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My mother told me about her great-uncle who was schoolmaster at Willington during 1850's,'60's or '70's before moving on to a school at Tudhoe. He was John Lister and his wife was Sarah Lister. Are there any Coates or Lister families still there?

A memory of Willington in 1870 by Jenny Lister

I recently visited Goole in search of records of my maternal ancestry. I discovered that my great grand father Bernard Knowles Brook and his 6-yr-old son George from Goole were drowned at Keadby on 9 July 1876. I ...Read more

A memory of Keadby in 1870 by Brian Deverall

This is Alan Edgar Fullwood's memory and the reference to Slinfold is right at the bottom of this narration: Edgar Fullwood was my father.  He was born in Birmingham England in what is to me the beginning of our history in 1875 on October ...Read more

A memory of Slinfold in 1870 by Anne Robertson