Wills, taxes and land: finding inhabitants beyond the registers
Wills, tax rolls, manorial archives and maps help distinguish namesakes and reconstruct the Leverington neighbourhood.
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Articles
Historical articles based on identifiable, reviewable sources.
From passenger lists to military files: tracing an Australian journey
A service number, unit and service record can extend the immigration milestones and help reconstruct a Leverington journey in Australia.
Leverinton, Levrington, Leveryngton: following a name whose spelling changes
Leverinton, Levrington and Leveryngton may open new lines of enquiry. Here is how to search these forms while ruling out misleading associations.
Thatch, brick and hedges: Leverington’s everyday heritage
Cottages, hedges, walls and old lanes form a coherent heritage landscape together with St Leonard’s and the Hall.
Roman Bank and Fen Croft: reading the archaeology of Leverington
Roman Bank, the former Nene frontage and the study of Fen Croft show how archaeologists reconstruct Leverington’s development.
From Cambridgeshire to the world: how to read the map of the Leverington name
Forebears, Geneanet and archival sources do not count the same thing. Read correctly, their maps reveal the name’s distribution without creating false precision.
Tracing Leverington journeys in Canada: a route through the archives
Censuses, passenger records, provincial civil registration and immigration files make it possible to reconstruct Leverington journeys in Canada methodically.
Roxborough and Leverington Cemetery: a landscape of memory in Pennsylvania
From the Levering farm to the company incorporated in 1857, Leverington Cemetery preserves more than three centuries of Roxborough history.
Gorefield, Parson Drove and Leverington: finding the correct boundaries
Gorefield and Parson Drove long formed part of Leverington’s historic area. Understanding boundary changes helps identify the correct records.
From Lēofhere to Leverington: what the place name tells us
Lēofhere, -ing- and tūn explain the formation of Leverington. References from 1130, 1210 and 1239 then show how the place enters the written record.