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| − | ==Schools and Education== | + | ==The Family Tree Forum Timeline== |
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| − | * http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/legislation.htm Education acts – history & politicians
| + | Our ancestors (like us) were shaped by the world they lived in and the sudden movement of a family, for example, from their birthplace to another part of the country could be explained by what was happening in the wider world. |
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| − | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England History of State Education
| + | '''[[The Timeline]]''' will help you to put the personal life of your ancestors in context with the social and political situation of the time. |
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| − | ==Museums and Galleries==
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| − | *http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/main.php3 Museum of The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment - Salisbury
| + | ==Pathé News Online== |
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| − | *http://www.beamish.org.uk/ Open air museum,at Beamish, Couty Durham, reflecting Northern life in 1800’s and early 1900’s
| + | Until 1970 cinemas all over Britain showed Pathé newsreels. Now you can view the entire collection, over 3500 hours, online at: |
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| − | *http://www.edencamp.co.uk/ Eden Camp, Malton, North Yorkshire - Theme museum, centred on the history of WW2 | + | *[http://www.britishpathe.com Pathé News] |
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| − | *http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/saltaire.shtml Saltaire, Bradford – factory and village, built by millowner & philanthropist Sir Titus Salt.
| + | It is necessary to register, but whilst there is a charge for high-resolution copies of the films you can view low resolution versions free of charge. Almost all are in black and white, and the very earliest footage is silent. |
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| − | *http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/ Village includes Salts Mill – houses the David Hockney exhibition
| + | The earliest films date from 1896! Pathé display a Top Twenty on their site - the most popular when we checked was a film of the Titanic, but an early favourite of ours is the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901. |
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| − | <BR> | + | *[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ British History Online] |
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| − | ==Work and Trade Assosciations / Unions== | + | ==Related Pages== |
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| − | *http://www.historyshelf.org/shelf/friend/06.php Friendly Societies - a brief overview, with links to some specifiic societies
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| − | *http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm Trade Union Ancestors | + | *[[Bargemen/Boatmen/Watermen/Lightermen]] |
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| + | *[[Evacuation_and_Evacuees#British_Home_Children|British Home Children]] |
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| − | ==Political Parties and Movements==
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| − | =====The Suffragettes=====
| + | *[[Canals and Canal Carriers]] |
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| − | *http://www.cjbooks.demon.co.uk/suffrage.htm | + | *[[Charitable Organisations]] |
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| − | *http://www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk/SUFFRAGETTES.HTM | + | *[[Costume Past and Present]] |
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| − | *http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whunger.htm | + | *[[Law and Law Enforcement]] |
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| − | *http://www.johndclare.net/Women1_SuffragetteActions_Rosen.htm | + | *[[Directories of Victorian and Edwardian Photographers]] |
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| + | *[[Emigration and Immigration]] |
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| − | ==Hospitals, Asylums and Sanitoriums==
| + | *[[Entertainment]] |
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| − | *http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/MAB/MAB.shtml Establishment of hospitals, asylums, hospital ships, smallpox & TB | + | *[[Evacuation and Evacuees]] |
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| − | *http://www.institutions.org.uk/asylums/england/english_asylums.htm Asylum information | + | *[[Fairground/Showmen/Travellers]] |
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| − | *http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/search.asp TNA's Hospital Database search facility | + | *[[Farming and Agriculture]] |
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| − | *http://www.coram.org.uk/heritage.htm CORAM Foundling Hospital Association | + | *[[Inns and Public Houses]] |
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| + | *[[Irish Political and Social History]] |
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| − | ==The Industrial Revolution==
| + | *[[Maps and Photography]] |
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| − | *http://www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills/ Leeds industrial museum, which includes a history of industrialisation | + | *[[:Category:Military and Maritime History|Military and Maritime History]] |
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| − | *http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ A useful site for the cotton spinning and weaving industry | + | *[[Mining and Heavy Industry]] |
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| − | *http://www.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/home.stm Industrial History | + | *[[Nursing]] |
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| + | *[[Places of Worship]] |
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| − | ==American History==
| + | *[[Railways]] |
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| − | *http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets2.html Women in the American civil war, with links to other related sites | + | *[[Religion and the Clergy]] |
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| − | *http://www.teacheroz.com/wwi.htm America in World War One | + | *[[Sport]] |
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| + | *[[Stonemasons]] |
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| − | ==Irish Political and Social History==
| + | *[[Trades and Occupations]] |
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| − | This section has been moved to its own page due to its size. [[Irish Political and Social History|Click here]] to view it.
