WE ARE PLEASED TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATION ON CD ROM CHIMNEY SWEEPERS RETURNS TO AN ADDRESS OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF COMMONS DATED 2ND MARCH 1825 AN ACCOUNT OF THE NUMBER OF BOYS APPRENTICED TO CHIMNEY SWEEPERS, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF THE 28TH GEO.3,C.40, AT THE SEVERAL POLICE OFFICES WITHIN THE BILLS OF MORTALITY, DURING THE LAST TWENTY YEARS DISTINGUISHING THE NUMBER OF BOYS APPRENTICED IN EACH YEAR; THE POLICE OFFICE AT WHICH BOUND; THE PARISH FROM WHENCE TAKEN; THE NAME AND RESIDENCE OF THE MASTER; THE NAME AND AGE OF THE BOY, AND THE EVIDENCE OF SUCH AGE THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SCARCE RECORD OVER SIX PAGES IT COVERS RETURNS FROM THE FOLLOWING POLICE OFFICES BOW STREET HATTON GARDEN MARLBOROUGH STREET MARYLEBONE THAMES POLICE WORSHIP STREET QUEEN SQUARE WHITECHAPEL UNION HALL IF YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED AN ANCESTOR WHO WAS A CHIMNEY SWEEP IN CENTRAL LONDON (THE METROPOLIS) PERHAPS FROM THE CENSUS OF 1841, THEN MAYBE YOU CAN FIND THEM WITH A MASTER IN THIS WORK, REMEMBER THAT IT COVERS THE PERIOD APPROXIMATELY 1805-1825 THE WORK LISTS APPROXIMATELY 50 MASTERS & 50 BOYS HERE IS AN ACTUAL RECORD FROM THE PUBLICATION UNION HALL FROM THE PARISH OF ST SAVIOUR, SOUTHWARK DATE OF APPRENTICESHIP: 31ST AUGUST 1812 APPRENTICE'S NAME: WILLIAM ROGERS AGE: 8 MASTER'S NAME: JOHN RICHARDSON RESIDENCE: TURPIN LANE, GREENWICH STOP PRESS ! TAKE A LOOK AT A FANTASTIC RANGE OF OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS THAT WE HAVE FOR SALE ON EBAY "JUST CLICK ON VIEW SELLERS OTHER ITEMS" FROM THIS PAGE. OVER 2,000 ARE AVAILABLE COVERING VIRTUALLY EVERY REGION THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM We have Town Directories, Census, Parish Registers, Quarter Sessions, Military Information on CD ROM, please browse our pages to see what we are currently selling ! THANK YOU FOR MAKING US ONE OF THE LARGEST SUPPLIERS OF GENEALOGY PRODUCTS & MILITARIA ON EBAY. SIGN UP FOR OUR PERIODICAL NEWS LETTERS & PUT US IN YOUR FAVORITE SHOPS BE SURE TO VISIT OUR eBAY SHOP NEW ITEMS ARRIVING DAILY !!!! eddie 10_10 Otherwise known as GENERATIONS GONE BY