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| − | ==Related Pages== | + | ==The Family Tree Forum Timeline== |
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| − | *[[Crime and Punishment]]
| + | 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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| − | *[[Irish Political and Social History]]
| + | '''[[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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| − | *[[Stonemasons]]
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| − | *[[Trades and Occupations]]
| + | ==Pathé News Online== |
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| − | *[[Costume Past and Present]]
| + | 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.britishpathe.com Pathé News] |
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| − | ==Schools and Education==
| + | 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.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/legislation.htm Education acts – history & politicians
| + | 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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| − | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England History of State Education | + | *[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ British History Online] |
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| + | ==Related Pages== |
| − | ==Museums and Galleries== | |
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| − | *http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/main.php3 Museum of The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment - Salisbury
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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 | + | *[[Bargemen/Boatmen/Watermen/Lightermen]] |
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| − | *http://www.edencamp.co.uk/ Eden Camp, Malton, North Yorkshire - Theme museum, centred on the history of WW2 | + | *[[Evacuation_and_Evacuees#British_Home_Children|British Home Children]] |
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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. | + | *[[Canals and Canal Carriers]] |
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| − | *http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/ Village includes Salts Mill – houses the David Hockney exhibition | + | *[[Charitable Organisations]] |
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| + | *[[Costume Past and Present]] |
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| − | ==Work and Trade Assosciations / Unions==
| + | *[[Law and Law Enforcement]] |
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| − | *http://www.historyshelf.org/shelf/friend/06.php Friendly Societies - a brief overview, with links to some specifiic societies | + | *[[Directories of Victorian and Edwardian Photographers]] |
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| − | *http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm Trade Union Ancestors | + | *[[Emigration and Immigration]] |
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| + | *[[Entertainment]] |
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| − | ==Political Parties and Movements==
| + | *[[Evacuation and Evacuees]] |
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| − | =====The Suffragettes=====
| + | *[[Fairground/Showmen/Travellers]] |
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| − | *http://www.cjbooks.demon.co.uk/suffrage.htm | + | *[[Farming and Agriculture]] |
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| − | *http://www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk/SUFFRAGETTES.HTM | + | *[[Inns and Public Houses]] |
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| − | *http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whunger.htm | + | *[[Irish Political and Social History]] |
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| − | *http://www.johndclare.net/Women1_SuffragetteActions_Rosen.htm | + | *[[Maps and Photography]] |
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| + | *[[:Category:Military and Maritime History|Military and Maritime History]] |
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| − | ==Hospitals, Asylums and Sanitoriums==
| + | *[[Mining and Heavy Industry]] |
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| − | *http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/MAB/MAB.shtml Establishment of hospitals, asylums, hospital ships, smallpox & TB | + | *[[Nursing]] |
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| − | *http://www.institutions.org.uk/asylums/england/english_asylums.htm Asylum information | + | *[[Places of Worship]] |
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| − | *http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/search.asp TNA's Hospital Database search facility | + | *[[Railways]] |
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| − | *http://www.coram.org.uk/heritage.htm CORAM Foundling Hospital Association | + | *[[Religion and the Clergy]] |
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| + | *[[Sport]] |
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| − | ==The Industrial Revolution==
| + | *[[Stonemasons]] |
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| − | *http://www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills/ Leeds industrial museum, which includes a history of industrialisation | + | *[[Trades and Occupations]] |
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| − | *http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ A useful site for the cotton spinning and weaving industry | + | *[[Workhouses/Hospitals/Asylums And Sanitoriums|Workhouses/Hospitals/Asylums And Sanatoriums]] |
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| − | *http://www.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/home.stm Industrial History
| + | ==Schools and Education== |
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| + | *[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/legislation.htm Parliamentary Legislation] |
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| − | ==American History==
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England History of State Education] |
