Genealogical and local history articles and research services
Articles
A growing archive of genealogical stories, local history articles and source transcriptions.
Introduction
We are all related. Granted, some a lot closer than others, but a number of visitors to this site will be here because they have found an intersection between my research and their own. Generally, as a population, the further we go back in time, the more we have in common.
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My own, personal family tree is continually evolving and in my spare time I delve deeply into individual ancestors, their families, and the places they lived. Articles and essays presented here are fully sourced and I would encourage readers to make use of them where pertinent.
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These articles are also living documents, in that they can be updated as new information presents itself. If you have any research that may add to or correct the information presented herein, please do not hesitate to contact me. As a dutiful historian, correct representation of facts always trumps any theories or errors I may have made, and I am certainly not above acknowledging my mistakes!
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If you've found anything in my research helpful in a major way, do let me know, or perhaps buy me a coffee.
People
A collection of life stories, reconstructed from records available, of historical individuals.
The Curious Case of Mary Orchard
The story of a girl from Bath who led a seemingly dual life in Maidenhead and London at the height of Victorian Britain.
The Forgotten Bonvilles
A house all but extinct by the Wars of the Roses, but generations of an illegitimate bloodline fought in 16th century courts for recognition.
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William Astill, Printer of Coventry
A growing list of broadsides and pamphlets he printed, and details of his imprisonment over the Stoneleigh Abbey controversy.
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The Bampfields of Kidderminster
Detailing a branch of this family that settled in Kidderminster at the turn of the 19th century and their descendants.
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A look at the works of Mary Chandler, the renowned Georgian-era poet, and her descriptions of the ancient city in which she lived.
Places
Leamington Hastings Parish Register
A transcription of the Bishop's Transcripts to complete the missing pages of the Parish Register (baptisms 1702-1705)
Kidderminster's Lost Rectory
An investigation into the history of Kidderminster's lost rectory and the implications that has for an earlier church.
Survey of West Country Manors 1525
A transcription and study of T.L. Stoate's 1979 publication collecting the manorial records of Lady Cecily Bonville.