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Wills and inventories of single men and women in Norfolk, 1605-1687
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5064
This is a Web page detailing the context, range, and availability of the dataset 'Wills and Inventories of Single Men and Women in Norfolk, 1605-1687', hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). From this Web page you may download PDF and HTML files giving introductory information about the study. The data itself is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited text file, though to make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS: further information is supplied giving instructions. This dataset is derived from a project designed to consider the cultural, economic and social impact of single women's participation in money-lending in 17th century England. Aims of the data collection included consideration of: the definitions applied to the probate documents of never married men and women; the extent and nature of their money lending; how it fitted into their daily lives; the problems single women experienced as a result of their lending; and how they were portrayed in the contemporary literature. The dataset contains probate material collected from the surviving records of single men and women in the Consistory Court of Norfolk during the 17th century. Added: 2009-10-23
Selected wills of West Northamptonshire, 1500-1700
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5328
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the "Selected Wills of West Northamptonshire, 1500-1700" dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited texts and DBF databases. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The main purpose was to transcribe a complete set of wills (and associated probate inventories where available) for five neighbouring villages (Ashby St Ledgers, Barby cum Onley, Braunston, Crick and Kilsby) in west Northamptonshire, over the period 1500-1700. This would enable the analysis of the social, demographic, and religious development of a historically interesting rural area over a time period that is of considerable relevance to the area's long-term development. The intention is to use the testamentary evidence in conjunction with other sources such as parish registers, tax surveys, manorial court records and maps to allow a very detailed local historical study to be conducted and to compare this with local studies carried out by other historians. Added: 2009-10-23
London Knowledge Lab
http://www.lkl.ac.uk/
The London Knowledge Lab is a collaboration between the Institute of Education and Birkbeck, University of London. It aims to examine the role of technology in the learning process, and to understand how technology relates to broader social, economic and cultural factors. It brings together computer and social scientists from a very broad range of fields, including: education, sociology, culture and media etc. It was founded in 2004 and currently comprises over 50 researchers working on more than 35 research projects. Their website includes news and event information, details of the staff and research projects being undertaken by the Lab and how to study at the Lab. Added: 2009-10-23
Staffordshire landowners, 1873
http://ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/collection.htm?uri=hist-4509-1
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Staffordshire Landowners, 1873' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to download from the HDS 9registration required). The main aim of the project was to create from the return of owners in 1873 an accurate list of landowners for Staffordshire. This could be compared with Bateman's calculations of the number of owners in individual counties and the whole of England and Wales according to certain categories of status. Bateman defined these categories as possessing a certain fixed acreage and in some cases, but not all, a certain rental. He also included the owners in their main county of ownership to avoid duplication when he came to calculate figures for the whole of England and Wales. This project aimed to identify duplicate entries which arose from using the rate books for every parish as the method of compilation and to reassign certain entries designated as individuals to corporate ownership by parish authorities, limited companies and so on. It also necessitated an extensive search in the return especially for adjoining counties to determine where individuals had their main estate. The research required many biographical studies to establish whether entries were duplicates or not. The data collection represents the final working documents used to determine the total number of landowners in Staffordshire in 1873 according to certain categories of status. Alongside information about the size and value of individually and corporately owned land holdings in Staffordshire, biographical information about individual land owners has been recorded. Added: 2009-10-23
British speeches, 1870-1914 and German speeches, 1871-1912
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4493
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'British Speeches, 1870-1914 and German Speeches, 1871-1912' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS and to make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This data collection of ‘Speeches in Reply’ made in the British Parliament in the period 1870-1914, and ‘Speeches from the Throne’ made in the German Reichstag in the period 1871-1921, was created to enable content analysis. This data collection contains the texts of ‘Speeches in Reply’ made in the British Parliament, and ‘Speeches from the Throne’ made in the German Reichstag in the period 1870-1914 and 1871-1921 respectively. Added: 2009-10-23
Law-making in Wales : an online analysis
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5335
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the "Law-making in Wales : an Online Analysis" dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited texts and DBF databases. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The purpose of this project was to create a database that would be of use to the academic, public and professional communities that would wish to examine the National Assembly for Wales's functions. It does this by analysing all of the functions exercisable by the Assembly in terms of the 18 subject headings set out in Schedule 2 to the Government of Wales Act 1998. Each entry summarises their statutory authority, purpose and legal effect. The online analysis, which is free to all users, has provided the raw material for official enquiries and academic research into the Assembly's functions. Added: 2009-10-23
Great power wars, 1495-1815
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4492
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Great Power Wars, 1495-1815' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS. The objective of this project was to identify the great power wars (i.e., major-major wars, or those involving at least one great power on each side) that occurred in the period 1495-1815, and to compile data characterizing a number of features of these wars. This study identifies 'great power' wars, i.e., major-minor wars, or those involving at least one great power on each side. In order to exclude protracted conflicts with low levels of fighting, an annual average of 1,000 battle deaths was required for inclusion in this collection. Great powers are defined as countries or states that play a major role in international politics with respect to security -related issues. Such powers must have a high level of military capability relative to other states and be able to project military power beyond their borders with the option of using force, or the threat of force, to help shape their external environment. They play a large role in international organizations and politics and are perceived as great powers by other members of the international community. Variables in this collection include the duration of each war, its severity in terms of the number of battle-connected deaths, the extent of the war (defined as the number of great powers participating in the fighting), magnitude of the war (combining extent and duration indicators), and the concentration of war (the ratio of severity to magnitude). This effort constitutes a revision of a subset of the data presented in Levy, J.S. (1983) ‘War in the Modern Great Power System, 1495-1975’, University of Kentucky Press, which included data on all wars involving at least one great power. The major improvement in the dataset has been in the dates of initiation and termination of war - they are now generally reported down to the day rather than the year. The identity of the great power wars themselves has not changed much, although more refined judgements regarding the aggregation or disaggregation of simultaneous and sequential wars has resulted in some changes and in a reduction in the number of great power wars. We have not been able to go much beyond Levy (1983) in the measurement of the severity and concentration of war. Added: 2009-10-23
