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I have a letter written by my ancestor Ann Stanuell to her sister Elizabeth Stanuell & parents John and Ann Stanuell while on a coaching trip from Doncaster to London. The letter is addressed to "Mr ...Read more

A memory of Doncaster in 1860

Descendants of George Clayton Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE1 CLAYTON was born 1788 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. He married ANN MUDD 08 December 1806 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. She ...Read more

A memory of Pickhill in 1860 by Orrin Clayton

My great-grandad was William Henry (born 29th June 1846 in Finsbury, London). As a very young man he worked as a wood carver and stayed with his uncle Samuel Howard at 2 Kay St., Chorlton on Medlock. Its a mystery ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick in 1860 by John Howard Norfolk

I started life in Berrie Street off Ellor Street in Salford, the houses then were all terraced with back entries at the back of Saint Paul's chuch. The first school I remember going to was John Street then the following: ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1860 by Nigel Yates

Joseph and Mary Devonshire (nee Neat) lived in a large house in Talygarn, they were both born about 1845. They had 10 children, 4 girls, one of whom was Mary, and 6 boys, one of whom was David, killed in the ...Read more

A memory of Talygarn in 1860

I lived in Forest Hill in the 1960's on a road off Dartmouth Road. Two shops on the road stand out in my memory. Probably in 1965 both were still trading. H.L. Daniel was a Norton works motorbike ...Read more

A memory of Forest Hill in 1860 by Graham Chivrall

A little bit of history about the Black Bull. My GGG Grandfather Thomas Banks (1791-1869) was the inn keeper during the 1850's and possibly for a short period before that. He also ran the slaughterhouse and the ...Read more

A memory of Great Smeaton in 1860 by Peter Allen

Daniel Gretton : Born: abt 1854 Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, England   Died: 1913 Resided in Village Street, Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, England   Daniel was dis - owned by ...Read more

A memory of Newtown Linford in 1860 by Leigh Gretton

The mill you refer to in the text was about 100 yards up the road from St. Bartholomews, on the opposite side of the road. It was owned by William Bower (not Bowen), and was the last of several Bower cotton mills in Wilmslow, ...Read more

A memory of Wilmslow in 1860 by Peter Bower

My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations ...Read more

A memory of Hammersmith in 1860 by John Howard Norfolk