History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Leicestershire, and the Small County of Rutland: Together With the Adjacent Towns of Grantham Stamford. E-book. Formato PDF William White   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Vicarages. The number of Episcopal Chapels is about 110, and'th'ey are mostly Perpetual Curacies. Dissenters are numerous in all parts of the county, especially the Independents, Baptists, and Wesleyans, who have many large and handsome chapels. Though the Roman Catholics have but few chapels in the county, they have recently founded monastic institutions at Mount St. Bernard's and Gracedieu, anda college among the Ratcli?'e hills, near Cossington.

The First Newcastle Directory. E-book. Formato PDF William Whitehead   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The first Newcastle Directory was compiled and published early in the year 1778 by William Whitehead, "musical instrument maker and turner," whose residence and place of business were near the middle of High Bridge. Of Whitehead the following brief account is given in Sykes's Local Records:[1792.] December 24. Died, in the High Bridge, Newcastle, Mr. William Whitehead, musical instrument maker and turner. In 1775, Mr. Whitehead invented a swell for the pianoforte, which was much approved of by the musical people in Newcastle He also, in conjunction with Mr. Jameson, engraver, published "An Explanation of the Incorporated Companies of Newcastle, 1776." Mr. Whitehead also published "The Historian's Pocket Companion, 1777," and a "New-castle Directory," which last was continued for several years. The whole of these are now very scarce. Mr. Whitehead was a very ingenious and eccentric man. He left two maiden sisters (both since dead) who were of some celebrity for a peculiar method of dyeing and cleaning silk.Whitehead was the compiler of four Directories of Newcastle.