| + | *[[Workhouses/Hospitals/Asylums And Sanitoriums|Workhouses/Hospitals/Asylums And Sanatoriums]] |
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| + | ==Schools and Education== |
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| − | ==Civilian Transport==
| + | *[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/legislation.htm Parliamentary Legislation] |
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| − | *http://www.georgianindex.net/horse_and_carriage/carriage_door.html Carriages and Coaching | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England History of State Education] |
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| − | *http://www.hometown.aol.co.uk/BritHorseTrams/index.html Horse trams
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| − | *http://www.lvta.co.uk/history.htm Horse cabs and Hackney carriages
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| − | *http://www.flying-bike.demon.co.uk/helistuff/heli.html Helicopters
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| − | *http://www.ba-gb.com/index.php?ps=8 Bicycles
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| − | ==Architecture and Old Buildings== | + | ==Museums and Galleries== |
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| − | *http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/heritage/index-3.htm Letchworth, the first Garden City
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| − | *http://www.cadbury.co.uk/EN/CTB2003/about_chocolate/history_cadbury/social_pioneers/bournville_village.htm Bourneville village (founded by the Cadburys) | + | *[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/main.php3 The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum - The Story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire] |
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| − | *http://www.portsunlightvillage.com/page.asp?pageid=history Port Sunlight (founded by William Lever) | + | *[http://www.beamish.org.uk/ Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham. Northern Life in The 1800s & Early 1900s.] |
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| − | *http://www.jrf.org.uk/housingandcare/newearswick/ New Earswick (built by Joseph Rowntree) | + | *[http://www.edencamp.co.uk/ Eden Camp Theme Museum Malton, North Yorkshire. Centred on The History of WW2.] |
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| − | *http://koti.welho.com/rhurmal1/linnat2004/castles.html#A British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses | + | *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/saltaire.shtml Saltaire, Bradford. Factory & Village Built by Millowner & Philanthropist Sir Titus Salt] |
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| − | *http://www.victorianstation.com/architecturemenu.htm Victorian Architecture, mostly American | + | *[http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/ Salts Mill - Home to The David Hockney Exhibition.] |
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| − | *http://www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Researching historic buildings in the British Isles | + | *[http://www.trowbridgemuseum.co.uk/ History of Woollen Cloth in Trowbridge] |
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| + | *[http://catalogue.postalheritage.org.uk/DServe/DServe.exe?dsqServer=localhost&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Index.tcl The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA)] |
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| − | ==The Law and Social Legislation==
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| − | *http://www.oldbaileyonline.org This has the transcripts of Old Bailey trials from 1674-1834. You can search by name or place, (the name search includes defendants, witnesses and jurors). Also has old maps and other info about London history. | |
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| − | *http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/forewords/A138.pdf although written as an introduction to the Apprenticeship Register for Dawlish, Devon, this provides a good description of the Parish Apprenticeship system in England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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| − | *http://www.schools.bedfordshire.gov.uk/gaol/ccourts.htm A brief description of the 19th Century Criminal Justice System
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| − | *http://www.met.police.uk/history/index.htm History of the Metropolitan Police
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| | + | *[[See How Your Ancestors Lived]] |
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| | + | *[http://www.oldandinteresting.com/ Old and interesting - History of Domestic Paraphernalia] |
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| | + | ==Work and Trade Associations / Unions== |
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| | + | *[http://www.historyshelf.org/shelf/friend/06.php Affiliated Friendly Societies] |
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| − | ==Crime and Punishment==
| + | *[http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm Trade Union Ancestors] |
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| − | [[Crime and Punishment]] has been moved to its own page due to size considerations | + | *[http://www.unionhistory.info/matchworkers/browse.php Bryant & May Matchworkers Strike Fund Register 1888] |
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| + | *[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/catalogues/unions/ Trade Unions and Similar Organisations] |
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| − | ==The British Monarchy==
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| − | *http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/GEDCOM.html Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web | |
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| − | *http://tribalpages.com/familytree.html Tribal pages uses the British royal family for its family tree tutorial. If you think you have royal connections it might be worth browsing.
