TIMELINE
The Institution of Nursing Sisters 1840
Another of Elizabeth Fry’s amazing achievements was the setting up of the Institution of Nursing Sisters
Read MoreDickens, Fry, Nightingale, Darwin, Wordsworth and Martineau. What are their intriguing connections?
Intriguing connections between famous people make us view historic times and events differently
Read MoreElizabeth Fry Reformer and Quaker
The work of Elizabeth Fry, Quaker and social reformer inspired others such as Florence Nightingale. Her courage and work was outstanding in a time when women were considered to have few roles outside of the family
Read MoreFounding of ‘The Religious Society of Friends’ or Quakers
The founding of The Religious Society of Friends’ began a movement that spread across the UK and into America
Read MoreNorfolk and Edith Cavell
Norfolk is the birthplace of one of Britain’s most courage humanitarians, Edith Cavell, executed by German forces in WWI
Read MoreMilitia Lists and Muster Rolls for Hampshire
Muster rolls available through the Hampshire Record Office may provide fascinating details for your family history
Read MoreInsolvency and Bankruptcy in C19th
Bankrupt or Insolvent, what did it mean to our C19th ancestors?
Read MoreC19th Credit and Debt
The curse of credit and debt in the C19th brought hope and misery in equal despair to our ancestors
Read MoreReconnaissance Corps Cap Badge 1941 – 1946
The military cap badge of the reconnaissance Corps, added to the intriguing collection of cap badges
Read MoreAda Lovelace 1815 – 1852 and the first computer programme
Aususta Ada Lovelace was a brilliant mathematician who took Charles Babbage’s analytical machine a step further, so why don’t we know more about her?
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