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Details of historical buildings at 26 and 28 Cole St. Southwark.

Modern apartments at 26 and 28 Cole Street, Southwark were once a chapel and a hop warehouse respectively. Regarding the chapel I would like to know its name, when it was erected and any other details you can furnish. Regarding the hop...

Mar 3, 2010 20:24:21   madelineahad   Replies: 0 Closes in 24 days

workhouse records

I am trying to complete my family tree but have come up against a brick wall regarging my great grandfather who I am aware of being in the Newcastle Union workhouse (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)...

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Missing volumes of the Journal of the House of Commons

The volumes of the Journal for 1582 -1603 are missing. Where can I find them?

Feb 27, 2010 13:29:36   jaimeshu   Replies: 1 Closes in 17 days

Red Lion Yard, Hampstead

Is the Red Lion Yard, Hampstead an actual yard, atttched to the pub?

Feb 24, 2010 19:47:24   kellysmith9   Replies: 0 Closes in 14 days

References to 'Parly'?

As an amateur historian I keep seeing this in references, e.g. Parly (2000) or Parly I p.36 Am I to assume it means Parliamentary History as a publication or does it refer to something else

Feb 24, 2010 12:50:17   Curyous   Replies: 0 Closes in 14 days

What is a ladies toilet pin box?

I have seen a ladies toilet pin box, but what would be kept in it?

Feb 24, 2010 12:40:32     Replies: 0 Closes in 14 days

Tile Hill, parish of Stoneleigh

What year did Canley and Tile Hill become part of Coventry and no longer a part of Stoneleigh?

Feb 23, 2010 21:51:14     Replies: 0 Closes in 13 days

1-13 Courtfield Road

Are there any architect drawings, plans, or photos of Numbers 1 - 13 Courtfield Road, London showing how the buildings as they were up to circa 1972? Any photos of the buildings being demolished?

Feb 19, 2010 17:49:23     Replies: 0 Closes in 9 days

Royal Baby smuggled

Can you tell me the reference for an event where a baby was smuggled into the royal chamber in a bedwarmer to cover up for a still birth?

Feb 18, 2010 11:00:08     Replies: 0 Closes in 8 days

Parliamentary Committees

Are the minutes of parliamentary committees available online? I have not been able to find them. I am most interested in the records of the Interregnum 1649-1660

Feb 17, 2010 12:15:10     Replies: 0 Closes in 7 days

Hill 60, Bobbys Lane, Clayton, Stoke on Trent

I visit my sister in Trent Vale, and we went for a walk from her house to Hill 60, Stoke on Trent. I am really interested in knowing why this is hill is called this. I have looked up Hill 60, and it comes up with the Hill 60, the battle of the...

Feb 16, 2010 16:06:11     Replies: 0 Closes in 6 days

baird and tatlock 1800

I have a wooden box and inside it has glass tubes and a glass themometer which says BTL and its in a triangle. the box its in looks like it has come from a big cabnit coz its got 100 on it and its a draw box. Please could you tell me what it is

Feb 16, 2010 15:56:38     Replies: 0 Closes in 6 days

Dunsmoor Monument query

I have a glossy sepia photo postcard from either the 1940's or 1950's of a monument. I dont know if it is a place or a family monument. I cant find any research relating to it. In the bottom L/H corner are the numbers 2695, which Im surmising is the...

Feb 15, 2010 16:15:15   leesaxon   Replies: 0 Closes in 5 days

Alkerton's in the U.K.

I have been looking into my family's past and have found many, many holes in our past and no one to fill in what is missing. I have learned that the origin of my name was do to it being used by my ancestors to let people know they were from the...

Feb 10, 2010 03:51:22     Replies: 0 Closes today

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