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| − | ==Emigration and Immigration== | + | ==Political Parties and Movements== |
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| − | =====Highland Clearances=====
| + | *[http://chartists.net/ Chartist Ancestors] |
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| − | For those interested in the Highland Clearances there is loads of info here - I only looked at 6 of them and have already found a missing person.
| + | *[http://www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk/SUFFRAGETTES.HTM Give Women The Vote!] |
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| − | If you google "Metagama" you will get some ship passenger lists from 1920's.
| + | *[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whunger.htm Famous Suffragettes] |
| − | This is a small example - 404 names on this list mostly from Scotland.
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| − | Departed Glasgow, Scotland on Friday, June 22, 1923
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| − | Departed Belfast, Ireland on Saturday, June 23, 1923
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| − | '''Trans-Atlantic Sailing to Quebec and Montreal, Canada, July 5, 1923'''
| + | *[http://www.johndclare.net/Women1_SuffragetteActions_Rosen.htm What Did The Suffragettes Do?] |
| − | THIS was a C.P.R. liner, come to Lewis to take on those whom Manny Shinwell later described in Parliament as "the best of Scottish manhood".
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| − | The Metagama sailed on Saturday the 21st of April, 1923. From all over Lewis, they crowded into Stornoway on the Friday. Cromwell Street echoed with the banter and excited anticipation of those about to leave, mingling with the sadness of those who had come to say goodbye.
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| − | (This is From West Side historical Society on Google - out of the 300 who sailed that day only 20 were NOT young men, the average age was 22.) It decimated the Island Communities and to this day they have not recovered.
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| − | =====Links=====
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| − | *http://www.ulsterancestry.com/ Ulster ancestry has a lot of information on its free pages, both passenger lists and some lists of emigrants... | |
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| − | *http://www.abdn.ac.uk/emigration/ A Scottish emigration database
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| − | ==Inns and Public Houses== | + | ==The Industrial Revolution== |
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| − | *http://www.norfolkpubs.co.uk/ Norfolk Public Houses | + | *[http://www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills/ Armley Mills Leeds Industrial Museum] |
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| − | *http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/pubs.html Pubs in Victorian London | + | *[http://www.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/home.stm The History of The Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands 1700 -1830] |
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| − | *http://www.1881pubs.com/ Pubs in 1881
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| − | *http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/towns/worcester/worcestershire/ Worcester pubs
| + | ==American History== |
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| − | *http://www.bristolslostpubs.com Pubs lost in Bristol
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| − | *http://londonpublichouse.com/ London & Essex Pubs History & Trade Directory
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| − | *http://www.hillfields.org.uk/History/Pubs/Index.htm Pubs in Hillfields, Coventry
| + | '''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/USA#Military_History See Separate page]''' |
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| − | *http://www.midlandspubs.co.uk Midlands pubs
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| − | *http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html Warwickshire pubs
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| − | *http://www.sfowler.force9.co.uk/page_27.htm Tracing ancestors who worked in pubs
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| − | *http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Dir/StaffsPubs1818.html Staffordshire pubs
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| − | *http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dutillieul/ZOtherPapers/Index/PubsInnsBeer.html Index to Pubs Inns and Beer Houses
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| − | *http://www.edinburgh247.com/edinburgh-pub-guide.asp A modern guide but handy list of Edinburgh pubs
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| − | *http://www.ensignewart.demon.co.uk/ensign/html/history_of_the_pub.html The story of the Ensign Ewart pub
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| − | *http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/sutton/pubs/others.htm Notts Pubs
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| − | *http://www.pubhistory.freeserve.co.uk/ The Pub History Society
