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West Dean West Sussex and New Mexico…what do they have in common?
Edward James a lasting legacy , a great endowment and a mad folly in Mexico? In the heart of the Sussex Downs dont’ miss a treat and enjoy the grandeur of a country house fit for kings with a wonderful opportunity to develop your creative skills…
Read MoreThe Golden Hind
The Golden Hind will be part of Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee flotilla down the Thames, what impact did Drakes voyage have on the nation just over 430 years ago?
Read MoreLord Lovat & the History of Mapmaking
The first detailed maps of Britain arose out of a need to fulfil a military purpose. The Battle of Culloden proved to be a turning point in the history of British map making
Read MoreFamily Home of Thomas Blake Glover 1838-1911 at Glover House in 1864
Thomas Blake Glover an intriguing influence on the Meiji Restoration. mining, ship-building and Mistubishi with his family home in Aberdeen.
Read MoreScotsmen Thomas Blake Glover, Mitsubishi and Kirin Beer
Outstanding Scotsmen and the Far East seem to go together in the 19th and early 20th centuries, being responsible for business and trading companies that are still thriving today. Thomas Blake Glover was one such man, arguably responsible for much of the success of the Meiji Restoration and the overthrow of the Shogun and forming the basis of the new and open Japan and it’s industrial success that continues to this day…
Read MoreMillers in the Family?
An intriguing resource for those with an interest in the social or family history of millers
Read MoreChildren Lost and Found Notices
Lost children of the C19th. How heartbreaking it must have been to lose a child in the seething populace of London but how did a poor family go about finding their lost child. A little piece of ephemera had us on the trail….
Read MoreBMD Certificates sale Birmingham & Midland Genealogy Society
Search 7000 unwanted BMD certificates available through Birmingham and Midland Society Genealogy and Heraldry
Read MoreCharles Dickens Podcast from The National Archive
Michael Allen, author and Charles Dickens expert, revealed some new insights into Dickens life. Listen to the 2010 podcast from The National Archive to discover more
Read MoreVictorian Women and the Professions. The Female Doctor
The first female doctors of the C19th. Why were women excluded from the professions in the first half of the C19th and when did it change?
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