Parish register aggregate analyses, 1662-1811
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4491
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Parish Register Aggregate Analyses, 1662-1811' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as Tab delimited text files or SPSS portable files. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. These data formed the basis of a reconstruction of English population history from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, published as ‘The population history of England, 1541-1871: a reconstruction’ (1981) by E.A. Wrigley and R.S. Schofield. The data comprises aggregated monthly totals of baptisms, marriages and burials for 404 English parishes from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. For each parish monthly and annual totals are provided, along with monthly and annual totals by decade. There are also monthly seasonality indexes by half-century. Where defective data have been replaced with corrected frequencies, the original data have also been reproduced. Summary information has also been provided about periods of epidemic mortality crisis in each parish, and the severity of the epidemic. There is also information about the characteristics of each of the parishes included in the study. These characteristics include: the parish's location, altitude, population in 1811, main farming and soil types, occupational structure, proximity to towns, representation in Parliament, and indicators of poverty, religious activity and the provision of education. Added: 2009-10-23
Male occupational data from English parish registers (raw data), c. 1700-1820
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5397
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the "Male Occupational Data from English Parish Registers (raw data), c. 1700-1820" dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited texts and DBF databases. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This data collection consists of 23 files. Each of them pertains to one of England's ancient counties. In every case the file contains male occupational data abstracted from virtually all the surviving Anglican baptism registers for that county for the period 1813-1820. In the case of eight counties (Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Durham, Lancashire, City and Ainsty of the City of York and the three Ridings of Yorkshire) the files also contain occupational data culled from Anglican baptism registers for one, and sometimes two, eight-year periods between 1740 and 1799. This represents virtually all the surviving occupational data that met certain data quality requirements. These data are derived from the occupations of fathers recorded in Anglican parish registers at the baptism of a child. From 1813, under the terms of Rose's Act it was a legal requirement to record the fathers occupation and practice almost universally conformed to the letter of the law. Hence virtually complete geographical coverage of Anglican baptism registers is possible for this period. For the period 1740 to 1799 coverage is incomplete. This data was collected as part of a research project run by Dr Leigh Shaw-Taylor and Professor E. A. Wrigley and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council: Male occupational structure and economic growth in England 1750-1851. Added: 2009-10-23
Prosecutions for violent offences in selected English, Australian and New Zealand petty sessions' courts, 1880-1914
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4483
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Prosecutions for Violent Offences in Selected English, Australian and New Zealand Petty Sessions' Courts, 1880-1914' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a Tab delimited text file. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. Violent crime has provided a major focus for the study of inter-personal relationships and a range of related research areas in the fields of history, criminology and sociology. However, somewhat surprisingly, the extent, character and 'meanings' of violence in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries have been relatively ignored. Yet during the period 1880 to 1920 prosecuted violent offences in magistrates' courts fell by over 75 per cent to their lowest ever level. Such statistics immediately provoke questions for social scientists. Can we accept that there was a seismic shift in behavioural norms across society? Alternatively, did governmental administrative/economic expediencies produce a 'mirage' of declining violence? Both theories have been advanced for the decline in homicide rates since the 18th century. This project uses a range of sources/methods to examine changes in real incidence and prosecutorial strategies, and, through study of cities in Australia and New Zealand, steps beyond English socio-cultural contexts to complete a truly comparative project which fully explores violent crime in the fin de siècle period. The data collection comprises details of violent offences from selected petty sessions jurisdictions in England, Australia and New Zealand. The offences include: common assault; threats and threatening behaviour; assaulting a peace officer; abusive, insulting and violent language; indecent assault; rape; manslaughter; malicious wounding; actual and grievous bodily harm; attempted murder; and murder. For each prosecution details are recorded on: the date of the proceeding; the offence; the sex of the accused and victim; related cases; relationship between accused and victim; whether it is a police or private prosecution; whether there was a summons or warrant of arrest; whether the offence was alcohol related; the age of the accused and the victim; whether a separation order was granted or not; the result of the proceedings; the penalty imposed if any; and the original plea if indicated. Added: 2009-10-23
Male occupational data from English parish registers (processed summary data), c. 1700-1820
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5398
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the "Male Occupational Data from English Parish Registers (processed summary data), c. 1700-1820" dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited texts and DBF databases. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This data collection consists of 23 files. Each of them pertains to one of England's ancient counties. In every case the file contains male occupational data abstracted from virtually all the surviving Anglican baptism registers for that county for the period 1813-1820. In the case of eight counties (Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Durham, Lancashire, City and Ainsty of the City of York and the three Ridings of Yorkshire) the files also contain occupational data culled from Anglican baptism registers for one, and sometimes two, eight-year periods between 1740 and 1799. This represents virtually all the surviving occupational data that met certain data quality requirements. These data are derived from the occupations of fathers recorded in Anglican parish registers at the baptism of a child. From 1813, under the terms of Rose's Act it was a legal requirement to record the fathers occupation and practice almost universally conformed to the letter of the law. Hence virtually complete geographical coverage of Anglican baptism registers is possible for this period. For the period 1740 to 1799 coverage is incomplete. This data was collected as part of a research project run by Dr Leigh Shaw-Taylor and Professor E. A. Wrigley and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council: Male occupational structure and economic growth in England 1750-1851. Added: 2009-10-23
Rise of American industrial corporations, 1880-1914
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4460