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| − | *http://www.easywell.co.uk/pubs/ Gloucestershire Pubs and Breweries
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| | + | ==Civilian Transport== |
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| | + | *[http://www.georgianindex.net/horse_and_carriage/carriage_door.html Carriages and Coaching] |
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| − | ==Religion and the Clergy==
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottinghamshire_and_Derbyshire_Tramways_Company Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Company.] |
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| − | *http://theclergydatabase.org.uk/ The Clergy of the Church of England Database | + | *[http://www.lvta.co.uk/menu/lvta-taxi-history/ London Horse Cabs and Hackney Carriages History] |
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| − | *http://www.catholic-history.org.uk/cfhs/index.htm Catholic family history | + | *[http://asms.k12.ar.us/classes/humanities/amstud/97-98/helicptr/webpage.htm The Evolution of the Helicopter] |
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| − | *http://rylibweb.man.ac.uk/data1/dg/methodist/methguid.html Methodists Archive and Research Centre | + | *[http://www.ba-gb.com/index.php?ps=8 A Brief History Of The Bicycle] |
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| − | *http://www.methodist.org.uk/static/factsheets/fs_primitiveandwesleyan.htm The Methodist Church – factsheets (Wesleyans and primitive Methodists) | + | *[http://www.alcester.dial.pipex.com/localpast/94au/oral.htm Oral Account of Coach Building, Early 1900s] |
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| − | *http://www.answers.com/topic/primitive-methodism Primitive Methodism | + | *[http://www.railwayancestors.org.uk/ The Railway Ancestors Family History Society] |
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| − | *http://www.crockford.org.uk/ Crockford’s Clerical Directory: a directory of the clergy of the Church of England, the Church in Wales, the Scottish Episcopal Church, | + | *[http://web.onyxnet.co.uk/Auffret-onyxnet.co.uk/railways/railways.htm The North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway] |
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| − | *http://www.kinderlibrary.ac.nz John Kinder Theological Library | + | *[http://www.seasidehistory.co.uk/index.html Seaside Travel and Nostalgia] |
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| − | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends Religious Society of Friends - Wikipedia | + | *[http://www.fleetdata.co.uk/ukregistrations.html History Behind British Vehicle Registration System] |
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| − | *http://members.lycos.co.uk/JennySteel/quakers.html Famous Quakers | + | *[http://www.britishtaxdiscs.co.uk/tax-disc-history.php History of The Road Fund Licence - Tax Disk] |
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| − | *http://www.rootsweb.com/~engqfhs/ Quaker Family History Society | + | *[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Transport Times Past - Transport] |
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| − | *http://www.hull.ac.uk/oldlib/archives/quaker/bihrlink.htm Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project
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| − | *http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/quaker/quakint1.htm Quaker Archives Database, West & North Yorkshire
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| − | *http://www.special-coll.bham.ac.uk/ The archives for the Church Missionary Society are kept at Birmingham University Library in their Special Collections. The catalogue can be searched online here
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| − | *http://www.jgsgb.org.uk The Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain
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| − | *http://eagle.cch.kcl.ac.uk:8080/cce/index.html Another database of Clergy of the Church of England
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| − | *http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/librariesandarchives/familyhistory/index.html Anglican Sources for Tracing your Family History
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| − | *http://www.catholic-history.org.uk
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| − | *http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk
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| − | *http://www.scmo.org.uk/bishops_conference/diocese/today
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| − | *http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic
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| − | *http://www.newadvent.org/cathen
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| − | *http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hadland/rec.html
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| − | *http://www.churches-online.org.uk/salfordarchives
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| − | *http://www.stphilipsbooks.co.uk/crs.htm
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| − | *http://www.catholic-library.org.uk
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| − | *http://www.nli.ie/pdfs/famil2.pdf.
