My Family History: Lydia Saunders

Wednesday 24 January 2018

Lydia Saunders was killed by a train at Whiston, one of the first fatalities on the railways.

The Mainwarings of Over Peover

For many centuries, from the time of the Normans, until 1919, one of the main families in my family tree, the Mainwaring's owned and liv...
William Longespee Earl of Salisbury

Below is the tomb of William Longespee, son of Henry II, husband of Ela Countess of Salisbury, founder of Salisbury Cathedral, where...
Richard Kelsall Glenton of 58 Falkner Street Liverpool

My 5x great uncle Richard Kelsall Glenton, a customs clerk who lived 1794 - 1863, was featured in episode 1 of A House Through Time, first ...
The Ferrers lineage

I recently visited the National Trust property of Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire, home to the Ferrers family for many centuries from the ...
Sir Philip Mainwaring

Sir Philip Mainwaring was born in 1589, the 7th son of Sir Randle Mainwaring (1553 – 1612) of Over Peover, Cheshire and Margaret Fitton ( - ...
The Jenvey graves at St John’s, Boldre, Hampshire

Earlier this year I visited the New Forest. Just outside the village of Boldre, near Lymington, at the top of the hill is one of England’s o...
George Edward Hindley and John Henry Hindley war medals

The war medals of George Edward Hindley and John Henry Hindley were sold at auction by Lawrence's auction house on 3 November 2011 for...
Hilda Heywood and the tragic death of her daughter

My great aunt Hilda Heywood was born in October 1909 in Bolton to Ellen Eliza Hindley and Ernest Heywood. She was their eldest child. In A...