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Westmorland girls – be warned!
Westmorland girls were given some sound advice, from bitter experience, in May 1874, by a young woman who had learned the hard way. While looking for something else, I chanced upon a notice in the Pen... Read More
Jenner ‘the spy’
Jenner ‘the spy’. In times of international tension or war, fear sometimes leads to panic and suspicion. Anyone with a ‘foreign name’ can face hostility, even if they have lived in the communi... Read More
Seneca and an unknown Cumbrian
Seneca and an unknown Cumbrian… “Nothing can be more fatall to us than the rendering ourselves slaves to popular vogue…” Checking a volume of estate/manorial records, in Carlisle Archives ... Read More
The rebel and the conman (part 2)
Frederick Hawkes Nottage In the first ‘guest post,’ I looked at George Nottage, whose one-man protest over a new bylaw caused a stir in Ipswich in 1839. I mentioned how, in 1814, he married Emma ... Read More
The rebel and the conman (part 1)
The story of George Nottage Cumbrian Characters is featuring two ‘guests’ over two posts – a father and son who have no connection to the north west, but whose stories jumped out from research. ... Read More
Sarah Ann Mason strong through adversity
Sarah Ann Mason , strong through adversity A strong woman, a ‘toy boy’, sexism, a tragic accident, a cruel loss, and domestic abuse. The simple inscriptions on the grave of the Masons, in Beacon E... Read More
William Robinson Martindale & Port Carlisle
William Robinson Martindale isn’t buried at St Cuthbert’s, Carlisle, but he is ‘name-checked’ on a gravestone. Which is how I came to take a photo of the latter and write a blog piece on the f... Read More
Thomas Lambert Penrith grocer
When I looked at the photos I’d taken of ‘random’ gravestones at Beacon Edge Cemetery, Penrith, the name ‘Thomas Lambert’ seemed familiar. A little digging, and I worked out why. Thomas Lamb... Read More