Acknowledgements & Sources

Thank-you to the staff of  Leicester Record Office
National Record Office - Kew.
University of Nottingham Libraries, Manuscripts and Special Collections  

Multiple family members.
Including special thanks to Josie James for information on the James family & access to family Bibles.
Thanks to Margaret Saxelby for information on the Hallam side of the family.
Thank you to Margaret Keogh for some of the Wootton photos
and to Rosie Posy, Richard Bimson & Bob Trubshaw for information on Wymeswold.

Other Sources :

https://ancestry.co.uk
{careful  of all those hints  -  they cannot all be correct !}
https://findmypast.com
https://www.hoap.co.uk/who/index.htm
https://www.aboutbritain.com/articles/life-on-a-victorian-farm.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/
https://cowperandnewtonmuseum.org.uk
https://19thcentury.us/19th-century-lace/
https://footfiles.com/subject/shoemaker
https://www.keikari.com/english/a-brief-history-of-british-shoe-making/
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/jobs-in-the-1800-s-natalie
https://www.regencyhistory.net/2018/10/banns-licences-and-hardwickes-marriage.html
https://www.thecourtyarddairy.co.uk
https://leicestershirehistory.co.uk
https://www.bbc.co.uk
https://lbcweb.org.uk

Publications :

Books by Ellen Smith (nee Wootton) particularly 'Memories of a Country Girlhood'
See https://www.hoap.co.uk/who/older01.htm#Nell%20Smith 

A Portrait of Wymeswold 1991.
Copyright Wolds Historical Organisation.

A Child in Paradise.
Jim Mackley.