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| − | *http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets2.html Women in the American civil war, with links to other related sites | |
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| − | *http://www.teacheroz.com/wwi.htm America in World War One
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| − | ==Civilian Transport== | + | ==Museums and Galleries== |
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| − | *http://www.georgianindex.net/horse_and_carriage/carriage_door.html Carriages and Coaching | + | *[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.hometown.aol.co.uk/BritHorseTrams/index.html Horse trams | + | *[http://www.beamish.org.uk/ Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham. Northern Life in The 1800s & Early 1900s.] |
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| − | *http://www.lvta.co.uk/history.htm Horse cabs and Hackney carriages | + | *[http://www.edencamp.co.uk/ Eden Camp Theme Museum Malton, North Yorkshire. Centred on The History of WW2.] |
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| − | *http://www.flying-bike.demon.co.uk/helistuff/heli.html Helicopters | + | *[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.ba-gb.com/index.php?ps=8 Bicycles | + | *[http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/ Salts Mill - Home to The David Hockney Exhibition.] |
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| + | *[http://www.trowbridgemuseum.co.uk/ History of Woollen Cloth in Trowbridge] |
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| − | ==Architecture and Old Buildings== | + | *[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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| − | *http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/heritage/index-3.htm Letchworth, the first Garden City | + | *[[See How Your Ancestors Lived]] |
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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)
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| − | *http://www.portsunlightvillage.com/page.asp?pageid=history Port Sunlight (founded by William Lever)
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| − | *http://www.jrf.org.uk/housingandcare/newearswick/ New Earswick (built by Joseph Rowntree)
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| − | *http://koti.welho.com/rhurmal1/linnat2004/castles.html#A British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses
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| − | *http://www.victorianstation.com/architecturemenu.htm Victorian Architecture, mostly American
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| − | *http://www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Researching historic buildings in the British Isles
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| | + | *[http://www.oldandinteresting.com/ Old and interesting - History of Domestic Paraphernalia] |
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| − | ==The Law and Social Legislation== | + | ==Work and Trade Associations / Unions== |
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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. | + | *[http://www.historyshelf.org/shelf/friend/06.php Affiliated Friendly Societies] |
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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. | + | *[http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm Trade Union Ancestors] |
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| − | *http://www.schools.bedfordshire.gov.uk/gaol/ccourts.htm A brief description of the 19th Century Criminal Justice System | + | *[http://www.unionhistory.info/matchworkers/browse.php Bryant & May Matchworkers Strike Fund Register 1888] |
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| − | *http://www.met.police.uk/history/index.htm History of the Metropolitan Police
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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== | + | ==Political Parties and Movements== |
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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==
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| − | =====Highland Clearances=====
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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.
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| − | If you google "Metagama" you will get some ship passenger lists from 1920's.
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| − | 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://chartists.net/ Chartist Ancestors] |
| − | 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=====
| + | *[http://www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk/SUFFRAGETTES.HTM Give Women The Vote!] |
| − | *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 | + | *[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whunger.htm Famous Suffragettes] |
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| − | *http://www.ellisisland.org/?gclid=COanpMTCtYcCFUxqMAod7jCcRA Ellis Island | + | *[http://www.johndclare.net/Women1_SuffragetteActions_Rosen.htm What Did The Suffragettes Do?] |
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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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| − | ==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
| + | '''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/USA#Military_History See Separate page]''' |
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| − | *http://www.hillfields.org.uk/History/Pubs/Index.htm Pubs in Hillfields, Coventry
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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
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| − | *http://www.catholic-history.org.uk/cfhs/index.htm Catholic family history
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| − | *http://rylibweb.man.ac.uk/data1/dg/methodist/methguid.html Methodists Archive and Research Centre
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| − | *http://www.methodist.org.uk/static/factsheets/fs_primitiveandwesleyan.htm The Methodist Church – factsheets (Wesleyans and primitive Methodists)
