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My husband was born in Wales and is a descendant of farming stock going back to the 1700s, but it's only since retiring to Devon that he started Family History. It seems that his grandmother's parents were born and raised ...Read more

A memory of Llanafan-fawr in 1870 by Sue Mead

I, Louise Lomas, grew up at no. 58 Snape Hill Crescent, Dronfield with my mum and dad and sister Dawn and Brian Lomas and Nicola, oh and not forgetting Benjamin our border collie dog. My grandad, James Marples, lived at number 52 Snape ...Read more

A memory of Dronfield in 1870 by Louise Nee Lomas

My great-grandfather Henry Dudley grew up in Walton On The Hill, as did many of his ancestors and siblings. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1874. His father Jacob Dudley married my great-great-grandmother ...Read more

A memory of Walton on the Hill in 1870 by Alan Dudley

When we moved to Snapewood, neither of us could drive, our father started to take us out in a yellow and black Hillman Imp. For people who don't know, an Imp has the engine at the back. It was the first car to have an overhead ...Read more

A memory of Wollaton in 1870 by Jean Smith

My maternal grandmother and three of her siblings were born in Watchfield in the 1860-1870s. As far as I know they lived in a farm cottage, until they moved to Highworth in the late 1870s where they lived in the public house called 'The ...Read more

A memory of Watchfield in 1870 by John Williams

My family lived at number 9 Westgate street. Walter and Elizabeth White and their nine children!!! A couple of the boys apparently built church pews for St Joseph's church, Bugle Street around 1887. One of ...Read more

A memory of Southampton in 1870 by Jackie Wild

After resesrching my ancestors i found they where from LlandegaiThey where called Buckland and worked on the Penryn estateas head game keeper they Where called Buckland so i knew i had to go to Llandegai i went with my brother and ...Read more

A memory of Llandygai in 1870 by Susan Haid

Lovely memories of Ash Church.

A memory of Ash in 1870 by Linda Tickridge

moved into cllffe, north road in 1969, sold up in 1976 n moved to berrycourt cottages cooling street, would love some old photos of our home to scan and save, all would be returned, desperate for pics of berrycourt cottages

A memory of Cliffe in 1870 by Mick Mew

My great grandparents were married here 20 August 1859. Their names were Thomas William POOLE and Mary Ann TUCKWELL and they had a family of 11 - eight born in villages close to Sandwich and three born in Southland, ...Read more

A memory of Sandwich in 1870 by Elizabeth Beer