Archive
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Martha Arnold of Mirfield and the Kirklees Luddites
Searching for Martha Arnold, who married Mirfield-born Thomas Sheard, turned up echoes of the Luddite uprising in West Yorkshire and a possible family connection.
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Memoir of Brother Frank Bottom
Memorial to Frank Bottom, a Lay Preacher, who died at the age of 30, in Thornhill, West Yorkshire.
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A Case of Industrial Espionage?
My ancestor George Archer, machine maker, born c1752 and his alleged involvement in industrial espionage during the early 19th century.
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16th Century Woolman – Thomas Sheard of Ovenden
History of the Sheards of the West Riding. Will of Thomas Sheard of Ovenden. Wool trade in 16th Century Halifax.
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George Archer and the Bantams
George Archer's experience as a soldier in a Bantam Battalion.