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| − | *http://www.answers.com/topic/primitive-methodism Primitive Methodism
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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,
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| − | *http://www.kinderlibrary.ac.nz John Kinder Theological Library
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| − | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends Religious Society of Friends - Wikipedia | |
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| − | *http://members.lycos.co.uk/JennySteel/quakers.html Famous Quakers
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| − | *http://www.rootsweb.com/~engqfhs/ Quaker Family History Society
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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 | + | *[http://www.lvta.co.uk/menu/lvta-taxi-history/ London Horse Cabs and Hackney Carriages History] |
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| − | *http://eagle.cch.kcl.ac.uk:8080/cce/index.html Another database of Clergy of the Church of England | + | *[http://asms.k12.ar.us/classes/humanities/amstud/97-98/helicptr/webpage.htm The Evolution of the Helicopter] |
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| − | *http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/librariesandarchives/familyhistory/index.html Anglican Sources for Tracing your Family History | + | *[http://www.ba-gb.com/index.php?ps=8 A Brief History Of The Bicycle] |
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| − | *http://www.catholic-history.org.uk | + | *[http://www.alcester.dial.pipex.com/localpast/94au/oral.htm Oral Account of Coach Building, Early 1900s] |
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| − | *http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk | + | *[http://www.railwayancestors.org.uk/ The Railway Ancestors Family History Society] |
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| − | *http://www.scmo.org.uk/bishops_conference/diocese/today | + | *[http://web.onyxnet.co.uk/Auffret-onyxnet.co.uk/railways/railways.htm The North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway] |
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| − | *http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic | + | *[http://www.seasidehistory.co.uk/index.html Seaside Travel and Nostalgia] |
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| − | *http://www.newadvent.org/cathen | + | *[http://www.fleetdata.co.uk/ukregistrations.html History Behind British Vehicle Registration System] |
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| − | *http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hadland/rec.html | + | *[http://www.britishtaxdiscs.co.uk/tax-disc-history.php History of The Road Fund Licence - Tax Disk] |
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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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| | + | *[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Transport Times Past - Transport] |
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| − | ==Maps and Photography ==
| + | Go to [[Railways]] Page |
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| − | *http://www.motco.com/MAP/ -Historic maps of London – most have indexes of place names
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| − | *http://www.motco.com/print/ Historic prints of London and other parts of Britain
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| − | *http://www.motco.com/panoramas/ Panoramic views of London and the Thames
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| − | *http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/index.asp Lancashire County Council - Environment Directorate: Old Maps
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| − | *http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ Historical map archive searchable by place name, address or coordinate (OS Grid Reference)
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| − | *http://www.nls.uk/maps/early/index.html Maps of Scotland 1560-1928
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| − | *http://www.nls.uk/pont/index.html Ponts Maps of Scotland
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| − | *http://www.nls.uk/maps/military/index.html Military Maps of Scotland (18th century)
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| − | *http://www.nls.uk/maps/townplans/index.html Ordnance Survey town plans 1847-1895
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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
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| − | *http://www.countyviews.com/bucks/church.htm Buckinghamshire Church Photographs
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| − | *http://www.countyviews.com/bucks/index.htm Buckinghamshire Town and Village Photographs
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| − | *http://www.countyviews.com/oxford/index.htm Oxfordshire Photos (very few at the moment)
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| − | ==The Landed Gentry == | + | ==Architecture and Old Buildings== |
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| − | *http://www.sledmerehouse.com/intro.html Sledmere House and Gardens website | + | *[http://www.churchplansonline.org/ Church Plans Online] |
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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.letchworthgardencity.net/heritage/index-3.htm Letchworth, The First Garden City] |
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| − | *http://www.yorkshire-racing.co.uk/sledmere.htm The Sledmere stud | + | *[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.eastriding.gov.uk/leisure/tourism/pdf/leaflets/sykes_trail.pdf Churches restored by Sir Tatton Sykes | + | *[http://www.portsunlightvillage.com/ Port Sunlight founded by William Lever] |
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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.jrht.org.uk/Your+community/Communities+by+location/New+Earswick New Earswick Village built by Joseph Rowntree] |
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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://koti.welho.com/rhurmal1/linnat2004/castles.html#A British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses] |
