| Commonwealth Graves Commission The Workhouse | ||
| Occupations |
Occupations
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Apprentices - London 1442-1850 (English Origins) Black Sheep & Police Criminals (Old Bailey) Doctors Pilots - Thames Romanies & Travellers The Village Labourer |
| Military | There are few sites devoted to personnel in the Armed Forces, but the
most comprehensive is the Debt of Honour register of the Commonwealth Graves
Commission Used in conjunction with 'Soldiers died in the Great
War' CD to be found in many local libraries. The World War I Medal Roll has been digitised and entries downloaded for £3-50. Royal Navy seamen's records (1853 - 1923) from The National Archive The London Gazette for medal awards. Try the sources at the National Archives for the military history If the regiment etc. is known try Google. Commonwealth Medal Identification The National Archives has a wealth of leaflets on most aspects of military life and organisation. Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth. and finally, The Long, Long Trail: The story of the British Army in the Great War. |
The Royal
Sussex Regiment 'Lowther's Lambs' 'The day the 13th Btn RSR took St. Julien' First
World War.Com and of course the Family History section of The Imperial War Museum |
| Church | Churches and links
Careers of
all clergymen in the Church of England between 1540 and
1835 |
Missionaries |
| Hospitals | Hospitals | |
| Royals | 'One day there will only be five Kings - the Kings of spades, diamonds, hearts diamond - and the King of England' | The UK Monarchy |
| The Poor | Before 1834 the parish looked after the poor administered by the two
Churchwardens and two Overseers (of the poor) There were five basic categories of person needing relief:-
Settlement
A woman took the legal settlement of her husband Removal orders to parish of origin were issued after an examination. In 1834 parishes combined to provide indoor relief and a Union Workhouse Forced removal ended in 1935 but had become largely a bookeeping
exercise from 1930. |
The
Workhouse and the Poor Law
Poor Law and Workhouse Topics from 'A Web of English History' |
| Emmigration |
Since the C17 the UK and Ireland have sent an estimated 10 million to
the USA, 4 million to Canada and 1.5 million to Australasia. Few passenger lists survive and unfortunately The UK government has been more concerned with immigration than emmigration and so the latter can be searched by reference to immigration of the recipient country. |
Ship
Passenger Lists |
| Transportation | An estimated 50,000 people were transported to America and
the West Indies between 1614 and 1755. In 1718 the standard period was 14 years for a death sentence and 7 years for a range of non-capital offences. From 1788 Australia was the destination and Tasmania from 1803. Transportation officially ended in 1868 but was not used much after 1857.
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Australian Convicts list Convicts to Australia Australian Arrivals 1788 - 1967 New South Wales State Records Swing rioters to Van Diemen's Land |
| Poor Law |
The 1834 Poor Law allowed parishes to provide assisted emmigration. Over 100 West Sussex parishes became involved under 'The Petworth Scheme'.
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| Child emmigration |
Between 1869 and the 1930s over 100,000 children were sent to Canada
from Great Britain.
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Canada
National Archives Home Children |
| War Brides |
Over 1 million US and Canadian soldiers were stationed in Britain in
WW2.
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Canadian war brides GI war brides TRACE |
| Immigration | Moving
Here 200 years of migration to England. French refugees in GB in the early 1700s | |
