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My grandfather, John Arnett, was the teacher at the North Creake school for many years.  Four of his sons came to Canada.  When I was a little girl growing up in distant Saskatchewan the uncles would gather and tell ...Read more

A memory of North Creake in 1890 by Frances Arnett Sbrocchi

Sarah Clayden Rudd nee Wacey and her daughters lived in Wickhambreux.  They were listed there at the time of the 1891 census as living 'the green' and in 1901 she and her daughters, Sarah and Rebecca, are living there and ...Read more

A memory of Wickhambreaux in 1890 by Mrs L Byrne

Browsing through the Book "I Remember when..." published by The Francis Frith Collection, I was so delighted to see a picture of The Quayside in 1896 at Salcombe, Devon. There standing proud above the quay was 'Harbour Lights', the ...Read more

A memory of Salcombe in 1890 by Pete Combellack

My great-great-grandfather George (or could be James) Jackson lived in Star Lane Cottages. Apparently the Jacksons had been Hooley people for many years. He kept sheep for a butcher on Farthing Down, Croydon - I can ...Read more

A memory of Hooley in 1890 by Jean St Clair Nee Jackson

My Great, Great Great Grandfather, William Booth, used to push a cart up and down the streets of Clayton le Moors with his son John Booth, selling shellfish. He was known as 'Muscle Bill' and his son, 'Oyster Jack'. (This ...Read more

A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1890 by Donna Cooper

I believe my grandparents worked at Warnham Court during this period. I have some photos of the staff and house etc. My grandfather's name was Arthur Butler.

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1890 by Arthur James

My father Cornelius Henry Johns (Naily to everyone who knew him) was born in the little Round House on the left of the photo. He was the youngest of a large family, and there were 11 people living there in 1899. They then moved ...Read more

A memory of Veryan in 1890 by Donald Johns

I have photos of Walreddon Manor from my ancestors who lived there in the 1890s. One is similar to the photo here, but was taken in August of 1892, and the back inscription, written about the same time, said the children were ...Read more

A memory of Tavistock in 1890 by Cristy Watson

I and my sister are trying to get geneaology info on our maternal grandmother who grew up in Cippenham. Her name was Mary Freeman and she was the daughter of Daniel and Roseann Freeman of ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1890 by Marje Murphy

GRADE 11 LISTED. House, formerly the south lodge of Buckland Court (q.v.). Probably mid C19; simplified Tudor style. Granite rubble. Slated roofs. Large granite ashlar chimneystack on ridge in ...Read more

A memory of Buckland in the Moor in 1890 by Francis Hutchinson