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| + | *[http://www.victorianstation.com/architecturemenu.htm Victorian Architecture, (mostly American)] |
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| − | ==Bargemen/Boatmen/Watermen/Lightermen ==
| + | *[http://www.buildinghistory.org/ Researching Historic Buildings in The British Isles] |
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| − | *http://www.blisworth.org.uk/images/index.html | + | *[http://www.victorianlondon.org/ Explore Victorian London] |
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| − | *http://www.canals.com/resource.htm
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| − | *http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/collection/family-history.htm
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| − | *http://www.hnboc.org.uk/ Narrowboat
| + | ==The British Monarchy== |
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| − | *http://www.bargeman.co.uk/ Bargemen | + | *[http://www.royal.gov.uk/ The Offical Website of The British Monarchy] |
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| − | *http://www.silsden.net/useful/Leeds_andLiverpool_canal_timeline.htm Leeds and Liverpool Canal | + | *[http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/GEDCOM.html Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web] |
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| − | *http://www.virtualwaterways.co.uk/Home.html | + | *[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Royal%20events Times Past - Royal Events] |
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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
| + | ==The Landed Gentry== |
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| − | *http://www.geocities.com/thameswatermen/index.htm The Thames Watermen - 1555 to 1700 | + | *[http://www.sledmerehouse.com/ Sledmere House, Home of Sir Tatton Sykes] |
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| − | *http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.142/chapterId/2955/Thames-Watermen.html History of London Watermen | + | *[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, Driffield, East Yorkshire] |
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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] |
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| − | ==Jewish history ==
| + | *[http://www.leighrayment.com/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page - a database of MPs] |
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| − | *http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/londweb.htm Jewish history in London | + | *[http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon/ Sir Mark Sykes Bart] |
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| | + | ==Jewish History== |
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| | + | [[image:Ark and pulpit Brighton Synagogue.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ark and pulpit. Middle St Synagogue, Brighton]] |
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| − | ==Farming and Agriculture ==
| + | *[http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/londweb.htm The London Jews Database (pre-1850)] |
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| − | =====Counting sheep - East Yorks =====
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| − | Maternal grandfather and his father were shepherds. Grandad passed this on to Mum and she to me. There are many deviations on the count to 20, and each area of Yorkshire has it's own version, especially each of the Yorkshire dales. The land there is often hilly and impossible to cultivate, so sheepfarming is one way of utilising the land. The word pattern is usually based on groupings of five, to correspond with the digits on one hand.
| + | *[http://www.jeffreymaynard.com/index.htm Anglo-Jewish Miscellanies] |
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| − | yar
| + | *[http://www.jewishgen.org/ JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy] |
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| − | teeza
| + | *[http://www.saudades.org/ Saudades Portuguese Sephardic History] |
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| − | yardick
| + | *[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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| − | tetheradick
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| − | bumper
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| − | yardibumper
| + | *[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.jgsgb.org.uk/ Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain] |
| − | =====Working the land, in the East Riding =====
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| − | During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, those working on the land could be categorised as:
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| − | #farmers and their male relatives working on the land
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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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| − | In the East Riding, lots of the casual labour force were itinerants from the Dales or Ireland.
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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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| − | =====Farm servants - The Hirings =====
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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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| − | '''''“Driffield Times” 15th November 1873'''
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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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| − | If a bargain was struck, the farmer gave the Lad a “fest”, or fastening money – a small sum in recognition of the hiring. The amount of the fest varied; usually 5s for a waggoner and 2/6d for other workers.
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| − | The whole range of working conditions was subject to an implicit informal agreement, which both the farmer and the worker assumed to automatically be part of the agreement – hours of work, holidays, sick pay.
