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Merchant Taylors 1530-1928 - to search this 36000 entry database please click here Merchant Taylors after all, what have you got to lose?

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The Merchant Taylors 1520-1929 (Exclusive to Docklands Ancestors!)

This is a transcription of the original 36000 index consisting of all 4 volumes in alphabetical order.
The index gives the name, date of freedom, method of admission (apprenticeship, patrimony or redemption), name of master if by apprenticeship, date of election to livery, and ‘Remarks’.

To purchase this CD please click here:  Merchant Taylors

Volume 64 Christ Church Spitalfields 1729-1763 9734 entries. I had hoped this would be ready for sale by the time this newsletter went out, but I have been thwarted! If you have been waiting I suggest keeping an eye on the site as I'm now hoping it will be with us next week. 

Coming next month:  Volume 65 Christchurch Spitalfields 1763-1795

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St George in the East 1848-1861

St George in the East 1861-1877  

St John Wapping 1665-1707

St John Wapping 1737-1780

St Dunstan Stepney 1837-1848

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Thames & River Medway Series

Volume 6 St Peter, St Paul Swanscombe 1750-1862 baptisms,marriages,burials.
St Mary Rotherhithe 1834-1870 baptisms,marriages;1834-1855 burials.
St Margaret Barking 1813-1851 baptisms,burials;1813-1848 marriages.

This is one of 15 compilation CDs, to buy this one please click here Volume 6 or to see the others in the series click on the title above

East of London FHS Publications

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Crow Lane Burial index (Romford) 1871-1953 listing 20,000 entries

This CD is up for grabs at £10 so if this tickles your fancy click here: CLBI

SS. Mary and Joseph, Poplar Roman Catholic Chapel.

Marriages and Baptisms 1818 - 1856

Marriages:- Bride, Groom and may include parents and witnesses.
Baptisms:- Name of baptised, and may include Mother, Father and sponsors

To buy this CD please click here: Catholic1

Misc Catholic London District Baptism, Marriages and Burials Vol 1

27 indexed transcriptions of Catholic Parish registers from churches, chapels and missions in the county of Middlesex

To buy this CD please click here: Catholic 2

The Registers of the Sardinian Embassy Chapel, London, 1772 - 1841(Church of SS Anselm and Cecilia in Holborn).

This comprises indexed transcriptions of over 22,000 baptisms hitherto unpublished, a work which has taken them about 10 years to produce!! In total there are 60000 odd entries on this CD, a bargain at £7.95!

To buy this CD please click here: Catholic 3

Watermen & Lightermen

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1628 Admiralty Muster of Watermen James transcribed this document from the National Archives in Kew. On the searchable CD-Rom, there are some 2,393 names of Watermen. Information recorded is forename, surname, age in 1628/9, number of voyages made, location and notes (such as trumpeter, gunner, boatswain).
As you may have noticed, the earliest Company record is dated 1692, so this is a wonderful resource for possibly pushing your history further back in time. A bargain at £5.95! If you would like to snap this up then do the honours and click here: I'll have this

1648 Petition for the King

This document, from the House of Lords, records the names of 2,026 watermen from the last year of the reign of Charles I. It was instigated by the Royal Bargemasters, Nowell Warner and Robert Bursey, and written by the clerk to the Company, Thomas Lowe.

The Petition is the vital link between the earlier 1628 Admiralty Muster and the beginnings of the Company's records in 1692.

Also included on the CD are an index to the names, commentary & analysis by James and image samples of the original 350 year old scroll together with a 1673 list of Watermen in the Tower of London. Another bargain at £5.95! If you want this fabulous CD then click here: Yes please

Devastated London - The Bombed City As Seen From A Barrage Balloon

To buy this (folded) map click here: Devastated London

Ecclesiastical Map-County of London 1903 

Price: £5.00 To buy this map please click here

London and It's Environs 1813

Price: £3.95 To buy this map please click here

Rocque's 1745 Survey of London

Price: £7.95 To buy this map please click here

To view our comprehensive Alan Godfrey maps collection please click here

Docklands Ancestors Parish Register CDs (64 CDs now to choose from)

Docklands Ancestors Parish Register CDs - Compendiums

Special offer! Compendium 5 (Volumes 51 -60), normal price £49.95 (this was obviously a bargain already as the ten separate CDs would cost around £80) now only £29.95, a saving of £20 or £50 which ever way you want to look at it!! Stocks are running out, once they are gone, then it's back to the old price I'm afraid.

