Documents available and sources used
In researching the Newbons’ story I have used a wide range of documents and printed and electronic sources, and visited many record repositories, the most important of which are listed below.
(Other pages in this section of the website include information on the background to my research and on the background to the surname Newbon.)
Birth, marriage and death certificates
The Family Record Centre (formerly St Catherine’s House)
The Family Record Centre (formerly St Catherine’s House)
The national Archives
Guildhall Library
Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office
London Metropolitan Archives
Northamptonshire Record Office
Wills (post-1857)
Principal Probate Registry
Wills (pre-1858)
Wills (post-
Wills (pre-
Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office
Lincolonshire Record Office
Northamptonshire Record Office
Marriage licences
Lambeth Palace Library
Northamptonshire Record Office
Apprenticeship records
Apprenticeship records
Corporation of London Record Office
Guildhall Library
City of London records
City of London records
Guildhall Library
Corporation of London Record Office
London Metropolitan Archives
Legal documents
The National Archives
Newspapers
Legal documents
The National Archives
Newspapers
Guildhall Library
Southwark Local Studies Library
Principal Probate Regsitry
Probate Department
Principal Registry of the Family Division
First Avenue House
42-
Society of Genealogists
14 Charterhouse Buildings
Goswell Road
London EC1M 7BA
Southwark Local Studies Library
211 Borough High Street
London SE1 1JA
The National Archives
Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 4DU
Wandsworth Museum
The Courthouse
11 Garratt lane
London SW18 4AQ
Wandsworth Local History Service
Battersea Library
Lavender Hill
London SW11 1JB
City of Westminster Archives Centre
10 St Ann’s Street
London SW1P 2DE
Corporation of London Record Office
Now housed with the London Metropolitan Archives
Family Records Centre
1 Myddleton Street
London
EC1R 1 UW
Guildhall Library
Aldermanbury
London EC2P 7HH
Hammersmith & Fulham Archives
The Lilla Huset
191 Talgarth Road
London W6 8BJ
Lambeth Palace Library
Lambeth Palace
London SE1 7JU
Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office
Long Street
Wigston Magna
Leicester
LE18 2AH
Lincolnshire Archives
St Rumbold Street
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN2 5AB
London Metropolitan Archives
40 Northampton Road
London EC1R 0HB
Northamptonshire Record Office
Wootton Hall Park
Northampton
NN4 8BQ
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All contents of this website © 2008 Stephen Willis
Books
I have used many books over the years. Those I particularly recommend are as follows:
Family History
Family History
Heber, Mark D. Ancestral Trails (1997, Stroud: Sutton Publishing Group)
Steel, Don Discovering your Family History (1980, London: BBC)
Chambers, Paul Early Modern Genealogy (2006, Stroud: Sutton Publishing Group)
Tracing your Ancestors in the Public Record Office (1981, 4th impression 1995, London: HMSO)
Cole, Jean / Titford, John Tracing your Family Tree (1988, 2nd edition 1997, Newbury: Countryside Books)
Public Record Office Readers’ Guide no.6: Using Manorial Records (1997, Crown Copyright: RCHM, PRO)
The Good Web Guide: Genealogy (2000, 3rd edition 2003, London: The Good Web Guide Limited)
London
The Good Web Guide: Genealogy (2000, 3rd edition 2003, London: The Good Web Guide Limited)
London
Picard, Liza Dr. Johnson’s London (2001, London: Phoenix Press)
Picard, Liza Restoration London (1998, London: Phoenix Press)
ed. Weinreb, Ben / Hibbert, Christopher The London Encyclopaedia (Revised edition 1993, London: Macmillan)
Whitfield, Peter London, a Life in Maps -(2006, London: British Library)
Wittich, John Discovering London Street Names (1996, Princes Risborough: Shire Publications Limited)
Porter, Roy London, a Social History (1996, London: Penguin)
General
General
Reaney, P. H. / Wilson, R. M. A Dictionary of English Surnames (Revised edition 1997, Oxford: OUP)
Pols, Robert Dating Old Photographs (1992, 2nd edition 1995, Birmingham: FFHS)
Pols, Robert Understanding Old Photographs (1995, Witney: Robert Boyd Publications)
Magazines
Family Tree Magazine
Websites
In recent years I have used many websites, some of the most useful of which I have listed below:
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com (Free Birth, Marriage & Death Database)
http://eagle.cch.kcl.ac.uk:8080/cce (Clergy of the Church of England Database)
http://www.cwgc.org (The Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
http://www.familysearch.org (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
http://www.kellner.eclipse.co.uk/genuki/NTH/Surnames/names5.htm (The Northamptonshire Surname List)
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk (The National Archives)
http://www.unitedwards.org (The United Wards’ Club of the City of London)
http://www.lhi.org.uk/projects_directory/projects_by_region/east_midlands/northamptonshire/ putting_kings_cliffe_on_the_map/index.html (Maps of King’s Cliffe and local walks)
Software
Family Tree Maker 2005
This website was put together using Serif WebPlus 10
Records consulted
Record Offices visited
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| Walter Newbon's descendants |
| Northamptonshire Newbons |
| Redbourn, Hertfordshire |
| James Shelton Newbon |
| Henry Newbon |
| The Crickmer family |
| The Newbon Family and the City of London |
| Charles Evans Newbon |
| Joseph Newbon |
| The Brockelbank Family |
| The United Wards' Club of the City of London |
| John Newbon |
| The Children of John Newbon |
| World War I |
| Walter Thomas Newbon |
| The Newbon Family of Northamptonshire |
| Northamptonshire, the early home of the Newbon Family |
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