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What a wonderful bridge it was going to be, a copy of Sydney Harbour bridge, it will take hours off the time going to Widnes, that's what they said, whoever they were. I sat on Halton Castle and watched through my Uncle ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1860 by Clive Bisby

My great grandfather lived at 49 Chapel Hill, Highweek, Newton Abbot. He was 39 then and he had a wife called Susan and 6 children. He was a policeman in Highweek and I am trying to find out more about him and his ...Read more

A memory of Newton Abbot in 1860 by Patricia Baker

William Sturdey, Christened 3 Dec 1797 at Eynsford. 1851 Census:- Aged 53, Agricultural Labourer, Nut Tree Hall, Plaxtol Village. 1861 Census:- Aged 67 (s/b 63??), Farm Bailiff at Nut Tree Hall. Death Reg'd 3rd Qtr 1877 at ...Read more

A memory of Plaxtol in 1860 by Susan Enright

My mother's ancestors all seemed to live in Abingdon and the surrounding villages of Launton, Kiddlington, Bicester, Charlbury etc. and I am collecting photographic records of these families and ...Read more

A memory of Abingdon-on-Thames in 1860 by Yoga Prakash Saraswati

My great grandmother was born in Great Houghton in 1868. She married Charles Neville and moved to Swanscombe in Kent. She had four children at the time of the 1901 census, the eldest of whom was nine. All I know is that her ...Read more

A memory of Great Houghton in 1860 by Linda Waddilove

I think this is a photo of the junction of the High Street (London Road) and Hanworth Road. The shop on the left later became C & A. I lived in North Drive, Hounslow with my family from 1954 to 1965.

A memory of Hounslow in 1860 by royandjennifercase

How amazing to read of another Huxley who married into the Waldron family in Clent. My great grandfather, William Huxley, married Ellen Waldron in 1867 and I believe her grandfather was Thomas Waldron, but have so far been ...Read more

A memory of Clent in 1860 by Sally Drew

My great grandfather, William Davies, son of Thomas, was born in Corwen in 1862. He married Ann Jane Lewis and they moved up to London in the 1880s. Is there anyone, still living in Corwen, related to me? You can mail me at mar2eng@yahoo.ca

A memory of Corwen in 1860 by Keith Davies

My grandfather John Bartholomew was born in Duntarvie Caastle in 1848. Because of the spring line which went throught the "field" the house was wet and eventually the estate built a new farmstead - Duntarvie. This was ...Read more

A memory of Duntarvie Castle in 1860 by Richard Widdowson

We visited Gipping in 2003 to try to get a sense of the place our ancestors left in 1859 to start a new life in New Zealand. The flatness of the area was a significant contrast to the rugged coastal lands they farmed on their arrival ...Read more

A memory of Gipping in 1860 by Barbara Allan