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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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| − | Contracts were usually oral. What few written contracts there were rarely specified more than the agreed wage and the termination date, e.g
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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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| − | =====Farm Servants - Wages =====
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| − | "Malton Messenger" 1874
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| − | *Girls 12 – 18 yrs £6 - £8
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| − | *Upper servants & housekeepers £13 - £15
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| − | *Boys 13 –15 yrs £10 - £12
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| − | *Boys 16 – 18 yrs £18 - £20
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| − | *Good shepherds, experienced foremen £20 - £30 (Some asked for and were engaged for more)
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| − | "Driffield Times" 14 Nov 1874
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| − | *Young foreman £25
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| − | *Experienced foreman £30
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| − | *Young waggoner £18
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| − | *Experienced waggoner £20
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| − | *Strong ploughboy £13 - £15
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| − | *Young maid-of-all-work £9 - £12
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| − | *Housemaid £12 - £14
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| − | *Experienced cook £20
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| − | The wage of an agricultural servant was divided equally between a cash payment and his keep
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| − | e.g. 1900, an average waggoner’s wage was £25 cash & 5s fest
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| − | =====Links=====
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| − | *http://www.ruralhistory.org/nof/victorianfarming/index.php History of British agriculture 1700-1914
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| − | *http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/010136ernle/010136ch10.htm Large Farms and Capitalist Farmers 1780-1813
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| − | *http://www.answers.com/topic/british-agricultural-revolution British Agricultural Revolution
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| − | *http://homepage.ntlworld.com/booty.weather/climate/wxevents.htm Historical Weather Events
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| − | *http://www.foxearth.org.uk/oxen.html Use of oxen for working the land and transportation | |
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| − | ==Shipping and Passenger Lists == | + | ==The Celts== |
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| − | *http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/onlinelists.html Sources for transcribed passenger records and indexes
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| − | *http://www.theshipslist.com/ The Ships List
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| − | *http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=23 Unassisted Immigration to Victoria
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| − | *http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=24 Assisted British Immigration
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| − | *http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=42 Outward Passengers to Interstate, UK, NZ and Foreign Ports 1852-1876
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| − | *http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/ Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters
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| − | *http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/plist.htm Convictions Australian Shipping
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| − | *http://www.list.jaunay.com/ausnzpassengers/ Gateway page to Online AUSNZ Passenger Lists
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| − | *http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/assisted_immigrants_1839-96_366.asp NSW Assisted Immigrants 1839-96
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| − | *http://members.aol.com/rprost/passenger.html Passenger lists on the internet
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| − | *http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/index/immigration.asp#immigrationindexes Queensland Indexes - Immigration 1848-1884
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| − | *http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020110_e.html Child emigration from Great Britain to Canada between 1869 and the early 1930s
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| − | *http://www.scan.org.uk/researchrtools/emigration.htm Highlands and Islands to Australia
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| − | *http://www.nationaalarchief.nl/emigranten/en/ Searchable database of Emigrants from the Netherlands to Australia between 1946 and 1991
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| − | *http://www.geneaknowhow.net/digi/pass1.html Dutch passenger lists pre-1736
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| − | *http://www.geneaknowhow.net/digi/pass2.html Dutch passenger lists after 1736 | + | *[http://www.family-ancestry.co.uk/history/celts/anglo-celtic/ Family Ancestry - The Anglo-Saxon and The Celtic Age] |
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| − | ==Some Old Legal Terms == | + | ==Slavery== |
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| − | Some of those funny words that we find on old wills etc.
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| − | MOIETY......... A half .....part..... portion or share of property etc. Note: Such is usually based on family or unilateral descent.
| + | *[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/eabolition.asp International Slavery Museum] |
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| − | GAVELKIND...... Equal shares among qualifying heirs.
| + | *[http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces The Transantlantic Slave Trade Database] |
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| − | ECHEATS......... Reversion of land to the manor etc. under feudal tenure when lacking legal heirs.
| + | *[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/slavery.htm The Slave Trade - 1700-1930] |
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| − | MESSUAGE...... House or dwelling.
| + | *[http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/index.php The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas] |
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| − | SIEZED............ To be in legal possession of, from the feudal concept of "seisin"
| + | *[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/texts.html#A North American Slave Narratives] |
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| − | INTER ALIA..... Among other things
| + | *[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 |
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| − | DEMESNE..........Land of a feudal lord retained for his own use i.e the grounds of a Mansion etc.
| + | *[http://www.brycchancarey.com/index.htm Slavery, Emancipation, and Abolition] |
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| − | TERRIER........... A form of Register of Land belonging to an estate etc..
