The Will of James Swindells, Farmer in Hurdsfield📜

I find these Wills fascinating and truly a work of art, the writing itself is just so beautiful.

Do you know Cicely Burnip?

It says “Cicely Burnip’s Daughter. From Thora with love to Bessy.”

Selina Wonnacott & William Henry Dillon

Scrolling through Ebay one evening I noticed this absolutely beautiful glass Ambrotype photo, unframed, of a couple, taken I thought probably 1855/60’s

Lippiatt, Searle, Cobb & Alder Old Photos (Part 2)

I think from my research so far that these two are Katherine Wilson (Kitty) & Edmund Charles Sear (Charlie)

Frances White married Joseph Hunt 1855

I have traced as far as Margaret R Fee Smith as a descendant from Frances White & Joseph Hunt

The Silby & Seagust Family

I love family group photos, and when the name of the family is written on the back..just pure gold for … More

Salisbury Victorian Photographer Edmund Rogers

I am still catching up on scanning of the old photos that I have acquired this summer, lots of them … More

Felix Drake Webbing Manufacturer & Arthur Green Holcombe Brewery

UPDATE June 2019 from Hugh Drake: “I have just picked up a link to your page about the Drake Family … More

Martha Brown Hanging 160 years on

On this date 160 years ago at just a few minutes after 8am Elizabeth Martha Brown was hanged at the … More

William Richmond Dickens and Family

I found this lovely Wedding photo recently, and tucked inside was a local Christchurch newspaper clipping about the marriage..What luck … More

Edward Symonds and Family

UPDATE. 31 Jan 2020. This beautiful photo is now on its way back to family in New South Wales, Australia. … More

Dame Flora MacLeod, Clan MacLeod,Dunvegan Castle

I’m just getting back into scanning my four piles of old photos waiting on my desk, after being away touring … More