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My great-grandfather served on this ship between 1875/1876 as a Royal Marine marksman, having joined the RM's at 13 years old in 1870. He also served on HMS's 'Agincourt', 'London', 'Simoom', 'Thetis', 'Lion' and finally ...Read more

A memory of Devonport in 1870 by Peter Graham Siddle

I believe that my great grandfather Robert Landeman Jones owned Brockley Hall but I am unsure of the date, I am guessing it was the 1870s.  I think that he later moved to Weston-super-Mare.  My brother and I have a ...Read more

A memory of Brockley in 1870 by Rosamund Garrod Mason

Gertrude Margaret Whytehead (Daisy) was our grandmother. She was the daughter of Henry Yates Whytehead and we believe her mother was also Gertrude. They lived at Bewholme Grange and Granny may have been born there in 1878. She was the ...Read more

A memory of Bewholme in 1870 by weswell

My great grandfather, William Collins, (born Morval, 1854) served on The Royal Adelaide 9 times between July 1874 and December 1889. Good to 'feel' a connection via this photo and other memories of folk who's own relatives must have served with great grandfather.

A memory of Devonport in 1870 by Tony Bennett

This photo shows the home and business of John Gill Shaw my great great grandfather.  He was born 23 November 1813.  He had 12 children some of which continued his ironmonger business into at least the ...Read more

A memory of Chester in 1870 by Wally Donoghue

My husband's family on his mother's side were the Laws. James and Susannah ran a public house in Cross Street, which closed in about 1904, called The Jolly Butchers. If anyone with maps or photos cares to contact me.

A memory of Bungay in 1870 by Dawn Harding

I am researching the family, Francis. James Francis was born in 1852 in Monmouth and married Selina Owens, in 1872. They had a son Matthew Henry and a daughter Sarah Jane. Matthew married Ellen and they had 4 children; ...Read more

A memory of Trealaw in 1870 by Ken Evans

I have recently moved to North Road in Three Bridges into one of the original railway cottages, I can see that the house was there in a map of Three Bridges dated 1874 1:2500 scale. I am really interested in the history and would ...Read more

A memory of Three Bridges in 1870 by Paul Tobin

The building on the left is a carriage shed, used for holding spare passenger vehicles under cover. It is from the North Devon Railway in the 1850s and still appears to have broad gauge track (7ft gauge - not removed until 1877) laid ...Read more

A memory of Barnstaple in 1870

My great-grandfather William Southam was born in 1829 in Catesby in Northamptonshire. He married Eliza Green, born Wormleighton, Warks. They lived in Ladbroke, Warks, in a cottage next to the School House that still exists but ...Read more

A memory of Ladbroke in 1870 by Patricia Butler