This practical handbook will be essential reading and reference for anyone who is keen to discover for themselves the secrets of our maritime past and of the crewmembers and ships that were part of it. What was a merchant seaman's life like in the past, what experiences would he have had, what were the ships like that he sailed in, and what risks did he run? Was he shipwrecked, rewarded for bravery, or punished? And how can you find out about an ancestor who was a member of the long British m... More Info
Product Code: BK6218
This concise guide to naval history and naval records is essential reading and reference for anyone researching the fascinating story of Britain's Navy and the men and women who served in it. Whether you are interested in the career of an individual seaman, finding out about a medal winner or just want to know more about a particular ship, campaign or operation, this book will point you in the right direction. Simon Fowler assumes the reader has little prior knowledge of the Navy and its his More Info
Product Code: BK6428
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Volume 2 of So Soon Passeth It Away: The story of a branch of the Braund family who leave rural Cornwall for the docklands of Plymouth in the early C19th. Includes stories of the early Victorian navy, the cholera epidemic and the Opium Wars. By Janet Few (Braund Society, 2003). 10 illustrations plus family trees, 80 A5 pages
This transcription of the Parish Registers of Holy Trinity Church, Chester, from 1532 to 1837, was originally compiled and published in 1914 by L.M.Farrell, Rector of the Church. The Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials are fully indexed for Surnames and Professions. There are also indexes for Trades and Professions, Titled People, Army and Navy Personnel, Diseases and Causes of Death, and...More Info
Records of peerage and gentry, clergymen, lawyers, doctors, teachers, army, navy, marine officers etc.
Altrincham and Its Buttermarket 1682-1760: A late seventeenth century urban regeneration project. The effect of the Royal Navy's need for cheese on a small market town in Cheshire and its hinterland. It began the start of a small golden age for the market town.
The Beginnings of Ingestre; Barber and Colman; John Derbyshire, an Ashton-on-Mersey Lad in Nelson’s Navy; John Moore (1774-1857) and the Peterloo Massacre