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My great-great-grandfather was CHARLES RONE CLARKE born 6 March 1837 at 13 Court, Smallbrook Street, Birmingham. He was a master woodturner and sixth great-grandson of Henry ...Read more

A memory of Bournbrook in 1860 by Sue Coates

Descendants of George Clayton Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE1 CLAYTON was born 1788 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. He married ANN MUDD 08 December 1806 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. She ...Read more

A memory of Pickhill in 1860 by Orrin Clayton

My great-grandad was William Henry (born 29th June 1846 in Finsbury, London). As a very young man he worked as a wood carver and stayed with his uncle Samuel Howard at 2 Kay St., Chorlton on Medlock. Its a mystery ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick in 1860 by John Howard Norfolk

My paternal line goes back to (definitely) Joseph Wood b. 1751 at Cowick near Snaith but there have been Wood's in Cowick back to the 16th century. Joseph married Hannah Mapplebeck of Heck at Snaith in 1782.

A memory of Snaith in 1860 by Olga Lockley

My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations ...Read more

A memory of Hammersmith in 1860 by John Howard Norfolk

I was born in Huddersfield and lived in Clayton West until I got married in 1973. I lived in The Royds with my parent where my father was the local postman, in fact many of my relations lived in The Royds or near by. My ...Read more

A memory of Clayton West in 1860

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

In 1861, my great great grandmother was in service at Barrow Green Court as a nursery nurse. Her name was Mary Anne Scouse, aged seventeen. Between 1861 and 1871 my great great grandfather James Wood, was also working there as a footman. They worked for Charles Master and his family.

A memory of Oxted in 1860 by Judy Horne

At the bottom of Willsbridge and Brockham hills, on a busy Bath to Bristol road, stands an unassuming little building called The Queen's Head public house. Unlike other pubs in the vicinity, The Queen's ...Read more

A memory of Willsbridge in 1860 by Paul Townsend

This is part of the interior of the The High Pine Club. The photograph is looking across the sprung wooden dance floor. My parents spent many a happy time there up until the night that it burnt down. To the right of the ...Read more

A memory of Weybridge in 1860 by Jane Sewell