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| − | *http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/LatinNotes.html
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| − | *http://www.pro.gov.uk/leaflets/Riindex.asp
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| − | *http://www.swinhope.myby.co.uk/NRO/RCatholic.html
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| − | *http://www.hmc.gov.uk/nra/nra2.htm
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| − | *http://www.catholic-heritage.net/archives.htm
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| − | *http://www.scan.org.uk/aboutus/indexonline.htm
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| − | *http://www.sierratel.com/colinf/genuki/CAV/RC.htm
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| − | *http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/northowram
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| − | *http://www.cartes.freeuk.com/history/catholic.htm
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| − | *http://www.otherdays.com
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| − | *http://www.stbedes.melb.catholic.edu.au/home/br
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| − | ==Maps and Photography == | + | ==Architecture and Old Buildings== |
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| − | *http://www.motco.com/MAP/ -Historic maps of London – most have indexes of place names | + | *[http://www.churchplansonline.org/ Church Plans Online] |
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| − | *http://www.motco.com/print/ Historic prints of London and other parts of Britain | + | *[http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/heritage/index-3.htm Letchworth, The First Garden City] |
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| − | *http://www.motco.com/panoramas/ Panoramic views of London and the Thames | + | *[http://www.cadbury.co.uk/CADBURYANDCHOCOLATE/OURSTORY/PHILAN/Pages/bvttoday.aspx Bournville Village (Founded by Richard and George Cadbury)] |
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| − | *http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/index.asp Lancashire County Council - Environment Directorate: Old Maps | + | *[http://www.portsunlightvillage.com/ Port Sunlight founded by William Lever] |
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| − | *http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ Historical map archive searchable by place name, address or coordinate (OS Grid Reference) | + | *[http://www.jrht.org.uk/Your+community/Communities+by+location/New+Earswick New Earswick Village built by Joseph Rowntree] |
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| − | *http://www.nls.uk/maps/early/index.html Maps of Scotland 1560-1928 | + | *[http://koti.welho.com/rhurmal1/linnat2004/castles.html#A British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses] |
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| − | *http://www.nls.uk/pont/index.html Ponts Maps of Scotland | + | *[http://www.victorianstation.com/architecturemenu.htm Victorian Architecture, (mostly American)] |
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| − | *http://www.nls.uk/maps/military/index.html Military Maps of Scotland (18th century) | + | *[http://www.buildinghistory.org/ Researching Historic Buildings in The British Isles] |
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| − | *http://www.nls.uk/maps/townplans/index.html Ordnance Survey town plans 1847-1895 | + | *[http://www.victorianlondon.org/ Explore Victorian London] |
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| − | *http://www.countyviews.com/
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| − | *http://www.countyviews.com/beds/church.htm Bedfordshire Church Photographs
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| − | *http://www.countyviews.com/beds/index.htm Bedfordshire Town and Village Photographs
| + | ==The British Monarchy== |
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| − | *http://www.countyviews.com/bucks/church.htm Buckinghamshire Church Photographs | + | *[http://www.royal.gov.uk/ The Offical Website of The British Monarchy] |
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| − | *http://www.countyviews.com/bucks/index.htm Buckinghamshire Town and Village Photographs | + | *[http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/GEDCOM.html Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web] |
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| − | *http://www.countyviews.com/oxford/index.htm Oxfordshire Photos (very few at the moment) | + | *[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Royal%20events Times Past - Royal Events] |
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| − | ==The Landed Gentry == | + | ==The Landed Gentry== |
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| − | *http://www.sledmerehouse.com/intro.html Sledmere House and Gardens website | + | *[http://www.sledmerehouse.com/ Sledmere House, Home of Sir Tatton Sykes] |