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Rise of American Industrial Corporations, 1880-1914' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This collection is designed to allow examination of economic and social determinants of variation in incorporation rates by industry and state in the United States from 1880-1914. The data include manufacturing corporations in all industries from 1880-1914, with detailed data for specific states. The inclusion of data was dictated by its availability. Data is presented for manufacturing corporations in all industries, with detailed data for specific states. Information covered includes economic characteristics of industries such as capital, workers, wages, material, value of products, common and preferred stock, and bonded indebtedness. Social characteristics of industries such as newness and strike activity also are provided. The main topics covered are: Census of Manufactures for the entire country by census year ; Census of Manufactures for 14 states by census year; Census of Manufactures for New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, 1880; Census of Manufactures for New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, 1890 ; Census of Manufactures for New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, 1900 ; Census of Manufactures for New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, 1904 ; Census of Manufactures for New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, 1909; Census of Manufactures for New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, 1914 ; Incorporations by industry and year for New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania ; Strikes by industry and year for New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania; Strikes by industry and year for the entire country; Information for corporations listed on the New York Stock Exchange; Incorporations in 14 states by year. Added: 2009-10-23
Sociological study of fertility and mortality in Ipswich, 1872-1910
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5413
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the "Sociological Study of Fertility and Mortality in Ipswich, 1872-1910" dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited texts and DBF databases. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The project had five major objectives: to create a detailed sociological and demographic database on individual families for the period 1871-1910 for the town of Ipswich by linking information from marriage, birth and death registers, and the 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 censuses; to clarify the relationship between socio-economic status and fertility and mortality; to illuminate the nature of the long-term transition in fertility and mortality that took place in Ipswich and in England between 1871 and 1910; to analyse the relationship and interaction between fertility and mortality variables and how they changed over time; and to clarify the influence of local environment and geography on the structure of mortality, and to study patterns of geographical migration in the period between 1871 and 1910. The project transcribed a total of 85,611 births and 53,748 deaths registered for the period 1871-1910. Additionally, census entries were transcribed for 166,323 individuals enumerated in the 1871, 1891 and 1901 censuses, along with 1,707 Anglican marriages for 1871-1881. Added: 2009-10-23
Orange Order lodge membership, Northern Ireland, 1893-2000
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4435
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Orange Order Lodge Membership, Northern Ireland, 1893-2000' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited text files. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The aim of the project was to copy all surviving Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland printed county reports, for the period 1893 to 2000, held at the Grand Lodge of Ireland, Belfast. The data records membership of Orange lodges in Antrim, Derry and Down. A future aim of the project is to fill as many of the holes in the dataset as possible through county-level research and further Orange contacts, and to regress this data against census, survey, event-history, police and electoral data. Ultimately the intention is to make an assessment as to why Orange membership and power rises or declines across time and place in Ulster, Scotland and Canada in the twentieth century. Main Topics: This collection contains data from all surviving Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland printed county reports on the membership of individual Orange lodges in Antrim, Derry, Down and Tyrone for the period 1893 to 2000. There are no data for Londonderry City. There is also information on Orange lodge membership at the district level. In most cases, district membership has been computed based on individual lodge membership. However there are cases where district lodge totals were available while individual lodge membership was not (e.g. Tyrone, 1969-1986), in which case district lodge totals have been entered directly. Added: 2009-10-23
Baltic iron and the organisation of the British iron market in the eighteenth century
http://ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/collection.htm?uri=hist-4424-1
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Baltic Iron and the Organisation of the British Iron Market in the Eighteenth Century' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to download from the HDS (registration required). The project was concerned with the role of international commerce and mercantile networks in the early phases of British industrialisation. Specifically, it was concerned with the operation of the market for malleable bar iron. Between 1650 and 1800 domestic ironmasters were unable to meet the growing demand for bar iron. The shortfall was made good by imports from the Baltic, first from Sweden, then from Russia. The objective of the project was to uncover the links in the global commodity chain that stretched from the mining district of central Sweden to Britain and beyond. By doing so, the destination of bar iron imports can be plotted, allowing regional markets and specialised production zones to be detected, illuminating the operation of one of the most important industrial commodity markets of the era. As a further step, the role of mercantile networks in Britain in developing new patterns of metalware manufacture, orientated upon export markets in the Atlantic world, is brought to light. The data collection comprises a complete record of bar iron sales by the Bristol iron merchant Graffin Prankard between 1732 and 1739. The date of the transaction, the name of the buyer, his or her location, the type of bar iron sold, its weight, and its price (per ton) have been recorded. Each buyer is allotted a code to facilitate the sorting of this data by region. Added: 2009-10-23
1851 census report : county occupational data
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5431
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the "1851 Census Report : County Occupational Data" dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited texts and DBF databases. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This data collection contains three tables. All of them derive from the tables of occupational data for English registration counties published in the 1851 census report. These tables reported occupations for males and females in five-year age bands in 458 occupational categories. The main table contains the county level counts for each recorded occupation by sex and age interval. The other two summary tables contain the horizontal and vertical totals printed in the report. Thus, the first summary table contains the printed totals of the numbers of males and females in each five year age interval while the latter summary table contains the printed totals of the numbers of males and females in each occupational category irrespective of age. This data was collected as part of a research project run by Dr Leigh Shaw-Taylor and Professor E. A. Wrigley and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council: 'Male occupational structure and economic growth in England 1750-1851'. Added: 2009-10-23
Primary, secondary and tertiary (PST) occupational codes for the 1851 census report
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5434
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the "Primary, Secondary and Tertiary (PST) Occupational Codes for the 1851 Census Report" dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited texts and DBF databases. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This study contains one file, featuring a look-up table for an occupational coding scheme Primary, Secondary, Tertiary (PST) developed by E. A. Wrigley. It was collected as part of a research project run by Dr Leigh Shaw-Taylor and Professor E. A. Wrigley and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council: 'Male occupational structure and economic growth in England 1750-1851'. Added: 2009-10-23
