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Catholic Emancipation


Easter Rising 1916


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Architecture and Old Buildings


The Law and Social Legislation

  • 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.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.



Major Historical Events of the British Isles


Crime and Punishment

  • http://www.oldbaileyonline.org This has the transcripts of Old Bailey hearings from 1674-1834 (to be expanded). 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.geocities.com/richard.clark32@btinternet.com/common.html Capital Punishment in the Commonwealth
    • The Commonwealth provides about 30% of the Worlds population comprising 54 member nations.
    • The term ABOLISHONIST is used for those nations who no longer have the death penalty and those retaining it are known as RETENTIONIST
    • This is the breakdown of how things stand at present.
      • 28 nations = retentionist
      • 16 nations = abolishionist
      • 9 nations = abolishonist in practice but remains in the penal code.
    • For a detailed explanation of where each country stands and when the last execution took place click on the link above


  • http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/hangmen.html The English hangmen from 1850 to 1964
    • George Smith from Dudley in the Midlands 1805-1874.
    • William Calcraft - Little Baddow, near Chelmsford, Essex 1800- 1879.
    • Thomas Askern of York 1816-1878.
    • William Marwood of Horncastle Lincolnshire 1820-1883.
    • George Meker or Incher – of Dudley.
    • Bartholomew Binns.
    • James Berry of Heckmondwike Yorkshire 1852-1913.
    • Thomas Henry Scott - Huddersfield.
    • James Billington of Farnworth near Bolton in Lancashire 1847-1901.
    • Thomas Billington 1872-1902.
    • William Billington 1873-1934.
    • John Billington 1880-1905.
    • Henry Pierrepoint 1874-1922 from BradfordYorkshire.
    • John Ellis of Rochdale Lancashire 1874-1932.
    • William Willis from Manchester. 187?-1939.
    • Thomas Pierrepoint 1870 - 1954.
    • Robert Wilson from Manchester.
    • Robert Baxter of Hertford.
    • Alfred Allen - Wolverhampton.
    • Thomas Mather Phillips from Farnworth near Bolton.
    • Stanley William Cross.
    • Albert Pierrepoint of Clayton Nr. Bradford Yorkshire 1905-1992.
    • Harry Kirk from Huntingdon.
    • Stephen Wade from Doncaster.
    • Harry Bertrum Allen from Manchester 1911-1992.
    • Robert Leslie Stewart from Chadderton Lancashire 1918-1988.



The British Monarchy


Twentieth Century Emigration from Britain