Edward Doty, Duelling Daggers, Defiance, & Dishonesty

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Julian

Before launching into decades of dysfunction in the new world, the story of our 9th Great Grandfather, Edward DOTY, begins in…

Storwood, Baron de Ros, & Hall Hills Hall

3 weeks ago

The Hall of Hall Hills was the mediaeval manorial complex at Storwood, controlled by the feudal overlordship of Ralph de…

William Bowness & Seaton’s Smithy

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William BOWNESS (1798-1887), our 4th Great Grandfather, was a Blacksmith in the village of Seaton, Cumberland. William and his wife…

Ken Bainbridge & Hooping Day

6 months ago

On Hooping Day, all the horse drawn carts from the village and surrounding farms would queue at Oulston Bank, on…

Priscilla Mullins & America’s First Love Triangle

7 months ago

Our 9th Great Grandmother, on the Bacon family line, was our first female European ancestor to arrive in North America!…

Storwood & The Popplewells

1 year ago

In the mid 2000s I clearly remember a telephone call from my mother when she shared with pride and incredulity…

Dick Hudson & Guinness World Record

1 year ago

Guinness World Record for Longest Place Kick, Rugby Union. Our great uncle, Richard "Dick" Hudson, was born and raised in…

Brenda, James, & The Giant Quake

2 years ago

Loma Prieta Earthquake October 17, 1989 - Where were you? On this day 35 years years ago I was 8…

Lizzie Edgar & The Bottle Stopperers

2 years ago

Our Great Grand Aunt, Elizabeth Edgar (1870-1956), was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, the third of twelve children. Aunt…

Clark’s of Darlington

2 years ago

The Clark family of Cumberland worked for generations as agricultural labourers before the industrial revolution brought mining and iron foundries…

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