| + | *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/ Abolition of The Slave Trade] |
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| − | FEALTY............The fidelity owed to a Feudal Lord
| + | *[http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/timeline/atlantic.slave.trade.html Timeline: The Atlantic Slave Trade 1502 - 1841] |
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| − | FRANKPLEDGE....Anglo Saxon system in which 10 households or tithings were grouped together and became responsible for each others behaviour or conduct.
| + | *[http://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/subIndex.php?sit_id=1 Bristol and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade] |
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| − | CAPITE.............means the Tenant held the property in 'Capite' for the landlord to whom he paid rents
| + | *[http://www.recoveredhistories.org/ Recovered Histories- Reawakening The Narratives of Enslavement, Resistance and the Fight For Freedom] |
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| − | ATTAINDER........Common law - The state of an offender who had been sentenced for a capital offence.
| + | *[http://www.revealinghistories.org.uk/ Revealing History - Remembering Slavery] |
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| − | ATTAINTED..... disgraced......... or to pass sentence of attainder against....
| + | *[http://www.abolition200.org.uk/ Abolition 200 The Bicentenary of the Abolition of The Slave Trade Act] |
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| − | ENFEOFFED.... to invest with a Feudal estate or fee.
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| − | DEVISED.......... Give land or property in a Will. Or to plan and contrive.
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| − | DEFEASANCE ...... Forfeiture or annulment of something or some legal right (usually because some original condition has not been complied with; e.g. not paying the mortgage)
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| | + | *[http://compensations.plantations.bb/ Slave Compensation Claims] |
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| − | ==Workhouses == | + | ==Current Value of Old Money== |
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| − | *http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ | + | *[http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html Current value of old money] |
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| − | *http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/
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| − | *http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/StMarylebone/
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| − | *http://www5.surreycc.gov.uk/dtcgi/nph-dtweb.exe?DThs=SurreyNoOrderNaturalLanguageFrame.htm Surrey History Centre Collections Catalogue
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| − | *http://www.highlittletonhistory.org.uk/ High Littleton & Hallatrow History and Parish Records
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| | + | *[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/money.htm Pre-decimal Sterling Coinage] |
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| − | ==Ireland == | + | ==Uncategorised== |
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| − | Before the last ice-age, there was no Irish Sea, English Channel or North Sea, Europe was all one land mass and the fairly sparse population was of European origin . The encroaching ice pushed out most humans although one or two tribes may have held out on the West Coast of Ireland where the gulf stream raised the temperature, probably to something like Alaska's today. After the ice-age, about 10,000 years ago, the melting ice caps raised the sea level and created the present islands which were populated by European Celts who were gradually pushed westward by fresh influxes from Europe (mainly Germanics) and Scandinavia. Ireland in particular received quite a lot of Spanish. Trade by sea flourished so there were other additions to the gene pool, e.g. Viking, and later Spanish.
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| − | The island of Ierne (Ireland) was settled by a Milesian race, who came from Scythia (Middle East) by way of Spain, and established the Kingdom of Tara about 500 BC. The supremacy of the Ardri (High King) of Tara was acknowledged by eight lesser kingdoms (Munster, Connaught. Allech, Auriel, Ulidea, Meath, Leinster and Ossory) ruled by descendants of the eight sons of Miled.
| + | *[http://www.britishfarthings.com/Tokens/17th-Century/17th-Century.html 17th-Century Farthing Trade Tokens] |
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| − | Although little is known concerning the earliest inhabitants of Ireland, there are many traces of Neolithic man throughout the island. In the later Bronze Age a Celtic race of Goidels (Gaels) appears to have invaded the island and in the early Iron Age Brythons from South Britain effected settlements in the South East, whilst Picts from North Britain established similar settlements in the North. Towards the close of the Roman occupation of Britain (they never got to Ireland), the dominant tribe in the island was that of the Scoti, who afterwards established themselves in Scotland. Gypsies, a nomadic race, originally from India, are also well represented. The overall population remained sparse, under 3 million until the 20th century
| + | *[http://www.footrule.com/1/conversn/oengothr.htm?sr=homepage&ac=0 Old English Weights and Measures] |
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| − | With the separation of Britain, in the reign of Henry Vlll, from the Roman Catholic Church, Spain aggressively attempted to isolate England and sought to strengthen ties with the rest of Europe, including Ireland which remained predominately RC, culminating in a disastrous attempted invasion of England in 1588. The Armada came to grief after being forced through the English Channel, into the North Sea and rounding Scotland. It is believed that hundreds of Spanish sailors got ashore on the Irish coast and disappeared inland.