Statistics of Australian public debt and capital raised in London, 1842-1914
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5435
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the "Statistics of Australian Public Debt and Capital Raised in London, 1842-1914" dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited texts and DBF databases. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This dataset publishes new statistics of Australian colonial and state debt, and of capital raised by all Australian public borrowers (including corporation) in London, until 1914. Current historical statistics do not distinguish between stocks of debt held locally or abroad. Moreover, the time series of new capital subscribed or received in London prepared by Butlin, Simon, Hall, and others often aggregate all colonial public borrowing, have different terminal dates, and are inconsistent with each other. The new statistics remedy these deficiencies. Three types of table are presented. The first disaggregates, and where necessary corrects, the official annual statistics of stocks of outstanding debt of each Australian colony, distinguishing between the place of original sale, long and short-term securities, and gross new issues (i.e. the nominal value of all securities sold) and repayments. The second shows the stocks of long and short term debt held in Australia and the United Kingdom. These are taken principally from Statistical Registers, and include debt (e.g. stock issued by Savings Banks) omitted from the official statistics in the early years. The final type of table summarises the principal annual flows in London of capital created (including as a result of conversions and exchanges), subscribed, received, and amortized for each colonial government and for public corporations as a single group. It excludes flows arising from remittance of securities originally sold in the colonies, but includes transfers from London to colonial registers and purchases from sinking funds where they are known. The data is presented in 18 spreadsheets and are of seven separate borrowers: New South Wales (3 spreadsheets), Victoria (3), Queensland (3), South Australia (3), Tasmania (2), Western Australia (2), and public corporations (1). Added: 2009-10-23
Weekly British grain prices from the London Gazette, 1770-1860
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4383
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Weekly British Grain Prices from the London Gazette, 1770-1860' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as tab delimited text files. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The period of the study was characterised by major improvements in financial institutions and transport. The objectives of the study were to see how pricing behaviour changed as a result of this. Since the prices are weekly and by county, it is possible to see how seasonality and regional patterns changed over time. Quantifying the effects of these changes should enable us to see their relative importance in promoting economic growth. The general aim of our research has been to increase our understanding of market integration and its effect on economic performance - particularly in the context of financial markets and commodity markets. Our specific objectives were: to create a major dataset of eighteenth and nineteenth century grain prices which can be used within our research project and which could also potentially be useful for other researchers; to estimate an econometric model to quantify the changes in financial markets, especially the spread of country banks; to estimate an econometric model to measure the effects of transport networks; to use our results from to estimate the social welfare gains from market integration and to relate the improvements in market integration to the major changes in agricultural practice. The data consists of weekly prices on a county basis for England (40 counties plus London) and Wales (initially only data for North and South Wales, but for 12 counties after 1790) for domestically produced wheat, barley, oats and beans. Added: 2009-10-23
Disturbances in France, 1830-1860 and 1930-1960: Intensive Sample
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4378
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Disturbances in France, 1830-1860 and 1930-1960: Intensive Sample' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This detailed study of 578 disturbances in France in the period 1830-1860 and 1930-1960 provides information on the geographic, economic, political, demographic, and historical background for each of the communes involved in the disturbances. Data for the formations, a collective of forces comprising of at least 50 persons in each collective, provide information on their social, economic, and political background, population characteristics, type of formation, age-sex distribution of the formations, and the political party affiliation of its members. The antecedent history of the disturbances is also given, including public memory of previous conflicts, forms of and responses to violence, interactions with other formations, character and clarity of objectives, and extent of territory controlled. Data on the organization of each formation is provided for the leadership, coordination, segmentation, stratification, and differentiation of the formation, as well as the extent of participation in man-days, and the numbers of participants in the disturbances arrested, killed, or wounded. Information is also provided on the outcome of the disturbance and changes resulting from participation in the disturbances. Additional variables provide detailed descriptions of the magnitude, duration, objectives, and immediate consequences of the disturbances. Variables also describe the newspaper, archival, and secondary sources used in the coding of the data collection. The main topics include the following information about the sampled disturbances, and details of the formations involved in them. Disturbances: Political, geographical and economic characteristics of the area in which the disturbance took place; Antecedents of violent disturbances in the area; Immediate background to the disturbance; Catalyst for violence; Reporting on violent disturbances; Public memory of violent disturbances; Forms of violence; Duration of disturbances; Numbers killed, wounded and arrested; Details of damaged property; Sequence and magnitude of disturbances; Formations: Number of pariticipants in formations; Composition of participants in formations (sex, age, birthplace, occupation); Political affiliation of formations; Legality of formations; Links between formations; Objectives of formations; Territory controlled by formations; Leadership and organization of formations; Divisions between antagonistic formations; Details of subformations. Added: 2009-10-23
Wheat trade and wheat prices in France, 1486-1913
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4377
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Wheat Trade and Wheat Prices in France, 1486-1913' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This collection presents a historical survey of the price and quantity of wheat produced in different localities in France. The purpose of the study was to examine price trends of a major food commodity within an important agricultural market in Western Europe and, in particular, to measure the correlation between wheat price fluctuations and demographic fluctuations in France. Prices and quantities of wheat were recorded, either fortnightly or monthly, by local officials in the major wheat-growing areas and subsequently relayed to higher levels of the French government. These tables of information were finally copied and maintained by the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Commerce and Agriculture and ultimately deposited in the French National Archives. Added: 2009-10-23
Labour force and weekly full-time earnings, by age and sex, British cotton textile factories, 1833-1906
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5544