If you'd like to take advantage of this amazing, once in a lifetime offer, please click here  special offer

Other compendiums:

Southwark Parish Registers 

St George in the East Parish Registers Part I 1729-1826 This CD is on offer at £10 off this month, that's 7 CDs for just £19.95!!!

Isle of Dogs Parish Registers

Limehouse Parish Registers

Stepney Parish Registers

Wapping Parish Registers 

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New Titles:

The Plagues of London

In this absorbing history Stephen Porter uses the voices of stricken Londoners themselves to describe what life was like in the plague-riven capital. Because of the number of its victims, the foulness of the disease, the disruption it caused, the plague has cast a very long shadow, and its reputation is such that it still makes headlines and has the capacity to frighten us. As England's biggest city and international port, London was especially vulnerable and suffered periodic epidemics,some of which killed at least one-fifth of its population....

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The Coat:The Origin and Times of Doggett's Famous Wager

The Coat:The Origin and Times of Doggett's Famous Wager, by Bob Crouch.

The story of the origin and times of Doggett's Coat and Badge race, the oldest annual sporting event. It has been rowed on London's River Thames by young watermen since 1715.

This book is about so much more than Doggett's Race though. It is written in the style of a novel and explores the life and times of a waterman on the river Thames. Given the dearth of material written on this subject, and all other books being out of print, it is a most welcome addition to understanding this topic.

Bob Crouch is a former Bargemaster to H.M. The Queen and a 3rd generation waterman. Bob has kindly autographed all of our copies of this book.

A Port Through Time by Anne S. A. Millard (Author), Steve Noon (Illustrator)

Ship ahoy! Come and experience the amazing 1,000 year story of a port. From stone-age settlement to modern marina, find out what life was like through the ages, and see how the port has been transformed over time. Incredible panoramic pictures show each stage of the port's history, while fantastic features reveal the important events, people, and places. With close-ups, captions, cross-sections and a canny time traveller who mysteriously appears in every era, there's so much to see on every page, the more you look, the more you'll discover!

Ceremonial Barges on the River Thames

Ceremonial Barges on the River Thames: A History of the Barges of the City of London Livery Companies and of the Crown by Kenneth Nicholls Palmer

Water-borne pageantry on the River Thames once formed an important and colourful part of London life. This book traces the origins of these splendours. It is illustrated with colour photographs and reproductions of paintings and engravings.

Dockland Apprentice

Dockland Apprentice by David Carpenter.
With 192 pages and 45 illustrations, Dockland Apprentice provides a fascinating insight into what life was like for an apprentice marine engineer within the London Docks during the 1950's. It was an area considered by most Londoners as mysterious and inaccessible, some parts enclosed and hidden from view by enormous walls and others bordered by marshland. The nearest that most people came was the sight of the ship's funnels and cranes that dominated the skyline as they travelled to work on the train.
The Docks were full of colourful and eccentric characters. Working conditions at the time were very different to today and the author describes both from an intimate knowledge.
 

A Bethnal Green Memoir: Recollections of Life in the 1930s-1950s-Memories of growing up in the East End between the wars by Derek Houghton

Bermondsey Boy-Memories of a Forgotten World By Tommy Steele (yes, THE Tommy Steele)

My Ancestors were Thames Watermen: A Guide to Tracing your Thames Waterman and Lighterman(by James Legon)

One-Off Books (used, all good condition)

Step By-Step Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors by D.M.Field (£3.50 plus p & p)

The City London's Square Mile by Alan Jenkins (£4 plus p & p)

The chapels in the Tower of London (The chapel Royal of St. Peter ad Vincula and the Chapel of St.John The Evangelist by The Reverend John F.M.Llewellyn (£3 plus p & p)

These second-hand titles are not on the site so if you would like to buy one please e-mail Yvonne at jameslegon@gmail.com (first come first served!) and payment is by cheque only.

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