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Parent Directory
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Our
Genealogy bookmarks.html
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2013-08-25 19:09 |
3.1K |
Mostly free British resources we use in our
research |
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A British History with interesting Genealogy
dates.txt
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2013-09-07 19:10 |
73K |
From the middle ages through to 1990 |
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Several hundred other useful
historical Dates.txt
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2013-09-21 03:08 |
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Notable World events, 43AD through to 2012 |
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Some English Census
stats for "Hyatt".txt
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2013-08-22 21:55 |
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All you wanted to know about the Hyatt name in
the UK census |
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Census
occupations explained.txt
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2013-08-22 21:55 |
74K |
From 'Acater' to 'Zoographer' and everything
else in between |
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Chapman County Codes.txt
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2013-09-07 19:10 |
20K |
3-letter codes for the traditional
administrative divisions in the UK |
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Common
Abbreviations.txt
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2013-09-07 19:10 |
20K |
Some abbreviations in common genealogical
use |
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First name
diminutives.txt
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2013-09-07 19:10 |
6.6K |
Some common first names and their many
diminutives |
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Guide
to early aspects of marriage and family life.txt
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2013-09-11 15:22 |
12K |
Adoptions, Divorces, Wife selling and more
fun |
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Guide to Beer,
Cider, Gin and Alehouses.txt
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2013-09-15 04:00 |
16K |
Medieval inns, taverns and ale houses |
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Guide to being Dead and
Buried.txt
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2013-09-14 17:28 |
22K |
A medieval English view of mortality, death and
burial customs |
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Guide to early Tithes
and Taxes.txt
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2013-09-12 20:08 |
13K |
Tithing, Hearth tax, Window tax and just more
taxes |
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Medieval Lords and Ladies.txt
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2013-10-12 19:06 |
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Medieval Noblemen and Noblewomen and their
lives |
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Peasants and their
Farms.txt
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2013-09-17 16:24 |
9.8K |
Medieval commoners, serfs and peasants at
work |
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English Farming
timeline.txt
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2013-09-17 16:24 |
51K |
A timeline of the British countryside and
farming |
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The peasants revolt.txt
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2013-10-11 15:47 |
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The 'Peasants’ Revolt' which took place in June
1381 |
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Medieval
Health and Medicine.txt
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2013-09-17 16:24 |
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Superstition and ignorance reigned during the
Middle Ages |
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A British
Epidemic timeline.txt
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2013-08-22 21:55 |
12K |
The Black death of 1348 to the 1919 Influenza
pandemic |
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Food and Medicinal
terms.txt
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2013-08-22 21:55 |
18K |
A medieval cooking glossary |
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The Great Famine of
1315.txt
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2013-10-11 15:47 |
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The Great European Famine of 1315 to 1317 |
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The Black Death of
1348.txt
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2013-10-11 16:33 |
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The Black Death epidemic of 1348 to 1350 |
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Sweating Sickness
1485.txt
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2013-10-11 15:47 |
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The Sweating Sickness arrived with Henry VII's
reign |
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Older Medical
terms.txt
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2013-08-22 21:55 |
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A glossary of some older and obscure medical
terms |
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Victorian Opium.txt
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2013-10-13 12:57 |
11K |
One of the darker sides of Victorian
London |
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Medieval Diet.txt
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2013-10-11 15:47 |
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Food changed considerably during the Middle
Ages |
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Ordinary
Lives A Hundred Years Ago.txt
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2015-04-08 16:15 |
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Extracts from Ordinary Lives A Hundred Years
Ago, by Carol Adams |
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Poor
Law Guardians and Overseers.txt
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2013-09-13 20:42 |
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The officials who performed the assessment of
the poor-rates |
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Workhouse and Poor Law
timeline.txt
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2013-09-08 20:09 |
23K |
Workhouse history and regulation 1344 to
1948 |
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Early English
Parish Workhouses.txt
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2013-09-08 20:09 |
45K |
Knatchbull's 1723 Act introduced the 'workhouse
test' |
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The Victorian London
slums.txt
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2013-09-21 17:11 |
22K |
The old Nichol, St Giles and other
'Rookeries' |
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The Anglo-Saxons invade
Britain.txt
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2013-09-28 15:33 |
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The Anglo-Saxon invasions 450 to 1066 |
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The Normans invade Britain.txt