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the "Labour Force and Weekly Full-time Earnings, by Age and Sex, British Cotton Textile Factories, 1833-1906" dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited texts and DBF databases. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The aims of this project were to make available to scholars and other researchers information on average weekly age-and sex-specific earnings and employment shares (i.e. proportions of the total industry labour force employed) of British cotton textile workers in each year between 1833 and 1906, and to provide details on how those estimates were prepared. Added: 2009-10-23
Economists' papers : a guide to archive and other manuscript sources for the history of British and Irish economic thought, 1750-2000
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5550
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the "Economists' Papers : a Guide to Archive and Other Manuscript Sources for the History of British and Irish Economic Thought, 1750-2000" dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited texts and DBF databases. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. This resource consists of a document where details of the types of manuscripts, papers and correspondence for a selection of British and Irish economists for the period of 1750 to 2000 are shown. The main correspondents are identified, together with the quantity of letters and the period over which the correspondence lasted. The existence of relevant research material, such as printed biographical treatments of the subject, is also noted in this document. Added: 2009-10-23
Violence in the North West with special reference to Liverpool and Manchester 1850-1914
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4376
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Violence in the North West with Special Reference to Liverpool and Manchester 1850-1914' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as tab delimited text files. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The project was intended to investigate all forms of interpersonal violence, from common assault to murder, in the second half of the 19th century, and to attempt to differentiate and contextualise the range of violent offences. The aims of the project were to: 1. Expand and enhance historical understanding and knowledge of violence in the second half of the nineteenth century 2. Examine critically the accepted interpretation that there was a long-term decline in violence, placing special emphasis on the 1870s as a possible 'watershed' decade 3. Examine, where possible, under-reported crimes of violence directed at women and children 4. Examine contemporary reactions to and perceptions of violence 5. Provide the first full historical study of all types of violent crime which offers depth and context to studies of crime in the late twentieth century. Main Topics are: Female inmates of Strangeways prison, December 1870 to August 1873; Prosecutions brought by Liverpool Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, March 1912 to December 1914. Inquests held at Liverpool Coroner's Court, 1854 to 1856, 1859, 1862 to 1865’. The data consists of: the date of the inquest, the name of the decedent, the place and date of death, the age of the decedent at death, and the verdict given. Added: 2009-10-23
Employment, hours and wages in the Engineering Employers' Federation, 1914-1968
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5569
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the "Employment, Hours and Wages in the Engineering Employers' Federation, 1914-1968" dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited texts and DBF databases. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The complete Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF) payroll data have been transcribed from records kept at the University of Warwick's Modern Record Centre in order to provide electronic access. This is an especially rich source of data, representing roughly 30 percent of UK engineering. Detailed information are provided on wages (rates and earnings) and hours of work at engineering district, section, and occupational levels. Statistics separate pieceworkers and timeworkers as well as males and females. Information on apprentices, journeymen, boys and youths is also given. The statistics cover the period 1914 to 1968 and provide exceptional detail for the inter-war period (including the Great Depression), WWII, and the post-war recovery period. Unemployment rates covering 1926-1968 and matching 28 of the 56 engineering districts are also provided. Added: 2009-10-23
National sample from the 1881 censuses of Great Britain
http://ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/collection.htm?uri=hist-4375-1
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'National Sample from the 1881 Censuses of Great Britain' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to download from the HDS (registration required). This computerised transcription of the census enumerators' books for the 1881 Census for England, Scotland and Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man is a by-product of a project to create a microfiche index of the population of Great Britain for genealogists. Covering the entire enumerated population of England, Scotland and Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man in 1881, it is the largest collection of historical source material to be made available in computerised form. The data consists of the name, address, relationship to the head of household, marital status, age, occupation and birthplace of some 26 million individuals, together with information about disabilities. In 1999 the Genealogical Society of Utah published a version of this computerised transcription as a CD-ROM product suitable for genealogical research (Genealogical Society of Utah (1999) 1881 British census and national index. [25 CDs]. Salt Lake City, Utah: GSU). This study is an enriched version of these data. The sample is a 5 per cent random sample of the parishes of Great Britain. The sample was chosen in the simplest manner possible. A list of all the parishes in England, Wales, Scotland and the Islands in the British Seas was created; using a random number generator in Microsoft Excel, a random number between zero and one was allocated to each parish. All those less than or equal to 0.05 were selected for the sample. The records relating to the individuals in each of these parishes were then extracted from the data and combined in a database. Tables B1 and B3 in Appendix B of the documentation list the 716 parishes in the sample. Main Topics are: Main variables PRO reference; piece number; folio number; page number; county; parish; address; surname; first name; relationship to head of household; marital status; gender; age; occupation; place of birth; disabilities. Added: 2009-10-23
Daily sport thought
http://www.dailysportthought.blogspot.com/
The Daily Sport Thought is a blog by Professor Simon Chadwick which is dedicated to "Asking important questions about the business and management of sport". Simon Chadwick is Professor of Sport Business Strategy and Marketing at Coventry University Business School, and the founder and Director of the Centre for the International Business of Sport (CIBS), and his blog reflects these interests. The blog includes his professional profile and posts back to February 2009. Added: 2009-10-23
Profile of the Baltic Sea
http://www.io-warnemuende.de/profile-of-the-baltic-sea.html
The Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research provides this profile of the Baltic Sea including its extent, volume, width, depth, the maximum depth of single basins and details of water balance. A map of water depth is also available. Added: 2009-10-23
Elections in western nations 1828-1982
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=1963
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Elections in Western Nations, 1828-1982' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). To collect the results of national legislative elections from the beginning of competitive partisan elections to the end of 1982 in 24 countries. The data is available to order from the HDS as tab delimited text files. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The data consists of names of political parties in English; year of election, electorate, valid votes, invalid votes, turnout, total seats in parliament, country, valid votes cast for parties, seats won by party. Added: 2009-10-23
Monetary history of the United Kingdom 1870-1970
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=1936
