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Edward Leighfield of Wootton Bassett
A collaborative research mini-project for the Family and Community Historical Research Society, 2019, themed around gardeners.
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A collection of posts including cemeteries, canals, WW1, WW2, family history, and other research I have carried out
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Twiggli Family Tree Generator
In 2017 one of my genealogy customers was looking through the report I’d prepared for him. Although he was pleased, there was clearly something wrong....
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A Twist in the Tale on the Grand Union Canal
Was it suicide or was it murder? Early on the morning in July 1880, a pair of horse boats loaded with chalk left Stoke Hammond lock...
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The History of The Elms, Benwick
I wrote this history of The Elms, in Benwick, when I was selling it as a canalside homes estate agent in 2022. The property sold and is now in new hands.
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Edwin Brown, Foxhangers Lock Cottage and Semington Lock House
Edwin Brown was the lock keeper at the bottom of the Caen Hill flight and at Semington Lock House.
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George Brain, Carpenter's Crew (1889-1914)
The story of Carpenter's Crew George Brain, from Glascote, who was drowned on Hospital Ship Rohilla on 30th October 1914.
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Sarah Gerrish, cake seller, (c.1805-1862)
Mysteries are both the joy and the challenge of genealogy. Sarah Gerrish's story is one of these.
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Reliant and Metrocab, Basin Lane, Glascote
Where I live between Glascote Locks was once the location for the moulding factories producing Scimitars and Robin Reliants.
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15 Family History Writing Challenges
Do you want to write or blog about family history, but you don't know where to begin? This post lists 13 challenges to help you get started... and keep going!
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A baby at Sydney Wharf (1878-1878)
A sad little story of a baby drowned in the Kennet and Avon Canal at Sydney Wharf near Bath.
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Coy-Sgt-Major Alfred Allbrighton (1891-1917)
The story of Alfred Allbrighton, who lived in Main Road, Glascote, and was killed in action in WW1 on 20th September 1917.
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Glascote Locks and the surrounding area 1900-1918
The history of Glascote Locks and the surrounding area between 1900 and 1918, including the men of Glascote who served and fell in WW1.