Furniture, horses and philanthropy could summarise Sir John Blundell Maple’s life. He took over the family business, supplying good quality ...
Palacia Fenn Pollard died in 1913 aged 84, leaving an estate of nearly £14,300. The 1881 census records her as ...
"I arrived at London’s Regents Park and was greeted by one of the show Producers for LOVE ON A SATURDAY NIGHT"
A simple and honest lifestyle
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John Fotherley had mortgaged his estates to King Charles I. After the restoration of the monarchy he regained his estate ...
The English Civil War was a lucrative time for John Beresford, who made his money selling gunpowder. He erected 2 ...
Diary of a PoW returning to England
"I was cast as a 'Jack in the Box'"
