Author: Michael Harwood
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496994647
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
This book gives an insight into how our Lancashire ancestors lived and interacted with the environment in which they existed, over the centuries. Apart from a general history of Darwen life, this volume covers not only the very first ancestral tree but follows the story of one particular family branch through to the twentieth century and into living memory. The story includes detailed information of many other families which whom the Harwoods have intermingled over the centuries, and it would be a rare Darwener, who could not find some connection to his own ancestors within these pages. “Enthusiasm, in-depth research, and a unique authorial voice: this book is what genealogy should result in. It locates the Harwood family in a specific historical place and then watches them grow up and move out. Family journeys are explored from the paper mills of Kent to the goldfields of Ballarat and Maori massacres. “The sheer numbers of documents illustrated show both their value as evidence and the breadth of Mike’s research. There are fruitful and informative diversions into work, leisure, and religion, with excursions into the history of education, nonconformity, and workhouses, among many other things. It’s a story of Lancashire, and a Lancashire in the world. And it’s hard to argue with its announcement of itself not as a history but as the history of the Lancashire Harwoods. They are both typical and unique, and in tracing the development of Lancashire from a rural to an industrial economy, Mike never loses focus on his ancestors’ place in it.” —Neil Sayer, archive access manager, Lancashire Archives
The History of the Harwood Families of Darwen, Lancashire
Author: Michael Harwood
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496994647
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
This book gives an insight into how our Lancashire ancestors lived and interacted with the environment in which they existed, over the centuries. Apart from a general history of Darwen life, this volume covers not only the very first ancestral tree but follows the story of one particular family branch through to the twentieth century and into living memory. The story includes detailed information of many other families which whom the Harwoods have intermingled over the centuries, and it would be a rare Darwener, who could not find some connection to his own ancestors within these pages. “Enthusiasm, in-depth research, and a unique authorial voice: this book is what genealogy should result in. It locates the Harwood family in a specific historical place and then watches them grow up and move out. Family journeys are explored from the paper mills of Kent to the goldfields of Ballarat and Maori massacres. “The sheer numbers of documents illustrated show both their value as evidence and the breadth of Mike’s research. There are fruitful and informative diversions into work, leisure, and religion, with excursions into the history of education, nonconformity, and workhouses, among many other things. It’s a story of Lancashire, and a Lancashire in the world. And it’s hard to argue with its announcement of itself not as a history but as the history of the Lancashire Harwoods. They are both typical and unique, and in tracing the development of Lancashire from a rural to an industrial economy, Mike never loses focus on his ancestors’ place in it.” —Neil Sayer, archive access manager, Lancashire Archives
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496994647
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
This book gives an insight into how our Lancashire ancestors lived and interacted with the environment in which they existed, over the centuries. Apart from a general history of Darwen life, this volume covers not only the very first ancestral tree but follows the story of one particular family branch through to the twentieth century and into living memory. The story includes detailed information of many other families which whom the Harwoods have intermingled over the centuries, and it would be a rare Darwener, who could not find some connection to his own ancestors within these pages. “Enthusiasm, in-depth research, and a unique authorial voice: this book is what genealogy should result in. It locates the Harwood family in a specific historical place and then watches them grow up and move out. Family journeys are explored from the paper mills of Kent to the goldfields of Ballarat and Maori massacres. “The sheer numbers of documents illustrated show both their value as evidence and the breadth of Mike’s research. There are fruitful and informative diversions into work, leisure, and religion, with excursions into the history of education, nonconformity, and workhouses, among many other things. It’s a story of Lancashire, and a Lancashire in the world. And it’s hard to argue with its announcement of itself not as a history but as the history of the Lancashire Harwoods. They are both typical and unique, and in tracing the development of Lancashire from a rural to an industrial economy, Mike never loses focus on his ancestors’ place in it.” —Neil Sayer, archive access manager, Lancashire Archives
Parish of Blackburn, County of Lancaster
Author: William Alexander Abram
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blackburn (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blackburn (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
History and Traditions of Darwen and Its People
Author: Jno George Shaw
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
History of the Pilkington Family of Lancashire and Its Branches, from 1066 to 1600
Author: John Pilkington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Darwen and its People
Author: J .G. Shaw
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471032906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
This book, originally published in 1889, contains two volumes 'Darwen and its People' and 'Old Darwen Families'. Reproduced and lovingly restored this book provides an interesting, comprehensive and definitive history of Darwen. Darwen and its People documents the town's growth from earliest times through to the late 1800s whilst Old Darwen Families provides fascinating details, anecdotes and information on old Darwen families. Darwen and its People and Old Darwen Families preserve the town's history and heritage for future and current generations. This book is a must for anybody interested in the evolution of the town or the characters that once walked its streets.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471032906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
This book, originally published in 1889, contains two volumes 'Darwen and its People' and 'Old Darwen Families'. Reproduced and lovingly restored this book provides an interesting, comprehensive and definitive history of Darwen. Darwen and its People documents the town's growth from earliest times through to the late 1800s whilst Old Darwen Families provides fascinating details, anecdotes and information on old Darwen families. Darwen and its People and Old Darwen Families preserve the town's history and heritage for future and current generations. This book is a must for anybody interested in the evolution of the town or the characters that once walked its streets.
Lancashire and Cheshire, Past and Present
Author: Thomas Baines
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster
Author: William Farrer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Genealogist
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
The Genealogist
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Lancashire Family Histories, Pedigrees, Heraldry
Author: Sidney Horrocks
Publisher: Manchester : Joint Committee on the Lancashire Bibliography
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Publisher: Manchester : Joint Committee on the Lancashire Bibliography
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description