, and Pekin in 1860. Most of the men on this ship are shown as having been given the Canton clasp, for being actually present at Canton on 28 and 29 December 1857, when that city was bombarded and finally captured.WOOLSTENCROFT. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Debtors, Insolvents and Bankrupts
(1880)
Bills of sale (binding assets to a creditor/lender), insolvencies and bankruptcies in England and Wales, January to March 1880WOOLSTENCROFT. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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