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In the nineteenth century my Creasey family were tenant farmers at Gibbshaven Farm near Felbridge. Many of the family lived their entire lives in the area and the church was where they were ...Read more

A memory of Felbridge in 1870 by John Howard Norfolk

The bank's origins relate to Blackburn, Lancashire, then moved to Manchester where a later generation of the Cunliffe Brooks became a very wealthy local landowner. Opened an Altrincham branch on 7th April ...Read more

A memory of Manchester in 1870 by Trevor Jones

My great-grandad was born in South Clifton along with his parents but I don't know where, I would love to find out, his name was Charles Edward Walker.

A memory of South Clifton in 1870 by Rosie Roberts

George Jory from Chacewater went to NZ in 1873, and married Jane Bowie of Edinburgh there, they had 4 children including my mother, so he is my great-grandfather. He was from a wrestling family, who were also brewers. My ...Read more

A memory of Chacewater in 1870 by Janet Thompson

The old Railway Hotel previously occupied the adjacent timber-clad building to the south west of the Cranley Hotel before it closed its doors in 1910. It was then converted into 2 dwellings and a laundry in an adjoining barn. ...Read more

A memory of Cranleigh in 1870 by Graham Aslett