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 GENUKI: Lancashire genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Lancashire County libraries have a list of addresses and telephone numbers of local libraries in the modern administrative county of Lancashire.
The Bibliography of North West England lists bibliographies relating to the North West of England which are useful to local history librarians, academics, students and all those with an interest in the history of the region.
Here is a surnames list, surnames list, compiled by Tony and Linda Langham of research interests of a number of Manchester and Lancashire FHS members.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/LAN   (2107 words)

  
 List of civil parishes in Lancashire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of civil parishes in Lancashire, England.
formerly a rural parish in Blackburn Rural District
formerly a rural parish in Burnley Rural District
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_Lancashire   (269 words)

  
 Kent
Although since 1979 there have been many changes in local government, parish councils now are in a strong position, particularly in unitary authorities, where they act as a second tier.
Parish rates are today collected by the district or unitary tier and then disbursed to parish clerks.
Those parish councils serving areas of denser settlement are normally known as town councils although their rank and influence is much the same.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/k/ke/kent.html   (2809 words)

  
 Gardiner: Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution
Rochester, with the Parishes of Chatham and Stroud....
Lincolnshire, with the Boroughs, Towns, and Parishes therein, except the City of Lincoln and the Town of Boston...
Lancashire, with the Boroughs, Towns, and Parishes therein, except Manchester...........
www.constitution.org /eng/conpur081.htm   (1303 words)

  
 Jamaican Family Search Genealogy Research Library home page
There are several lists: a list of property owners and pens, sugar estates and plantations, arranged by parishes; a business directory listed by trades; a list of persons living in Kingston and St. Andrew; a list of persons living outside that area; and a list of Ministers arranged by denomination.
List One consisted of 145 families, for a total of 347 individuals,described as "white families and artificers." At the end of the page you will find a report taken from the Journals of the House of Commons in 1753 concerning the efficacy of the Acts.
List of Regiments in Jamaica 1702- 1962, from a list at the National Library of Jamaica.
jamaicanfamilysearch.com   (6010 words)

  
 Lancashire
Lancashire is located in Northwest England between the Pennine Range and the Irish Sea.
Lancashire commerce and at least one Livesey family was active in maritime trade, e.g.
Lancashire has a mixture of these followings and the Livesey family had adherents in each of the groups.
www.lhsociety.org /Lancashire.html   (6869 words)

  
 HyperWar: Problems of Social Policy [Chapter XII]
From the beginning of a general system of relief of the poor it was therefore understandable that parishes should restrict their liabilities, in the way of relief, to those whom they felt to 'belong' to the parish.
As regards those not on the free list, it was hoped that 'arrangements may be found' for them to benefit; but 'the position of such children presents difficulties'.
Civil Defence, O'Brien, T. Unless the mother was fortunate enough to get the child accepted by one of the voluntary agencies handling such cases, e.g.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-Civil-Social/UK-Civil-Social-12.html   (14136 words)

  
 United Kingdom / British / Scottish Genealogy - I Dream of Genealogy Databases
Lancashire and Cheshire, Past and Present (1867)**Ancestry.com** This database contains a history to 1867 and description of the counties of Lancaster and Chester, located in northwestern England.
Yorkshire, England: Parish Records 1500s to 1800s **Ancestry.com** This database is a collection of historical parish registers from the County of York in the Country of England.
Baptismal records generally list the date of the baptism, the name of the child being baptized, and the name of the father.
www.idreamof.com /united_kingdom.html   (1458 words)

  
 Chetham's Library: Introduction to the archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Lists of the clergy of the dioceses of Chester and Manchester, 1789-1852.
In the sixteenth century the government made the existing civil parishes and townships responsible for a whole series of civil duties, notably relief of the poor and upkeep of the highways.
Enumerative Census of the town and parish of Manchester (1773-4).
www.chethams.org.uk /archives.htm   (2723 words)

  
 Registration Districts in England and Wales   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A list of the civil parishes or townships included within its boundaries.
If two or more offices are listed, the one which holds the most records is named first, and the one with the least is given last.
There is also an Alphabetical List of Districts and an Index of Place-Names for the whole of England and Wales.
www.fhsc.org.uk /genuki/REG   (193 words)

