…newspaper reports into the accident itself, and the subsequent inquest and eventual conviction for culpable negligence & manslaughter. Timor Mine head today. Sources: Julie Hopper http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/miners.htm http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au…
The white cliffs soaring high above Dover form a landmark that is visible on all but the darkest of nights. Smuggling was rife in Dover, and by 1745 there were…
The Hoppers of Ickham, Kent Although the Hopper family eventually went on to populate the East Kent coastal towns and villages, the earliest reliable records of my Hopper ancestors go…
…He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent. Boatswain William Shepherd (Merchant Navy) – (1908-1945) William Ernest Sydney SHEPHERD was born 30 November 1908 in Plumstead, Kent….
The following article was written by Daphne Argent, and was published in the February 1999 issue of the magazine 'Bygone Kent'. It follows on from 'Whitfield within living memory (Part…
5. In the dead of night the smugglers work... The graveyard of St James' Church, beneath the Castle Hill, was the scene of that night's run. There, in the blackness…
…reliable is our data? – http://royroyes.net/showmedia.php?mediaID=553&medialinkID=1593 St Lawrence church, Hougham, Kent – https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Hougham,_Kent_Genealogy Details of Hougham Church, and Robert’s rebuilding work quoted here are taken from a booklet written by…
…Joseph Willis (1797-1868) & Elizabeth Hood and their 8 children; James Willis (1801-1877) & Elizabeth Prebble and their 3 children; Jarvis Gambrell & Mary Willis (1810-1874) and their 4 children;…