The Halifax Database

This database is in Microsoft Access 2000on Windows 2000 in Japanese. No part of this bibliography can be reproducted in any form without permission. See Table in the Halifax Database

The Brief List of the Halifax Database

Poll books for Halifax Borough (1832, 1835, 1837, 1841, 1847 and 1852)
Commercial directories for Halifax (1845 and 1850) and for Halifax in Yorkshire or West Yorkshire Directories (1822, 1830, 1837 and 1853) and for Halifax in National Directories (1781, 1784, 1790, 1805 and 1814)
Local administration documents in Halifax, c. 1780-c.1850
Political and religious documents in Halifax, c. 1820-c.1850
Associations' documents in Halifax, c.1780-1850 (especially from c. 1830)
Two Halifax banks' Shareholder List, 1829-1843

This database totalls more than 50,000 items.

For this database, see The Middle Class in Halifax, 1780-1850, Ph.D. thesis, University of Leeds, 2003; The Middle Class World: Halifax, 1780-1850 (Minerva Publishing, Kyoto, 2008), Ⅹ＋367 (in Japanese); Voluntary societies and the urban local community: A case study of the Halifax Mechanics' Institution, Family & Community History, 11(1) May 2008.

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Lastly Update 1 March 2009