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| − | *http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/0601sykes.html Biographies of family members; papers of Sykes family held at Brynmor-Jones library, University of Hull | + | *[http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/0601sykes.html Papers of Sykes Family- Held at Brynmor-Jones Library, The University of Hull.] |
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| − | *http://www.yorkshire-racing.co.uk/sledmere.htm The Sledmere stud | + | *[http://www.yorkshire-racing.co.uk/sledmere.htm The Sledmere Stud, Driffield, East Yorkshire] |
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| − | *http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/leisure/tourism/pdf/leaflets/sykes_trail.pdf Churches restored by Sir Tatton Sykes | + | *[http://www.r-alston.co.uk/country_house_database.htm A Database of Country Houses in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Some of The Surrounding Islands, With Brief Histories] |
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| − | *http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon/index1.htm Sir Mark Sykes & the Wagoners Reserve (with link to attestation details of individual men) | + | *[http://www.leighrayment.com/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page - a database of MPs] |
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| − | *http://www.r-alston.co.uk/country_house_database.htm A database of country houses in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and some of the surrounding islands, with brief histories. | + | *[http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon/ Sir Mark Sykes Bart] |
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| − | ==Bargemen/Boatmen/Watermen/Lightermen == | + | ==Jewish History== |
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| − | *http://www.blisworth.org.uk/images/index.html
| + | [[image:Ark and pulpit Brighton Synagogue.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ark and pulpit. Middle St Synagogue, Brighton]] |
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| − | *http://www.canals.com/resource.htm | + | *[http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/londweb.htm The London Jews Database (pre-1850)] |
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| − | *http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/collection/family-history.htm | + | *[http://www.jeffreymaynard.com/index.htm Anglo-Jewish Miscellanies] |
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| − | *http://www.hnboc.org.uk/ Narrowboat | + | *[http://www.jewishgen.org/ JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy] |
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| − | *http://www.bargeman.co.uk/ Bargemen | + | *[http://www.saudades.org/ Saudades Portuguese Sephardic History] |
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| − | *http://www.silsden.net/useful/Leeds_andLiverpool_canal_timeline.htm Leeds and Liverpool Canal | + | *[http://www.yadvashem.org/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_9E The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names] |
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| − | *http://www.virtualwaterways.co.uk/Home.html | + | *[http://www.joodsmonument.nl/article.php?thg_id=HELP&lang=en Digital Monument to the Jewish Community in the Netherlands] |
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| − | *http://www.canaljunction.com/craft/index.htm Boats and Barges
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| − | *http://www.canaljunction.com/canal/boat_people.htm Canal People
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| − | *http://www.geocities.com/thameswatermen/index.htm The Thames Watermen - 1555 to 1700
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| − | *http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.142/chapterId/2955/Thames-Watermen.html History of London Watermen
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| | + | *[http://www.jgsgb.org.uk/ Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain] |
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| − | ==Jewish history == | + | ==The Celts== |
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| − | *http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/londweb.htm Jewish history in London | + | *[http://www.family-ancestry.co.uk/history/celts/anglo-celtic/ Family Ancestry - The Anglo-Saxon and The Celtic Age] |
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| − | ==Stonemasons == | + | ==Slavery== |
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| − | The January 2007 issue of Your Family Tree has an article about stonemasons.
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| − | The earlier you go back, the more likely your stonemason would have been a very skilled craftsman, with an apprenticeship of 15 years to learn all the different aspects of construction. However, in later times (17-1800s onwards), this term covered all sorts of trades other than the skilled carving we think of today... such as quarrying, fashioning door lintels, paving stones and all sorts of other things related to building & construction (think farm buildings & houses as well as bridges & viaducts etc). These folk probably start off as builders labourers, and most of the people who change their occupation between censuses probably fall into this category.