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2013-09-28 15:33 |
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The Norman conquest of England began on 28
September 1066 |
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The Vikings invade Britain.txt
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2013-09-28 15:33 |
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The First Viking raid on England was in
793 |
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Kings and
Queens of England and Britain.txt
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2015-07-01 14:22 |
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A full timeline of the Kings and
Queens of England and Britain |
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Kings
and Queens of Scotland.txt
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2015-07-01 14:22 |
14K |
A full timeline of the Kings and
Queens of Scotland |
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Kings and
Queens of Mercia.txt
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2015-07-01 14:22 |
19K |
A full timeline of the Kings and
Queens of Mercia |
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Kings and
Queens of Wessex.txt
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2015-07-01 14:22 |
30K |
A full timeline of the Kings and
Queens of Wessex |
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Kings and
Princes of Wales.txt
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2015-07-01 14:22 |
1.8K |
A full timeline of the Kings and
Queens of Wales |
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Prime
Ministers of Britain.txt
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2015-07-01 14:22 |
2.9K |
A full list of all the Prime Ministers of Britain |
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Domesday Book.txt
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2013-09-21 02:50 |
3.2K |
Domesday Book of 1086 is Britain's most famous
public record |
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Magna Carta.txt
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2013-09-21 02:51 |
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Magna Carta of 1215 is the most celebrated
document in England |
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The Reformation.txt
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2013-10-11 15:47 |
13K |
The Church of England breaks from the
Catholic Church, 16th century |
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The Dissolution.txt
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2013-10-11 15:47 |
11K |
The destruction of the monasteries by Henry
VIII, 1530’s |
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Richard (Dick)
Whittington.txt
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2013-10-12 19:06 |
2.1K |
A medieval merchant and a politician
c1354–1423 |
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Richard the
Lionhearted.txt
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2013-10-12 19:06 |
3.0K |
Richard was the son of Henry II and Eleanor of
Aquitaine |
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Hereward the
Wake.txt
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2013-10-11 21:18 |
3.4K |
A Danish Saxon who led the English rebellions
of c1035-c1072 |
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Geoffrey Chaucer.txt
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2013-10-12 19:06 |
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In 1387 Chaucer began his master work, The
Canterbury Tales |
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Robert the Bruce.txt
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2013-10-11 21:18 |
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He led the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 |
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William Wallace.txt
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2013-10-11 21:19 |
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Braveheart, a Scottish knight and landowner
1270-1305 |
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King Arthur.txt
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2013-10-11 20:23 |
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One of the great mythical themes of British
literature |
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Robin Hood.txt
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2013-10-11 20:23 |
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Robin Hood is an archetypal figure of English
folklore |
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Some more medieval
warriors.txt
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2013-10-11 21:18 |
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As well as a few famous Knights who didn't
really exist |
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The Great Fire of
London.txt
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2013-09-22 00:28 |
11K |
The fire began on 2 Sep 1666 and lasted just
under five days |
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Middle-Ages Manorial
Administration.txt
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2013-10-02 15:06 |
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The many officials needed by the Lords to
control the Manors |
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Middle-Ages Manorial
language.txt
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2013-10-02 15:06 |
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How to address your local Lord |
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Middle-Ages
Heraldic language.txt
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2013-10-02 15:06 |
23K |
How to address your local Knight |
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Middle-Ages Church
language.txt
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2013-10-02 15:06 |
23K |
How to address your local Bishop |
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Middle-Ages Feudal
language.txt
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2013-10-02 15:06 |
23K |
How to address your local peasantry |
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Middle-Ages Castle
language.txt
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2013-10-02 15:06 |
23K |
How to address your local Nobility |
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Glossary of old
english terms.txt
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2013-08-22 21:55 |
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How to talk to the Medieval locals |
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The original
Quarter Days.txt
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2013-08-29 18:02 |
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The year started on 25 March (Lady Day) |
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Older units of
measure.pdf
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2013-08-22 21:55 |
128K |
Imperial, Roman, Nautical, Troy... No Metric
here! |
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Relationship
Calculation program (windows).exe
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2013-08-22 21:55 |
2.1M |
Who's related to who in your tree? |
