& Other Bits of Local History
Local history update, including corrections, we celebrated the Queen's Golden Jubilee in June 2002, what was it like around the time of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, circa 1900 ?
Wolston Remembered - Local account of bygone days.
What did Brandon Castle look like?
Unquestionably the greatest public work ever executed, either in ancient or modern times... (Written in 1838)
Did you know that the Royal Oak pub was once a Brewery?
WANTED - Anything regarding Brandon Station would be most gratefully received for one of our next history articles. See also this message Can anyone help...
If anyone has any local history items or information on Brandon or indeed the local area in general (we have nothing about Bretford so far) it will be gratefully received, send it in and I'll post it up. jondenton167@msn.com
- Links -
OLD MAPS (1890) http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ Check out your village map of 1890
Cyndi's List - Excellent website, huge resource for local history and genaelogy - http://www.cyndislist.com/eng-war.htm#Locality
Pickard's Pink Pages of Warwickshire Genealogy - Another excellent resource for local history etc.
Family Research Link - On this site, you will find an entire copy of the indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths for England and Wales from 1837 to 2001. The minimum charge is £5, which allows you to view print and save up to 50 image pages. http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/
Old Photographs of Brandon, Bretford & Wolston
English Heritage English Heritage image search
More local history soon...
Index Below:
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- Local eye witness account of village life around the time of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, circa 1900
Page iv to viii
Wolston Remembered
By Mr T Walton