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| − | The article does not give any sources for apprenticeship records; where they still exist these would presumably be included in the records offices.
| + | *[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/eabolition.asp International Slavery Museum] |
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| | + | *[http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces The Transantlantic Slave Trade Database] |
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| − | Master masons did have their own "marks". Earlier ones are often symbols, later ones can be initials. You can sometimes see these on gravestones (low down and possibly buried by now).
| + | *[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/slavery.htm The Slave Trade - 1700-1930] |
| − | I am told there is no centralised record of these.
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| − | Master masons may have belonged to a Guild, and here the Worshipful Company of Masons may be able to help, but you have to access the records in person. (Southgate, London N14) www.masonslivery.co.uk
| + | *[http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/index.php The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas] |
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| − | It is also suggested you may find relevant records in old Trade Associations (which are now our modern trade unions of course) and sources for these include the Working Class Movement Library in Salford, and the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University.
| + | *[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/texts.html#A North American Slave Narratives] |
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| − | Salford (holds 1865-1918 yearly audits of members etc.)
| + | *[http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/slavery/index.htm?cids=Google_PPC&cre=Slavery The Transatlantic Slave Trade, Abolition Movement] Time Line of Key Events |
| − | http://www.wcml.org.uk/holdings/operative_stonemasons_annual_audit_contents.htm | |
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| − | Warwick has an extensive collection of Trade Union records
| + | *[http://www.brycchancarey.com/index.htm Slavery, Emancipation, and Abolition] |
| − | http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ | |
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| − | Friendly Society of Operative Sonemasons of England, Ireland & Wales (1833-1919)
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| − | Operative Society of Masons, Quarrymen and Allied Trades of England and Wales (1919-1921)
| + | *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/ Abolition of The Slave Trade] |
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| − | this became the Amalgamated Union of Building Workers in 1921 & further evolved into the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians in 1971.
| + | *[http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/timeline/atlantic.slave.trade.html Timeline: The Atlantic Slave Trade 1502 - 1841] |
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| − | You will have to visit in person to look at any relevant records.
| + | *[http://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/subIndex.php?sit_id=1 Bristol and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade] |
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| | + | *[http://www.recoveredhistories.org/ Recovered Histories- Reawakening The Narratives of Enslavement, Resistance and the Fight For Freedom] |
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| − | The following websites mentioned in the article may also be of interest
| + | *[http://www.revealinghistories.org.uk/ Revealing History - Remembering Slavery] |
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| − | *http://www.finestoneminiatures.com/dictionary.htm A Stonemasons Dictionary | + | *[http://www.abolition200.org.uk/ Abolition 200 The Bicentenary of the Abolition of The Slave Trade Act] |
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| − | *http://www.scan.org.uk/researchrtools/james_smith_diary.htm Diary of a stonemason | + | *[http://compensations.plantations.bb/ Slave Compensation Claims] |
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| − | ==Emigration in the 1800's == | + | ==Current Value of Old Money== |
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| − | *http://www.ellisisland.org/?gclid=COanpMTCtYcCFUxqMAod7jCcRA Ellis Island | + | *[http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html Current value of old money] |
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| − | *http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/county/ntt/emigration/southafrica-1820/nttsa.htm Nottinghamshire Colonists to South Africa 1820
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| | + | *[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/money.htm Pre-decimal Sterling Coinage] |
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| − | Agricultural labourers were, generally, those who were married or had dependants. They were paid daily or on a weekly basis, or at busy times (such as harvest) by piece work rates. They lived in their own homes and made up 43% of the farming workforce.
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| − | Casual workers, (including women and children) were hired as additional, supplementary help at busy times in the farming calendar, such as shearing, haymaking and the corn and potato harvest.
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| − | Farm servants were unmarried, or occasionally widowers with no dependant family members, who were hired and paid on an annual basis and who received their board and lodging as a part of their annual wage. In the 1850’s, this group provided 33% of the East Riding farming population.
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| − | They were subject to legally enforceable contracts of employment, and in East Yorkshire, these contracts ran from Martinmas (23rd November) to Martinmas.
