Anne's Family History
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My family history blog expands the information in my family tree, telling some of the stories that go with the names and dates I have collected there. The people I write about are mostly from the families of Boltz, Cavenagh-Mainwaring, Champion de Crespigny, Cross, Cudmore, Dana, Gilbart, Manock, Plowright, Sullivan, Way and Young.
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The A to Z Blogging Challenge is a friendly annual blogging event. Participants post every day of April except Sundays ..read more
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In 1794 my fifth great grand uncle Edward Mainwaring (1736–1825), the eighth Edward Mainwaring to inherit Whitmore, succeeded to the ..read more
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The Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society was a non-profit, mutual insurance, fraternal order founded in Manchester in ..read more
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In 1753 a new English law prescribed a formal ceremony of marriage that required brides and grooms to sign their ..read more
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Prosecuting felons, then and now If your house were to be burgled you’d expect the police to investigate, to apprehend ..read more
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Drone first-person video photography has given new meaning to the phrase ‘bird’s-eye view’. These fly overs were taken in 2016 ..read more
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Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 was an attempt by legislative means to overhaul the ..read more
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Tenths Tithes—‘tenths’, one-tenth of the produce of the land—were originally paid to the rector of a parish, as alms and ..read more
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Before the reforms brought about by the Elementary Education Act 1870, which set the framework for schooling of all children ..read more
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Early History Christian worship at Whitmore dates from before 1175. At that time, and probably earlier in the post-Conquest period ..read more