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... Parish Registers - Ship Names - Unfinished Books , 16 - feated with great loss . The little river Ely " ran Ancestry of Agatha - Pistols - Tattersall - Edinburgh City red with blood , " according to tradition , and 600 Guilds - Picture ...
... Parish Registers - Ship Names - Unfinished Books , 16 - feated with great loss . The little river Ely " ran Ancestry of Agatha - Pistols - Tattersall - Edinburgh City red with blood , " according to tradition , and 600 Guilds - Picture ...
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... Parish Church , Essex , is a monument to " Mrs. Ann Mighells , Relict of the Hon . Jas . Mighells , sometime Vice - Admiral of the Blue and afterwards Comptroller of the Navy ...... who died 21st March , 1733 , and lies buried at ...
... Parish Church , Essex , is a monument to " Mrs. Ann Mighells , Relict of the Hon . Jas . Mighells , sometime Vice - Admiral of the Blue and afterwards Comptroller of the Navy ...... who died 21st March , 1733 , and lies buried at ...
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... parish of St. Giles - in - the - Fields - informs us that the eastern half of Whetstone Park was built by Mr. Whetstone , a parishioner and vestry- man of that period , and acquired from him the name of " Whetstone's Park , " and the ...
... parish of St. Giles - in - the - Fields - informs us that the eastern half of Whetstone Park was built by Mr. Whetstone , a parishioner and vestry- man of that period , and acquired from him the name of " Whetstone's Park , " and the ...
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... PARISH REGISTERS AND MANOR COURT ROLLS ( 8th S. vi . 409 ) .— MR . HIND may like to know that the Leicester transcripts begin 1612 , and after 1620- are fairly complete till 1640 ; then there is a hiatus till 1660. C. E. GILDERSOME ...
... PARISH REGISTERS AND MANOR COURT ROLLS ( 8th S. vi . 409 ) .— MR . HIND may like to know that the Leicester transcripts begin 1612 , and after 1620- are fairly complete till 1640 ; then there is a hiatus till 1660. C. E. GILDERSOME ...
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... Parish Books of St. Mary - le - Strand ; and special prominence will be given to matters relating to the history of ... Parishes -Straw Plaiting - Long Acre - A Hertfordshire Token- Renshaw Family - Firebrace Family - Natural History of ...
... Parish Books of St. Mary - le - Strand ; and special prominence will be given to matters relating to the history of ... Parishes -Straw Plaiting - Long Acre - A Hertfordshire Token- Renshaw Family - Firebrace Family - Natural History of ...
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