| + | *[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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| + | *[http://www.roman-britain.org/numerals.htm Roman Britain. understanding Roman Numerals] |
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| − | ==Mining and Heavy Industry ==
| + | *[http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/dayofweek.html Day of Week Calculator] |
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| − | *http://www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Coal-Mining History Resource Centre | + | *[http://homepages.tesco.net/~jk.calisto/calisto/ A Calender Program for Western Europe AD 326 - 2999] |
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| − | *http://www.ncm.org.uk/ The National Coal Mining Museum | + | *[http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ec-cal.html Ecclesiastical Calendar Calculator] |
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| − | *www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/DisastersList.htm Welsh Mining Disasters | + | *[http://www.londonlibraries.org/servlets/llil/archives London Local Studies Libraries and Archives] |
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| − | *http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Llangynwyd/slaters.1880.html List of mine owners and collieries from Slater's 1880 directory in the Maesteg/Llynfi valley area | + | *[http://www.arewerelated.co.uk/ Are We Related? (A Forum)] |
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| − | *http://www.dmm.org.uk Durham Mining Museum - virtual museam | + | *[http://www.weddingspastandpresent.co.uk/ Weddings Past and Present] |
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| − | *http://www.durham-miner.org.uk The Durham Miners' Project - multi-media web stie of mining in the durham area recorded by the communities themselves. | + | *[http://home.snu.edu/~dwilliam/f97projects/contraception/history.htm a Brief History of Contraception] |
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| − | *http://www.exeter.ac.uk/~Rburt/MinHistNet/ Mining Histroy Network - information exchange, discussion group; if this does not conect, go to the Exeter University site and search under mining. | + | *[http://www.genealogyprinters.com Family Tree & Chart Printing] |
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| − | *http://www.nmgw.ac.uk/bigpit National Coal Mining Museum of Wales - for information on the Welsh coalfields. | + | *[http://www.netserf.org/glossary/ Hypertext Medieval Glossary] |
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| − | *http://www.scottishminingmuseaum.com The national coal mining museum for Scotland. | + | *[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Youth%20groups Tales from Youth Organisations] |
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| − | *http://www.swan.ac.uk/swcc/ University of Swansea - South Wales coalfield collection. | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworths_Group Woolworths History] |
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| − | *http://awt.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=%20GET&db=pjc4ax&id=I00454&ti=5538 Somerset Coal Mine ancestors | + | *[http://www.examstutor.com/business/resources/companyprofiles/marksandspencer/history.php The History of Marks and Spencer] |
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| − | *http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=pjc4ax&surname=A Somerset coalfields round Midsummer Norton
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| − | *http://www.radstockmuseum.co.uk/ Radstock village museum in Somerset
| + | Back to [[Creating Your Family Tree]] |
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| − | *http://www.pitwork.net/altofts.htm Altofts Colliery Explosion
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| − | *http://shropshiremines.org.uk/bmd/mrefuk.htm General Mining Links
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| − | *http://www.cornish-mining.org.uk/ Cornish Mining
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| − | *http://www.derbyshireuk.net
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| − | *http://www.peakmines.co.uk
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| − | *http://www.mawer.clara.net/intro.html Sugar Industry
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| − | *http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/frame.htm Mines Rescue
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| − | ==The Celts ==
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| − | *http://www.family-ancestry.co.uk/history/celts/anglo-celtic/ Family Ancestry Celts Anglo-celtic
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