Snippets of life in Langham, part 1
There’s some very interesting notes in Langham‘s parish registers, which revive moments in the lives of Langham’s long-dead inhabitants. This ...
Author: Helen Barrell
Whose body? A Plymouth Quaker mystery
Imagine how annoyed you’d be if the graveyard you were buried in was repurposed as a car park? Everyone else who had laid beside you for over a hundred ye...
Update: Bradfield
Nearly 700 burials added for Bradfield, Essex, from 1564 to 1695.
Update: Toppesfield baptisms
Nearly 1,000 baptisms for Toppesfield, Essex, from 1813-March 1844 now online.
Update: Toppesfield
Transcriptions of over 200 marriages for Toppesfield, Essex, from 1813-1843, now available.
Update: Bradfield
I’ve finished transcribing the earliest register for Bradfield, Essex, from 1564 to 1695. I’ll be adding spreadsheets of baptisms, burials and marri...
Guest blog: The Mystery of the Sailor in the River
A guest blog for Wivenhoe’s History about a sailor who drowned in the River Colne in 1850. But all was not as it seemed. (A shorter version of this text w...
Update: Halstead
Nearly 250 marriages for Halstead St Andrew now transcribed, from 1837 to 1844.
The Bridges family of Lawford and John Constable’s portrait
If you’re from north-east Essex, and perhaps if you’re from south-east Suffolk, you cannot avoid John Constable. My grandma had a print of The Haywa...
Update: Lawford
Over 700 baptisms for Lawford, Essex, now added, covering 1764-1812. This means there’s now nearly 3,000 baptisms on this site for Lawford, from 1588 to 1...