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Monetary History of the United Kingdom, 1870-1970' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). To investigate the relationship between major monetary aggregates and related variables: money, prices, output, interest rates, exchange rates. The data is available to order from the HDS as tab delimited text files. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The data consists of bank deposits, currency in the hands of the public, banks till money, short and long term interest rates, monetary base, M1, M3. Added: 2009-10-23
Genevan sex crimes database, c.1440-c.1790
http://ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/collection.htm?uri=hist-4364-1
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Genevan Sex Crimes Database, c.1440-c.1790' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to dwonload gfrom the HDS (requires registration). The study examined in detail over 300 criminal trials surviving in Geneva relating to sexual deviance (homosexuality, male rape/sexual assault, paedophilia, lesbianism, bestiality, adolescent sexual experimentation, female rape/sexual assault, adultery and fornication). These trials, in which verbatim testimony and numerous depositions by witnesses survive, give an ideal place to test pre-Freudian ideas of sexual development, sexual categories and sexual self-awareness. The data collection contains details of over 1000 individuals gleaned from over 300 trials for the period c.1440 - c.1790 (although the overwhelming bulk of of the data come from the period 1530 - 1680). This represents, on average, over six people per year directly involved either as defendants or witnessess in trials relating to deviant, criminalised or violent sexual conduct. The database does not include the large number of magistrates who would have been present as judges and observers. This large number of 'participants' as well as the excellent and detailed information preserved in the trial dossiers means that it has been possible to identify extremely subtle yet consistent ideas of sexuality and sexual preference among judges, defendants and witnesses. The voices of the 'deviants' are sufficiently evident to evaluate early modern views on sexuality, sexual identity and sexual preference. These views have been compared with early modern ideas as well as modern ideas about the development of these assumptions and presuppositions in an historiographical context. It has been demonstrated that the participants in these trials had very clear ideas of differing types of deviancy as well as firm convictions that criminals came to these types of crimes through diverse paths of sexual development. The main variables include: the gender, age, occupation, place of origin and civic status of defendants and witnesses; the names and civic status of their parents and spouse; the crime they were charged with details of the interrogation, verdict and sentence; and cross references between cases. Added: 2009-10-23
Land and Property Services, Northern Ireland Government
http://www.lpsni.gov.uk/
Land and Property Services (LPS) is an executive Agency within the Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland established on 1st April 2007 from the merger of the former Rate Collection Agency and the Valuation and Lands Agency. The Land Registers of Northern Ireland and the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland were added on 1 April 2008. Activities of LPS include property valuation, land registry and mapping. Details of these activities are included on the Agency's website. Registered users have access to geographic information at Geohub NI. Added: 2009-10-23
Machine-readable index of manservants in England and Wales in 1780, A
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=2741
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'A Machine-readable Index of Manservants in England and Wales in 1780' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The purpose of this project was to produce a machine friendly version of the manuscript index of employers of manservants in England and Wales in 1780, as contained in PRO T.47/8. The data is available to order from the HDS as tab delimited text files. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The data comprises the following variables: name, town/location and county of employer, and the number of servants employed. A subset of the data lists employers with servants in more than one location. Added: 2009-10-23
Non-industrial civil service staff statistics : British Isles, 1939-1999
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4354
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Non-industrial Civil Service Staff Statistics : British Isles, 1939-1999' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The aims of the project were: to analyse the factors propelling change in the Civil Service outside Whitehall; to create a database of the Civil Service outside Whitehall covering numbers of employees, units, expenditure and functions; to map the procedures for recruitment, promotion, training, pay and conditions of employment; to describe how those who work in the Civil Service outside Whitehall perceive both their work and the Civil Service; to explore the tensions between territorial and functional politics. The dataset is compiled from official sources covering 1939-1999. The data include a non-industrial Civil Service headcount by responsibility level and region (1997) and time series for 1975-1996 for UK by region and department; a time series of Northern Ireland non-industrial Civil Service staff by department and by grade 1939-1996; a time series of Isle of Man Civil Service staff 1970-1999; and an analysis of Guernsey and Jersey statistics. Added: 2009-10-23
CultureCount: New England's Cultural Database
http://www.culturecount.org/
CultureCount was established by the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFTA) in 1978 as a warehouse for data for researchers, policy makers, journalists and cultural organizations to access case-making information to lobby local governments. CultureCount was designed as a creative economy tool and provides such information as grant recipients and data from the NEFA Annual Nonprofit Financial Survey and lists cultural nonprofits, creative businesses and artists. The database is used by researchers to assess the economic impact of cultural organizations and analyse their funding history. Financial and geographic tools are built into the database. Organizations and individuals listed in the CultureCount directory "match NEFA's research definition of the creative economy found in The Creative Economy: A New Definition, 2007". Added: 2009-10-23
Historic parishes of England and Wales : an electronic map of boundaries before 1850 with a gazetteer and metadata
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingdata/snDescription.asp?sn=4348&key=4348
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Historic Parishes of England and Wales : an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). Access to the data is via contacting the HDS - details are provided in the 'Read' file. From this Web page you may, however, download a PDF of images of the study documentation. This research project aimed to fill a major lacuna militating against the effective exploitation of many post-medieval to mid-Victorian historical sources collected by local administrative areas: the lack of information on the boundaries of those administrative areas, the so-called 'historic' or 'ancient' parishes of England and Wales. It is known that these districts came into being during the Middle Ages, that the map of these ecclesiastical parishes was essentially complete by the fifteenth century, that these ecclesiastical boundaries were adopted during the early modern period for secular and judicial purposes, and that boundaries remained essentially unchanged until a number of reforms from the mid-nineteenth century onwards reorganised the local administrative geography of the country. The project aimed to reconstruct those boundaries as they were before the post-nineteenth century changes. The digitised maps cover the whole of England and Wales, and are organised by Ordnance Survey Sheet number. The maps contain a scanned bitmap image of the Ordnance Survey one inch to one mile (1:63,360) New Popular Edition maps (1945-8) with National Grid. They contain the boundaries of some 18,233 places, and are arranged as three electronic 'layers'. The first is a scan of the Ordnance Survey maps stored as grey tone sheet images. This enables Ordnance Survey physical, cultural and place-name content to be readily visible in the background for orientation and general location purposes, while not obscuring the added boundary and reference number material. The second layer consists of the boundaries, stored as solid red lines; and the third layer contains the reference numbers that link places on the map to the gazetteer/metadata dataset that accompanies the maps. The maps are available on CD-ROM in Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Acrobat PDF formats. We recommend using the Adobe Illustrator format if you already have the software (as it enables you to edit the maps and select the layers to view). However, the Adobe Acrobat PDF format is perfectly suitable for viewing the maps, and we will supply the necessary reader software. An accompanying book ‘Historic Parishes of England & Wales: An Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata’ by Roger Kain and Richard Oliver provides an introduction to the provenance of the maps. It also includes an abbreviated version of the gazetteer/metadata dataset, and a discussion of historical boundaries. This unique combination publication is set to become a standard reference resource and is an invaluable tool for all those interested in plotting local area-based data from the past (population, agricultural, statistics, tax data etc.) from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Added: 2009-10-23
Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation
http://www.ici.qut.edu.au/
The Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation at the Queensland University of Technology fosters multidisciplinary research in the creative economy and draws on expertise from "Law, Business, Science & Technology, Education and Built Environment & Engineering". The Institute also participates in "commercialisation ventures combining the expertise of professional researchers, PhD scholars, private industry, and government partners". Areas of research include innovation systems, including communicating innovation, creative enterprise and entrepreneurship, creative ecologies and creativity, health, and happiness. There are links to online publications and news and event information. Added: 2009-10-23
Town and countryside in West Berkshire, c.1400-1600
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4339&key=town+and
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Town and Countryside in West Berkshire, c.1400-1600' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as tab delimited text files. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The project was an investigation into the nature of social and economic change during the transition from the late medieval to early modern periods. This was achieved through a detailed study of urban and rural areas of western Berkshire between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. The project aimed to identify criteria with which to measure the experience of change in the late medieval economy and society. The criteria were divided into four categories: taxable wealth, population, landholding and trade. The data were collected at two levels: a regional study employing fiscal records; and studies of the town of Newbury and the rural parishes of Buckland, Kintbury, Shaw and West Hanney that utilised a variety of documentary sources. There are two types of data in this study: fiscal data for west Berkshire drawn from national taxation records, and manorial data accumulated for geographical case studies. The fiscal data for west Berkshire were collected to measure change in the relative distribution of wealth between the different regions within west Berkshire and within their populations. Change in the size of the population was calculated by the differences in the numbers of men assessed in 1381 and 1522. The manorial data were collected to create biographies of people and land, and to identify the activities of the manorial court. Other additional sources, especially probate wills and inventories, were included so that networks of contacts with other people and their economic and social context could be identified. West Hanney The lands of West Hanney parish were divided between three manors and the rectory. The data are derived from the manorial records of Priors Court manor held by New College Oxford (New College Archive), Seymours Court manor held by the Eyston family of East Hendred for most of the period of study (Berkshire Record Office), and probate wills and inventories for West Hanney parish (Berkshire Record Office). The detailed data entries are divided into thematic tables that include: the name of the person and their personal details, cases of presentment in the manor court, cases relating to the lands of the manors, bequests made in the wills, and summary description of the inventory contents. Shaw The manor of Shaw was held by Winchester College between 1404 and 1543 when it was exchanged with the king who held it until 1552, and finally it was sold to Thomas Dolman, a Newbury clothier in 1554. The data are similar to those gathered for West Hanney in provenance. Newbury Data for the town of Newbury includes: information drawn from testamentary sources; brokage payments; and parish registers. Buckland The data for Buckland were collected to provide information on persons, land, the activities of the manor court, and the economy as revealed from probate inventories. The lands of Buckland were divided between the manors of Duke's, St Johns, and the rectory, and in addition there were the hamlets of Barcote, Carswell and Newton. The data are derived from the documents of the manor of Duke's held at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, and the probate material for the whole parish held at the Berkshire Record Office and the Public Record Office. Kintbury The lands of Kintbury were divided north and south of the river Kennet. The nuns of Amesbury held those lands north of the river, some land near the church, and its advowson. The lands to the south of the river were more subdivided as the nuns of Nuneaton held the main manor of Kintbury Eaton or Holt, but there were additional, smaller, manors that included Templeton, Titcombe, Inglewood, Anvilles. The data are derived from the documents of the manor of Kintbury Eaton or Holt, the probate records for the whole parish before 1600, and fiscal data for the parish for 1522 and 1524. Added: 2009-10-23
Field crop protection guide, 2008-2009
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/fieldcrop/index.htm
The 'Guide to best management practices In British Columbia for cereals, canola, field corn, field peas, grasses and legumes for forage and seed production' was produced jointly by the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands and the British Columbia Agriculture Council. The full-text is freely available and chapters cover disease management, insect pest management, weed management, herbicides, and application equipment and calibration. Added: 2009-10-23
Holly : phytophthora leaf and twig blight
http://plant-disease.ippc.orst.edu/disease.cfm?RecordID=591
An online guide to plant disease control from the Oregon state university extension service. The cause of phytophthora leaf and twig blight is phytophthora ilicis, a fungus-like microorganism. 'The disease develops in cool, rainy weather and subsides in warm, dry summer months. ' This guide gives details of cause, symptoms, cutural control and chemical control and contains photographs. Added: 2009-10-23
Differences in susceptibility of ornamental holly cultivars to Sphaeropsis tumefaciens
http://www.fngla.org/reports/160/report1.pdf
A report on Witches broom, or Sphaeropsis gall, 'an important disease of some holly species and cultivars in central and south Florida landscapes and nurseries.' Agar plugs containing hyphae of the fungal pathogen Sphaeropsis tumefaciens were used to inoculate pruning wounds on commercially available cultivars. This paper gives details of objectives, materials and methods, results and conclusions and recommendations. Data and photographs are shown at the end of the paper. Added: 2009-10-23
Caderno virtual de turismo
http://www.ivt.coppe.ufrj.br/caderno/ojs/
The Caderno Virtual de Turismo is an online journal produced by the Instituto Virtual de Turismo at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, covering tourism and social development. Articles are freely available from 2001 onwards to download as PDF files, but please note that, although later issues have most abstracts in English as well as Portuguese, the full-text of articles is in Portuguese only. The search facility does allow for searching the English abstracts. Added: 2009-10-23
LCM systems : technical notes
http://www.lcmsystems.com/technical_notes.html
This company site includes an article explaining what a load cell is and its use in measuring weight or force.