  
 GENUKI: Lancashire Parishes genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
This list has been compiled using the townships in 1835, and parishes in 1837 named on the corresponding maps produced by the Friends of Lancashire Archives.
If the place that you require is not in this list, then you can search for it in the GENUKI gazetteer which will take you to the page for the larger area holding information about it:-
The list should consist of early 19th century parishes and townships, but when the initial list was created chapelries were also included.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/LAN/Parishes.html   (241 words)

  
 Ask Us A Question   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The registration county of Rutland contained the entirety of Oakham and Uppingham RSDs, which included several parishes in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire - the eastern part in Stamford RSD was included in the Lincolnshire registration county.
In 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 the rural sanitary districts were partitioned along county boundaries to form three rural districts.
The particular geology of the area has given its name to the Rutland Formation which was formed from muds and sand carried down by rivers and occurring as bands of different colours, each with many fossil shells at the bottom.
www.millvalleycaus.com /details/Rutland   (1328 words)

  
 Cyndi's List - England - Lancashire
Provides a list of names of police officers, particularly those who served with the Lancashire County Constabulary from the force's inception in 1840 up to 1925.
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the county of Cumbria, England, which was created in 1974 by merging the former counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, and parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding).
A listing of the headstones in the Anfield and St. Mary's Walton on the Hill in.
www.cyndislist.com /eng-lan.htm   (2453 words)

  
 List of civil parishes in England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
This is a list of civil parishes in England, the smallest level of local government in England, split by county.
List of civil parishes in Greater London (none?)
List of civil parishes in the Isle of Wight
read-and-go.hopto.org /Geography-of-England/List-of-civil-parishes-in-England.html   (90 words)

  
 Ancestry.co.uk - Exploring Westmoreland
Westmoreland, before 1974, was bounded on the north and west by Cumberland, on the northeast by Durham, the east by Yorkshire and the south and southwest by Lancashire.
In 1831, in the structure of the Church of England, Westmoreland was split between the Dioceses of Chester and Carlisle, both within the province of York.
In civil matters there were two baronies, Kendal and Westmoreland (or Appleby) and four wards, Kendal, Lonsdale, East and West.
www.ancestry.co.uk /learn/library/article.aspx?article=10009   (755 words)

  
 English Books
Includes lists of local publications and maps of each county showing the location of record repositories.
Parish histories include the church and some of the residences; commercial histories include information on the founders, subsequent owners and managers.
Includes lists of sayings, tools and other articles, birds, flowers, fish names, trees, fruits, and nuts, animals and insects, and mining.
www.jonathansheppardbooks.com /Booklists/english_books.htm   (4731 words)

  
 Warrington Hotel
In Roman times, Warrington was a centre of industry and was founded as a crossing place of the River Mersey for Roman soldiers to go north from their base at Deva (modern Chester) some remains have been found at Wilderspool.
Dents in the walls of the Parish church are rumoured to be have been caused by the cannons used in the Civil War.
The parish of Bold was divided in the local government reorganisation of 1973 with most of it going to St Helens and a small part going to Warrington.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/221/warrington-hotel.html   (1232 words)

  
 Lancashire Bookstore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Lancashire authors today: being a checklist of authors born in Lancashire together with brief particulars of authors born elsewhere who are currently working or residi Geoffrey Handley-Taylor
Lancashire legends, traditions, pageants, sports, andc.; with an appendix containing a rare tract on the Lancashire witches, andc., andc.
Rural houses of the Lancashire Pennines, 1560 to 1760
users.california.com /~slassey/books.htm   (2565 words)

  
 Devon - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia
A few Norse place names remain as a result, for example Lundy Island, though the Vikings' most lasting legacy is probably the move of the cathedral from Crediton to Exeter.
Devon has also featured in most of the civil conflicts in England since the Norman conquest, including the Wars of the Roses, Perkin Warbeck's rising in 1497, the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549, and the English Civil War.
This is a list of the main towns and cities in Devon.
www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Devon   (1915 words)

  
 Antiques Ireland - Online Book Lists - British Topography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Camden's Brittania was published in 1586 as an historical and topographical survey of English counties.
Written shortly after the Dissolution of the Monasteries and before the destructions of the Civil War it is a primary source of great value.
A Topographical and Historical Description of the City of London, particularly withrespect to the several Wards and Parishes, and the remarkable public and private buildings and remains of antiquity peculiar to each.
www.antiquesireland.com /booklists/britishtopography.shtml   (3328 words)

