Just a Useful Map – The Museum Mile
Plan your visit to some of London’s top museums
Read MoreKew Gardens Library, Art & Archives
The remarkable collection and archive at Kew Gardens and what they can reveal about ‘enlightened’ times..
Read MoreThe Remarkable Influence of Sir Joseph Banks
The remarkable influence of Joseph Banks, explorer, botanist and ‘enlightened’ man, stretched itself over a multitude of disciplines and ages. The connections he made heralded a new wave of thinking about science which still impact today…
Read MoreFoundling Hospital a home for children…
The Foundling Hospital for children, in many ways, epitomises the change in thinking that came out of the period of Enlightenment. People such as John Locke, stirred the conscience of a society and resulted in a more liberal thinking where deeds and actions spoke loudest.
Read MoreIntrepid Explorer Isabella Bird
Isabella Bird Victorian explorer. Women trail blazers are not recognized in the same way as their male counterparts. Many Victorian and Edwardian women undertook fascinating journeys to explore remote regions of the globe.
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 MoreUse Chancery Records To Reveal Family History Connections
Explore the more unusual historical records to add detail to your family history. Chancery Court records can reveal some unexpected connections
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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