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- A Curious Headstone May 2, 2020
- A Curious Indenture of Apprenticeship May 1, 2019
- Robert Rothwell the Schoolmaster Apr 30, 2019
- Photos of People from Botlon Apr 25, 2019
- Photos of People from Bolton Apr 8, 2019
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A Curious Headstone
I’ve long had a fascination with gravestones. It’s the stories of those who lie there which fascinate me. I always wondered who they were, what were their lives like, what happened to them. It is no wonder then that I … Continue reading
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A Curious Indenture of Apprenticeship
From Historical Gleanings of Bolton and District: A second batch of odd papers (written and printed) in one form or other identified with the township of Breightmet, which have been loaned to (the) present correspondent by an old Breightmetite, contains … Continue reading
Robert Rothwell the Schoolmaster
Its been quite a while since I have looked at my Rothwell research so I thought it was time to tackle the problem of Robert Rothwell. I have two major stumbling blocks in this part of my research and they … Continue reading
Photos of People from Botlon
Most of our old family photos were lost. My mum remembers a large leather bag with loads of photos in, especially the old Victorian card ones, as well as many of her and her sisters when they were young. The … Continue reading
Photos of People from Bolton
Over the last few years, I’ve bought old photos of people from Bolton. I know very little about them so I’ll post them here and if you recognise anyone, let me know! These two groups are unrelated and were bought … Continue reading
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Selim Rothwell, Artist
I have a print of a painting of Churchgate in Bolton circa 1840. I love looking at this picture because it looks so different to the Churchgate of today. It is full of people; some strolling along, others selling from … Continue reading
The Cursed Shoes of Papillon Hall
Market Harborough, like many places, has its share of ghosts and haunted buildings. However, this post concerns a haunted building just outside Market Harborough. Papillon Hall used to stand on the way to Lubenham and was built around 1624 by … Continue reading
Market Harborough
Market Harborough was a ‘new’ town created in the 12th century and lies about halfway between Leicester and Northampton. According to Nicholls, Market Harborough was first mentioned in 1170; it was mentioned again in a Pipe Roll of 1199 relating to … Continue reading
Agnes Bowkers’ Cat
I love the weird and wonderful and this story is definitely that. I have taken most of the information from, Agnes Bowker’s Cat; Travesties and Transgressions in Tudor and Stuart England, by David Cressy. Agnes Bowker, aged 27, daughter of … Continue reading
Posted in Market Harborough
Tagged Bowker, church Courts, Illegitimacy, Leicestershire
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Plague!
Oh Lord save us! A great pestilence is upon us. Reports reached London in 1347 of a terrifying and incurable disease which was spreading from the East. It reached England in 1348 and is thought to have killed millions of … Continue reading
Posted in Market Harborough
Tagged Leicestershire, Plague, Seventeenth century, tomlin;
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