  
 GENUKI Server standards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
There is a prescribed list of headings to use which are taken from the subject headings in the LDS library catalogue.
Given that in almost all cases the list of parishes will be lengthy, the parish names can be grouped under their initial letters.
The mailing list could be achieved by the coordinator using the CC facility of the mail program or by a dedicated permanent list whose membership would ideally be cleared after each discussion.
www.genuki.org.uk /org/standards.html   (6345 words)

  
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A chronology of Brontë's readings and literary activities and an appendix listing the library locations of many of her widely scattered letters is provided.
It is based on a detailed analysis of the replies made by parish clergy to the archbishop of York in 1764.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS CONGRESS, 1946-1956 Gerald Horne In examining the related questions of racism and anticommunism, this book presents a particular interpretation of the "Red Scare" and underscores the persecution suffered by members of the Civil Rights Congress.
www.fdu.edu /newspubs/fdupress/01backlist.txt   (19782 words)

  
 St. Louis Public Library: Gateway Family Historian Fall 2001: New Arrivals
A list of prisoners sent to the Missouri State Penitentiary for political or military crimes during the Civil War.
The Famine Immigrants: Lists of Irish Immigrants Arriving at the Port of New York, 1846 – 1851.
Helps to identify churches and parish registers and match churches with their civil parish.
www.slpl.lib.mo.us /libsrc/gfh0104p2.htm   (626 words)

  
 England and Wales - Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research
The Diocese of Lancaster encompasses the County of Cumbria and the Hundred of Amounderness in northwestern County Lancashire with Scotland at it's northern boundary.
Joseph's Parish "encompassing western Basingstoke, Oakley and Overton in the county of Hampshire, England"
Parishes of The Institute of Charity - Rosminians.
home.att.net /~Local_Catholic/Catholic-England-Wales.htm   (3323 words)

  
 English 24-Shakespeare's Time
The Act of Uniformity outlaws non-attendance at parish churches.
Edict of Nantes ends French civil war and grants toleration to Protestants.
New poor laws establish local parishes as responsible for relief.
www.dartmouth.edu /~engl24/chrono.html   (1979 words)

  
 National Council on Archives: Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
3.1.2A Civil parish, local administrative unit, county (or equivalent) and country may be places in their own right, or may act as additions or qualifiers to identify other places.
It lists them in the form in which the name appears on the map and gives to the nearest kilometre the position of each named place or area in terms of the Irish Grid.
6 It lists all townlands and identifies the county, barony, civil parish, poor law union and poor law electoral division in which each was located as well as giving the OS 6” County Series sheet references.
www.archivesnetworkwales.info.cob-web.org:8888 /ncarules/rules3.htm   (2849 words)

  
 Dorset Online Parish Clerk Project
An Online Parish Clerk (OPC) researches all the available historical data they can find on a parish, records are transcribed, and in order to promote further private research, are made FREELY available to any researcher.
This will include census, parish transcripts, bishop's transcripts and churchwardens accounts, overseers accounts, land tax records, postal directory extracts, church and village histories, etc. An OPC is a volunteer and should not be confused with the civil Parish Clerk appointed by a Parish Council.
There are about 275 parishes in Dorset and so far we have some data online for 274 of them, with OPC's covering 145 of these parishes.
www.dorset-opc.com   (490 words)

  
 Gale . The Making of the Modern World . Title Lists . List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A brief narrative proving the right of the late William Symington, civil engineer, to be considered the inventor of steam land carriage locomotion and also the inventor and introducer of steam navigation
on, or near the roads, together with the circuits of the judges, and an exact alphabetical list of all the fairs.
Complete list of all the market towns in Great Britain, their distance from London, the market days, the stage and post coaches, waggons, and other carriages.
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 Amazon.com -zShops: A Kingdom in Two Parishes (Hardman) HC/DJ/Mint/1st   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Description: “Lancashire Religious Writers and the English Monarchy, 1521-1689.” The market town of Bolton in the County and royal Duchy of Lancaster has been noted by specialist scholars and ge...
“Lancashire Religious Writers and the English Monarchy, 1521-1689.” The market town of Bolton in the County and royal Duchy of Lancaster has been noted by specialist scholars and general writers alike for its extraordinary contribution to the history of the Reformation, Civil War, and Nonconformity, and to its stream of vigorous religious writers.
In this book for the first time, these authors are located in their native landscape and discussed in their rich individuality and as a group.
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