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History of Wills and
Administrations.txt
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2013-09-12 18:06 |
5.2K |
An explanation of Wills, Probate and
Admons |
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The
whereabouts of English wills.pdf
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2013-08-22 21:55 |
22K |
UK Estates and death duty registers |
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Relationship
calculator chart.txt
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2013-08-22 21:55 |
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Who's related to who in your tree? |
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UK entitled
relatives.pdf
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2013-08-22 21:55 |
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Who in the family gets your money? |
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Relationship
chart.jpg
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2013-08-22 21:55 |
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Who's related to who in your tree? |
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British crime and criminal
law timeline.txt
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2013-09-07 19:10 |
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Crime and punishment in Britain 1615-1898 |
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Executions
in England 1606 to 1895.txt
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2013-09-04 17:12 |
43K |
Extracted from 'Haydn's Dictionary of Dates'
1895 |
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The English
judiciary and courts.txt
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2013-09-15 14:17 |
16K |
1,000 years of British legal evolution |
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Medieval Torture
and Execution.txt
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2013-09-28 23:58 |
29K |
The Medieval period was violent and blood
thirsty |
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Hunting, shooting
and poaching.txt
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2013-09-15 19:56 |
20K |
The peasants larder, the Lords playground |
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The London
sport of killing rats.txt
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2015-04-08 15:59 |
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The sport of rat killing in Londons' sporting
public houses circa 1860 |
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Ancient parish
constables.txt
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2013-09-12 17:07 |
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The office of constable has its origins in the
medieval period |
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History of Duelling.txt
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2013-09-15 14:33 |
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Duelling goes back at least to 11th century
medieval Europe |
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Australia's
convict Fleet of 1787.txt
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2013-09-04 17:12 |
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They set sail on May 13th, 1787, from
Portsmouth, with 11 vessels |
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Australia's
convict Fleet of 1790.txt
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2013-09-04 17:12 |
59K |
278 died on the second fearsome journey to
Sydney Cove |
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Australia's
convict Fleet of 1791.txt
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2013-09-04 17:12 |
87K |
The third fleet of 11 ships arrived in New
South Wales, 1791 |
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Searching
Military records.txt
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2013-08-22 21:55 |
6.3K |
How to begin the search for Military
ancestors |
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Prisoners of war
explained.txt
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2013-09-04 15:35 |
5.8K |
Any person captured or interned by a
belligerent power during war |
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The English civil
wars.txt
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2013-09-20 15:28 |
6.3K |
A series of political battles between Royalists
and Parliamentarians |
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British Army
timeline.txt
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2013-09-18 14:27 |
17K |
The history of Britains armed forces, 1500 to
2005 |
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A few historic
battles.txt
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2013-09-18 14:27 |
8.2K |
Naseby, Culloden, Waterloo, The somme and
more |
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The 100 years war.txt
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2013-10-11 15:47 |
9.3K |
The 100 Years War actually lasted 116 years
from 1337-1453 |
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Agricultural
Labourers (ag-lab) explained.txt
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2013-09-09 12:58 |
24K |
In the 18c 75% of England's population were
farm labourers |
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The
1685 Bloody Assize explained.txt
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2013-09-04 15:36 |
4.1K |
The Monmouth Rebellion and the Bloody Assize of
1665 |
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A few early
religions explained.txt
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2013-09-11 15:22 |
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A set of beliefs concerning the cause and
purpose of the universe? |
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British
Hugenots explained.txt
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2013-08-22 21:55 |
3.1K |
50,000 Huguenots fled to England in the late
1500's |
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Morris dancing
Explained.txt
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2013-11-20 23:52 |
7.9K |
Sad men in tights or a great English
tradition? |
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Apprenticeships
explained.txt
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2013-09-13 19:44 |
2.9K |
Indentures and apprenticeships of children from
1711 |
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Freemasonry Explained.txt
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2013-09-14 15:28 |
7.9K |
The dark arts or a philanthropic
organisation? |
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British immigation.txt
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2013-09-19 19:04 |
15K |
Who came to Britain and stayed, over the
ages |
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Quakers explained.txt
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2013-08-29 18:00 |
6.6K |
Quakers, a group of Christians that began in
England in the 1650s |
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Yeomen explained.txt
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2013-08-22 21:55 |
2.9K |
A Yeoman in the 16c was a 'customary tenant'
who inherited land |
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