Surrey, Southwark, Licenses and Trade Registers (1690-1950) 25,361 records
Findmypast has digitized these registers from Southwark (1915-1950) in partnership with Southwark Archives. The collection includes licensed coal retailers and street traders.
Records provide names, addresses, event dates, and trading details. Original documents include commodity specifications and pitch allocations. Was an ancestor engaged in Southwark street commerce? There are pages of street trading licences for pitches on East Street, one of London’s oldest, largest, and busiest markets, with a history dating back to the 16th century.
The post-war street trader registers demonstrate notable increases in both licensed traders and product diversity, reflecting economic recovery following the Second World War.
St George The Martyr Workhouse Records (1729-1838) 63,448 records
Administrative records from St George the Martyr Workhouse in Southwark, digitized through a partnership with Southwark Archives. The collection comprises Board of Guardians minutes and overseer payment documentation from 1729 until the institution’s merger into Saint Saviour’s Poor Law Union in 1836.
Records contain names, dates, occupations, admission circumstances, family relationships, clothing allowances, and staff compensation details.
Newspaper Collection Additions 202,482 pages
This week sees the publication of four new titles, as well as the addition of more than 10,000 pages to four others, with considerable coverage in the 19th century.
| Title | Date Range | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| Nottingham Advertiser (NEW) | 1906-1911, 1913-1944 | 14,116 |
| Morley Observer (NEW) | 1878, 1900, 1986, 1988-1998, 2000-2004 | 35,766 |
| St. James’s Budget (NEW) | 1880-1911 | 64,024 |
| North Wilts Guardian (NEW) | 1911, 1913-1918 | 2,214 |
| Southampton Observer and Hampshire News | 1869-1888 | 8,340 |
| Weston-super-Mare Gazette, and General Advertiser | 1911-1951 | 21,726 |
| Glasgow Morning Journal | 1859, 1867-1869 | 6,180 |
| Clare Journal and Ennis Advertiser | 1828-1834, 1851-1853, 1873-1896 | 13,660 |
| Teesdale Mercury | 1871-1876, 1878-1885, 1889, 1897, 1899 | 7,116 |
| Oxford University and City Herald | 1871-1884 | 11,354 |
| Waterford Mail | 1845-1850 | 2,490 |
| Aberdeen Weekly Journal | 1904-1908 | 2,554 |
| Cork Examiner | 1872-1876, 1881, 1894-1895 | 13,416 |