Shoemakers/Cordwainers in Castle Donington

[ctrunfree]

Hi folks

I'm wondering if there are any sources available which would give a list of shoemakers/cordwainers in the Castle Donington area in the period of between say 1770-1780?  If I can find one named Wood (there is one in the 1841 Census) then the theory I have about what made my ancestor Richard move there from Morley in Derbyshire might just have legs!

[chempat]

Someone on another site wanted information of shoemakers and cordwainers for the same time period, but in Leicester/Rutland.

They were advised to try the records office (but that was 12 years ago).  They believed that the Records Office had apprenticeship records.

http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/leisure_tourism/local_history/recordoffice/recordoffice_about.htm

[ctrunfree]

Someone on another site wanted information of shoemakers and cordwainers for the same time period, but in Leicester/Rutland.

They were advised to try the records office (but that was 12 years ago).  They believed that the Records Office had apprenticeship records.

http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/leisure_tourism/local_history/recordoffice/recordoffice_about.htm

Thanks Chempat.  Unfortunately that's a bit far for me to go!

[chempat]

E-mail or phone them, surely, for advice.

[ctrunfree]

E-mail or phone them, surely, for advice.

Thanks, I didn't realise they'd offer that sort of service!

[chempat]

I did not say they would do the work. 

But they can talk to you.