Local History Notebook
A very assorted rag-bag, Im afraid!
A Tour in Westmorland
A transcript of the book by Sir Clement Jones, published 1948. Transcribed by Diane Coppard for the Westmorland Genealogy Group and reproduced by permission of Tim Clement-Jones
Hamsterley, County Durham
Hamsterley Inclosure
Extracts from the Inclosure Award of 1760
Title of Plan of the Inclosure Award
Byrkeknott
An iron bloomery (ie smelter) was started up in 1408 in
Byrkeknott in South Bedburn, Hamsterley.
General
notes.
The Account Roll of a Fifteenth-Century Iron Master. The
Latin text of the original accounts of the first year of
operation of Byrkeknott iron bloomery transcribed together with
an introduction in English by G.T. Lapsley in The English
Historical Review Volume 14 1899 pages 509-29.
An
English translation of the first eight weeks' accounts.
Wolsingham
The History of the Parish of Wolsingham: by H. Conyers Surtees 1929 (html) (pdf 1.8M)
The Etherley Incline
The Etherley Incline formed the western end of the Stockton & Darlington Railway - the first first locomotive (the Locomotion) drawn railway in the world (1825). However the initial slopes were too steep for any locomotive, ancient or modern (other than rack railways), and the coal wagons were hauled by stationary engines until they were brought to tolerable gradients at Shildon. I recently walked the Etherly Incline and compiled this note as a result. A note on the Etherly Incline of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.
Medieval Dates
Medieval chronology and dating - an introduction and links
on www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk
A
calendar with saint's days, etc
Calculator for regnal years
Regnal years and dates of accession
History of the Baptist Churches in the North of England
from 1648 - 1845: by David Douglas of
Hamsterley published 1846 (pdf
8.7M)
Records of the Churches of Christ, gathered at Fenstanton, Warboys, and Hexham 1644 - 1720 edited for The Hanserd Knollys Society by Edward Bean Underhill 1854.
Hexham Baptist records 1652 - 1682 (pp289-300)
649kB pdf,
55kB html transcription
Hexham correspondence
Weardale Men and Manners (html version)
Anecdotes illustrating Weardale society by Jacob Featherston in 1840. Click on illustrations to view higher resolution images (1MB)
(Word version -illustrations not included)
Derwent Row, Broughton Cross, Cumberland
The
Church of Grasmere by Mary Armitt 1912
A history of Grasmere in Westmorland. Transcription in progress - paused for a long time!
A number of manorial documents from Eskdale (Lake District) in Cumberland transcribed by Dave Bradbury.
Gentlemen!
A discussion of the rank of gentleman in soc.genealogy.mediaeval in 2003
Inquisitions post mortem
Some notes introducing 'Inquisitions post mortem' and listing sources available on line
Testamenta Eboracensia
The Northumberland & Durham Family History Society preface to their microfiche reproduction of Herbert Maxwell Wood's (handwritten) transcript of Canon Raine's abstracts from wills at York
Ulpha - A Mountain Chapelry
A booklet printed in 1934 by Benjamin Smith Wignall Simpson.
Reprinted in 1950 and revised in 1974 together with
Dale Larnin
Links
Steve Bulman's excellent parish information in "Images of Cumbria"
Jollie's Cumberland Guide & Directory 1811
Mannix & Whellan's "History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland" (1847)
Mannex & Co.'s "History, Topography and Directory of Westmorland" (1851)
Records of the Barony of Kendale - Extracts from early records of south Westmorland originally published (1923, 1924) by the Cumberland and Westmorland Archaeological and Antiquarian Society, published on the web by British History Online
John Ostle's
Journal
John Ostle of Silloth, Cumberland (1828-1890) kept a journal 1855 - 1866 in
which he recorded the happenings, both momentous and mundane of a Quaker
farmer's life.
Northumberland Yesterday and To-day. (by JEAN F. TERRY, 1913) (Mainly north of the Tyne)
Parish Registers (cached) - some historical notes on the Joiner Marriage Index Site
Copeland Research
Historical Information about
Copeland (Cumberland south of the Derwent) from Neville Ramsden
Also by Neville Ramsden:-
A Copeland
Journal 'This Journal is published to give family historians an insight
into the history of the ancient Copeland district of Cumberland also known as
Allerdale.' (Update of Copeland Research)
West Cumberland Tysons
by Neville Ramsden
Wasdale Head
19th Century
Whitehaven
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham -Volumes 2 and 3 available on-line
Past Presented - Eskdale A growing source of information on Eskdale in Cumberland ('Not that Eskdale north of Carlisle') from Dave Bradbury
The pre-Conquest Church in St Bees, Cumbria The history of St. Bees before the Norman Conquest is shrouded in mystery. In this article, local historian John Todd seeks to shed new light on the possible extent of influence of St. Bees in Pre-Conquest times. It was first published in 2003, and is reproduced on the St. Bees web site by permission of the author with full notes and references.
The Story Of Rainow A Local History of Rainow in Cheshire compiled by the Rainow W.I. in 1974. A transcribed version at an html page is available here, which allows searching for indivual names, places etc.
Yester, East Lothian
A lengthy quotation about the ancient parish of Yester from the Statistical Account, published in 1835.
Lead and Labour
A history of lead mining at Leadhills and Wanlockhead.
The Mines of Eskdale
The 19th century iron mines of Eskdale
Alexander Garden Sinclair - Scottish Painter 1859 - 1930