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Location of the children's paddling corner, Hampstead Heath, London
Does anyone know where this is now, in modern day London?
Mar 10, 2010 19:08:41
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Boord & son
Can anyone provide information on Boord and Son distillery? My dad has a cordial bottle from the company and we are trying to figure out how old it is.
Mar 10, 2010 01:46:04
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Woodstock Street?
I am trying to find this address but am having little luck, the search results turned up from Woodstock Street on your site point to a Road or Crescent, but not a Street...
Mar 10, 2010 00:00:21
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Details of historical buildings at 26 and 28 Cole St. Southwark.
Modern apartments at 26 and 28 Cole Street, Southwark were once a chapel and a hop warehouse respectively.
Regarding the chapel I would like to know its name, when it was erected and any other details you can furnish.
Regarding the hop...
Mar 3, 2010 20:24:21
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workhouse records
I am trying to complete my family tree but have come up against a brick wall regarging my great grandfather who I am aware of being in the Newcastle Union workhouse (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)...
Mar 1, 2010 18:55:08
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Missing volumes of the Journal of the House of Commons
The volumes of the Journal for 1582 -1603 are missing.
Where can I find them?
Feb 27, 2010 13:29:36
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Red Lion Yard, Hampstead
Is the Red Lion Yard, Hampstead an actual yard, atttched to the pub?
Feb 24, 2010 19:47:24
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References to 'Parly'?
As an amateur historian I keep seeing this in references, e.g. Parly (2000) or Parly I p.36
Am I to assume it means Parliamentary History as a publication or does it refer to something else
Feb 24, 2010 12:50:17
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What is a ladies toilet pin box?
I have seen a ladies toilet pin box, but what would be kept in it?
Feb 24, 2010 12:40:32
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Tile Hill, parish of Stoneleigh
What year did Canley and Tile Hill become part of Coventry and no longer a part of Stoneleigh?
Feb 23, 2010 21:51:14
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1-13 Courtfield Road
Are there any architect drawings, plans, or photos of Numbers 1 - 13 Courtfield Road, London showing how the buildings as they were up to circa 1972?
Any photos of the buildings being demolished?
Feb 19, 2010 17:49:23
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Royal Baby smuggled
Can you tell me the reference for an event where a baby was smuggled into the royal chamber in a bedwarmer to cover up for a still birth?
Feb 18, 2010 11:00:08
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Parliamentary Committees
Are the minutes of parliamentary committees available online? I have not been able to find them. I am most interested in the records of the Interregnum 1649-1660
Feb 17, 2010 12:15:10
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Hill 60, Bobbys Lane, Clayton, Stoke on Trent
I visit my sister in Trent Vale, and we went for a walk from her house to Hill 60, Stoke on Trent. I am really interested in knowing why this is hill is called this. I have looked up Hill 60, and it comes up with the Hill 60, the battle of the...
Feb 16, 2010 16:06:11
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baird and tatlock 1800
I have a wooden box and inside it has glass tubes and a glass themometer which says BTL and its in a triangle. the box its in looks like it has come from a big cabnit coz its got 100 on it and its a draw box.
Please could you tell me what it is
Feb 16, 2010 15:56:38
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Dunsmoor Monument query
I have a glossy sepia photo postcard from either the 1940's or 1950's of a monument. I dont know if it is a place or a family monument. I cant find any research relating to it. In the bottom L/H corner are the numbers 2695, which Im surmising is the...
Feb 15, 2010 16:15:15
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