Theme Intriguing People
Issac Newton at Trinity College Cambridge
Isaac Newton and Christopher Wren intriguing connections and Trinity College Cambridge
Read MoreWho were your ancestors neighbours?
Surprising connections can be made when you start mapping your family history
Read MoreCap Badge Royal Guernsey Light Infantry 1939 – 1947
Cap badge of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry 1939 – 1947 part of the military cap badge collection at capbadges.net
Read MoreThomas Telford London to Holyhead Road
The debate over the high speed rail link between London and Birmingham, made us think about Thomas Telford, building a slightly controversial high speed road between London and Holyhead in 1819
Read MoreCrane Court new home found for Royal Society by Sir Isaac Newton in 1710
Sir Isaac finds a new home for the Royal Society and Sir Christopher Wren does-up one of the rooms…
Read MoreRoyal Society founded 1660 Gresham College and Arundel House
Royal Society for advancement of Science, a founding father Christopher Wren, Astronomer at Gresham College…? Was your relative a member or fellow of the society?
Read MoreMary Shelley author of ‘Frankenstein’ 1818
Mothers and daughters, how intriguing. Mary Shelley Author of Frankenstein but who was her famous feminist mother who was also ahead of her time? Find out more here and via our Intriguing People theme on Intriguing History a connected digital history project.
Read MoreJane Austen’s House and Museum at Chawton Hants
It was Chawton where Jane spent the last 8 years of her life in the grace and favour small house provided by the generosity of her brother Edward Austen. Now the location of the Jane Austen House Museum
Read MoreJane Austen was born 1775 Steventon Hants
Jane Austen possibly the greatest female writer of all time and one of the top 5 of both men and women, well thats what the distinguished critic F R Leavis believed…
Read MoreCap Badge Infantry Glider Troops 1942 – 45
The cap badge of the Infantry Glider Troops is a reminder of a group of brave men who silently flew over enemy lines in World War II.
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