On Combe Down from 1800 – 1805

…Honourable Cornwallis Lord Viscount Hawarden of Dundrum, County Tipperary [2] See also http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=089-a9118&cid=-1#-1 [3] London Metropolitan Archive; Reference Number: COL/CHD/FR/02/0802-0-809 [4] Ancestry.com. UK, Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices’ Indentures,… Read More …

Istography

…Landed families of Britain and Ireland | http://landedfamilies.blogspot.co.uk/ Lewisham Local History and Archives Centre | http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/history/Pages/default.aspx Libraries and Research and Learning Resources at The University of Nottingham | http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/index.aspx London… Read More …

A spotlight on the occupants of our block from 1805 – 1850

…per http://www.measuringworth.com [4] Convict Records: http://www.convictrecords.com.au/convicts/stennard/william/45719 [5] History of Bath: http://historyofbath.org.uk/NewsLetters%5CNo%2056%20July%202006.pdf [6] English Heritage: http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1403334 and http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50028 [7] Bath Jewish Cemetery: https://www.bathjewishburialground.org/ [8] The National Anglo-Jewish Heritage Trail: http://www.jtrails.org.uk/trails/bath/places-of-interest#pc665 [9]… Read More …

Our block from 1850 to 1900, some remarkable facts

…Saint James [2] See http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/bcarib42.htm [3] See http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18038 [4] 1875 Institution of Civil Engineers: Obituaries [5] See Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, Thursday 23 October 1890 [6] See Bath Chronicle… Read More …

On Combe Down 1805 – 1850

Combe Down Combe Down Combe Down was still a small outpost of Bath. At the beginning of the century there were probably less that 200 – 300 people resident on… Read More …