There is a glossary of technical terms as well as a table of unit conversion factors. Links to other parts of the site including product information and software are available. Added: 2009-10-23
London brownfield sites
http://www.londonbrownfieldsites.org/
This site is provided by the London Development Agency and includes definitions of brownfield land.
There is an interactive map showing locations of brownfield land in London. Links to related sites are provided. Added: 2009-10-23
Inventing Marcel Duchamp : the dynamics of portraiture
http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/duchamp/
The website for the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonain Institution offers this online version of their exhibition, 'Inventing Marcel Duchamp: the dynamics of portraiture' which ran from 27 March to 2 August 2009. Nearly 100 portraits, and self-portraits, were brought together to demonstrate Duchamp's portraiture and self-portraiture, which helped to establish him as a major artist, and this Web version features 17 of these portraits. Also available are video and audio files including excerpts from a 1953 interview with Duchamp by CBS anchor Charles Collingwood. New research on Duchamp is featured in a video of a symposium, and a discussion by a 'Conservation Panel' on new research on the Duchamp portraits by Jean Crotti held on 27 March 2009. Added: 2009-10-23
Preparing works of art for exhibition
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/videoDetails?cat=3&segid=442
The Getty Museum's website has provided these two videos on preparing works of art for exhibition, to demonstrate what goes on behind the scenes. The first video, lasting for 5 minutes 37 seconds, shows how a sculpture by the 17th century artist Adriaen de Vries is transported through the galleries, and then unpacked for display in a past exhibition. The second video, lasting 7 minutes 44 seconds, illustrates the installation of a monumental sculpture, 'That Profile' by Martin Puryear, on the Tram Arrival Plaza at the museum. The video, which includes commentary by the artist, shows the design and construction of this piece, as well as the crew putting the sculpture in place. Added: 2009-10-23
1934 : a new deal for artists
http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2009/1934/
The Smithsonian American Art Museum's website provides information on their exhibition '1934: A New Deal for Artists', which ran from 27 Februrary 2009 to 3 January 2010. The exhibition was organised to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the public works of art scheme, the first federal government programme to encouarge artists to depict the American scene. Drawn from the museum's collection of artworks, this exhibition provides a visual record at a specific moment in time. The site uses a map to show the location of some of the images, as well as a slide show, an illustrated tour and a blog for exhibition related posts. An interactive resource 'Picturing the 1930s' is available on the educational section of this site. Added: 2009-10-23
Design London
http://www.designlondon.net/
The Design London website provides information about this collaboration between the Royal College of Art, Imperial College Faculty of Engineering and Imperial Business School, to explore how design can be more effectively integrated. The 'about use' section provides information on the Design London team, advisory and executive boards, partners, resources and publications. Information is provided on their business incubator project and innovation technology centre, as well as other relevant material. An archive of past lectures relating to aspects of design and innovation is also provided, as well as a number of papers including 'Dealing with technical challenges in mobile computer game development: a socio-political perspective'. Added: 2009-10-23
World atlas of large flood events 1985-2002
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/archiveatlas/index.htm
This atlas from the Dartmouth Flood Observatory uses data from a wide variety of sources to seek to understand the evolution of extreme flood events over the period from 1985-2002. The atlas covers the occurrences and consequences of floods and includes data on numbers and duration of floods, seasonality, causes, recurrence, severity classes, deaths due to floods, people displaced by floods and economic costs of flood damage. Data is presented in charts and maps. Added: 2009-10-23
Contemporary data on the diffusion and productivity of coal mechanisation in Britain to 1939
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4494
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Contemporary Data on the Diffusion and Productivity of Coal Mechanisation in Britain to 1939' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). The data is available to order from the HDS as tab delimited text, Microsoft Excel 2000 or PDF files. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. A common feature of Britain's staple industries during the sixty years to 1939 was a rejection of the new production technologies adopted by their main overseas competitors. This project investigated the extent to which 'path dependence' accounts for the failure of these industries to adopt the new production technologies, via a case study of the British coal industry. One of Britain's most important nineteenth century staple industries, coal mining experienced a particularly severe interwar decline. Meanwhile, it remained less mechanised than most of its major competitors, including some countries where geological conditions were regarded as less favourable. Added: 2009-10-23
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