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| − | Annual statute Hirings were held at Beverley, Bridlington, Driffield, Hedon, Hornsea, Howden, Hull, Hunmanby, Malton, Market Weighton, Patrington, Pocklington, Scarborough, Selby and York.
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| − | Male and female servants would gather at the hiring venue to bargain with prospective employers and so secure a position for the coming year.
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| − | “Early in the morning, the great stream of humanity rolled into the town, conveyed thither in every conceivable appliance that could be obtained for the occasion; but conspicuous amongst the rest were the heavy waggons with their living freight, which were deposited amid the greetings of those who had chanced to outstrip them in the drive to town. Other vehicles, from heavy waggons to the humble donkey and cart were to be seen threading their way through the streets, to their several destinations. The Railway Company, too, brought hundreds into the town by special and regular trains, which were literally packed. At about nine o’clock, the bustle was commenced in earnest, for by that time most of the servants had congregated”''
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| − | Once the fest money had changed hands, a legally binding agreement had been entered into. If either party withdrew before the year was up, magistrates and judges had special powers to enforce the contract.
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| − | “I Samuel Ellwood engage to Mr Francis Johnson as waggoner from Martinmas 1897 to Martinmas 1898 for £19 – nineteen pounds. Signed ……”
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| − | *Strong ploughboy £13 - £15
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| − | *Young maid-of-all-work £9 - £12 | + | *[http://www.britishfarthings.com/Tokens/17th-Century/17th-Century.html 17th-Century Farthing Trade Tokens] |
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| − | *Housemaid £12 - £14 | + | *[http://www.footrule.com/1/conversn/oengothr.htm?sr=homepage&ac=0 Old English Weights and Measures] |
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| − | *Experienced cook £20 | + | *[http://home.clara.net/brianp/index.html Weights and Measures] |
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| | + | *[http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html Nova Roma Guide to understanding Roman Numerals] |
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| − | Farm servants were paid annually, on the completion of their year, minus any subsidies they had been given.
| + | *[http://www.roman-britain.org/numerals.htm Roman Britain. understanding Roman Numerals] |
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| − | The wage of an agricultural servant was divided equally between a cash payment and his keep
| + | *[http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/dayofweek.html Day of Week Calculator] |
| − | e.g. 1900, an average waggoner’s wage was £25 cash & 5s fest
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| | + | *[http://homepages.tesco.net/~jk.calisto/calisto/ A Calender Program for Western Europe AD 326 - 2999] |
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| − | =====Links=====
| + | *[http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ec-cal.html Ecclesiastical Calendar Calculator] |
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| − | *http://www.ruralhistory.org/nof/victorianfarming/index.php History of British agriculture 1700-1914 | + | *[http://www.londonlibraries.org/servlets/llil/archives London Local Studies Libraries and Archives] |
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| − | *http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/010136ernle/010136ch10.htm Large Farms and Capitalist Farmers 1780-1813 | + | *[http://www.arewerelated.co.uk/ Are We Related? (A Forum)] |
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| − | *http://www.answers.com/topic/british-agricultural-revolution British Agricultural Revolution | + | *[http://www.weddingspastandpresent.co.uk/ Weddings Past and Present] |
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| − | *http://homepage.ntlworld.com/booty.weather/climate/wxevents.htm Historical Weather Events | + | *[http://home.snu.edu/~dwilliam/f97projects/contraception/history.htm a Brief History of Contraception] |
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| − | *http://www.foxearth.org.uk/oxen.html Use of oxen for working the land and transportation | + | *[http://www.genealogyprinters.com Family Tree & Chart Printing] |
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| + | *[http://www.netserf.org/glossary/ Hypertext Medieval Glossary] |
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| − | ==Shipping and Passenger Lists == | + | *[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Youth%20groups Tales from Youth Organisations] |
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| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworths_Group Woolworths History] |
| − | ==Some Old Legal Terms ==
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| − | <br> | + | *[http://www.examstutor.com/business/resources/companyprofiles/marksandspencer/history.php The History of Marks and Spencer] |
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