Posts by HLB
John Snow Mapping Cholera 1859
Sometimes events happen in history, that have a profound effect upon all people, the epidemiological studies of John Snow in his pursuit of the cause of cholera was one just event
Read MoreMap of John Snow’s London 1859
An intriguing snippet to put you in touch with John Snow and his mapping study of cholera in London in 1859
Read MoreMigration of Nightingale Nurses
The migration of the Nightingale nurses, allowed the excellent standards and practises of their training to be disseminated throughout the world
Read MoreA Good Nurse an improving Woman…
Powerful words from Florence Nightingale
Read MoreThe Lunar Society bringing together brilliant minds
The Lunar Society bringing together brilliant minds The Lunar Society bringing together brilliant minds happened because of a full moon. Those who joined together to become the ‘Lunar Circle’ or ‘Lunar Club’ as it was formerly known in 1775. The meetings of these fellows, with such fertile minds changed an age. The original ‘Lunarmen’, gathered together for…
Read MoreTwelve Great Livery Companies of London
List of ‘The Great Twelve’ livery companies
Read MoreStephen Hawkings, Great Physicist, Charles Babbage, Great Mathematician
Celebrate the lives of great scientists and mathematicians starting with Charles Babbage
Read MoreCap Badge Long Range Desert Group 1940 – 45
What a fascinating history relating to the cap badge of the Long Range Desert Group 1940 – 45
Read MoreUsing Livery Company Records
Did your family work in the City of London? If so, then they may well have been a member of one of the guilds or livery companies
Read MoreValuation Office Maps
Another little goldmine of mapping data for the local historian are the Valuation Office Survey Maps
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