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A BOOK ABOUT PUB NAMES - the history of Britain as told through its pub signs

An e-book for sale by Elaine Saunders, telling the history of over 200 of Britain's pub names and including chapters on the development of pubs, working in pubs, old weights and measures, and the links between pubs and noble/royal families. Includes British Royal Family tree and brief biographies of kings and queens since 1066.

Barmaids and Skinkers: Traditional trades and occupations in pubs

An article describing the many occupations found in pubs, coaching inns and the brewery trade over the centuries. The article is taken from a book available for sale.

British & Irish Clock and Watch Makers (c1600-c1940)

Online Archive Library, Trade Directory Lists.

CLIP - Crew List Index Project

CLIP was set up to improve access to the records of British merchant seafarers of the late 19th century and has gathered the largest database of entries from crew lists for the period 1861 to 1913.

Family Tree Researcher: Dictionary of Old Occupations

By Jane Hewitt

Five Thousand Ways to Earn a Living

A list of trades and professions taken from British census records and parish records.

History of the Workhouse

Excellent site full of information on the UK workhouse system. Includes information on the Poor Laws, maps of the Poor Law Unions, scans of original records on diet, instruction, and rules, and more.

Jane's Police Review

An index to Police Review magazine (UK) 1893-1919 providing references to articles about 25,000 policemen including biographies and photos.

Log Books and Crew Agreements of British Registered Merchant Ships

My Ancestor was an Anglican Clergyman

Book for sale, by Peter Towey. 86 pages. ISBN 978-1-903462-90-4.

Office-Holders In Modern Britain

Lists of officials who served in the departments of central government since the Restoration. Online lists include Clerks of the Privy Council, Clerks of the Privy Seal, Clerks of the Signet, The Household of Queen Victoria, and Officers of the Green Cloth.

Origins.net - Genealogy Research online specializing in British & Irish genealogy search $

Access some of the richest British and Irish genealogy records for under £5 a month including comprehensive British & Irish record collections, dating back to the 13th century; the National Wills Index, pre-1858 English wills and probate documents; downloadable genealogy guides, maps and rare publications.

Ranks, Professions, Occupations, and Trades

From GenDocs in the United Kingdom.

Sugar Refiners & Sugarbakers

A database of some of those involved in the sugar refining industry, mainly in the United Kingdom from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

Sugar Refiners & Sugarbakers Database

Database of people in the UK sugar refining industry.

The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540-1835 (CCEd)

Makes available and searchable the principal records of clerical careers from over 50 archives in England and Wales with the aim of providing coverage of as many clerical lives as possible from the Reformation to the mid-nineteenth century. The Database fills major gaps in our knowledge of one of the most important professions in early modern England and Wales. It provides an invaluable research tool for both national and local, academic and amateur historians, and genealogists who often need to discover biographical information about individual clergymen or more about the succession of clergy in a particular place. CCEd is a collaboration between historians at King’s College London, the University of Kent and the University of Reading, and it is supported by the Centre for Computing in the Humanities at King’s College London.

The Coalmining History Resource Centre

UK's largest and most comprehensive website concerning the history of coalmining - including a searchable database of over 164,000 recorded accidents and deaths.

The National Archives | The Catalogue | Research Guides: A to Z

United Kingdom.

The Steam Engine Makers' Society

The Union Makes Us Strong - Trades Union Council History