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Shropshire / Thomas Chester Apprentice Cordwainer to William Skenton (or Skelton), Wem
« on: Wednesday 27 January 10 10:05 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to find out more about Thomes Chester (c.1742) who was probably first recorded as having completed an Shoe Apprenticeship under William Skenton (or Skelton) at Wem, Shropshire (Salop), England in 1759.
He went on to be a Cordwainer in Grinshill, Shropshire (Salop), England, where he was also the Church Clerk.
We have not been able to relaibly locate his birth, baptism or parents, his birth date comes from his gravestone.
If anyone has further information about Thomas, or William Skelton or Shoe or Cordwainers in Wem of this period I would be very interested.

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Shropshire / Park Villa School, Condover, Shropshire (Salop), England c.1881
« on: Tuesday 26 January 10 12:57 GMT (UK)  »
Does anyone know anything about Park Villa School in Condover. My Great Grandfather went here with his brother in the 1881 census. I cannot find any reference to it on the Internet or in the Shropshire Archives. I don't even know if the building still exists. Any help would be much appreciated. If your ancestor went there we might be able to gather some information together, an ancestors reunion??

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Inverness / Horse drawn Coach Travel in Invernesshire (and Argyl)
« on: Thursday 17 December 09 23:07 GMT (UK)  »
I am interested in finding out more about the Mail and Stage coaches that ran between Fort William and Arisaig, Fort William and Kingussie and Fort William and Glasgow (via Loch Lomond Steamer).
I am also interested in the affect the Highland and the West Highland Railways had on Coach travel.
I have been in touch with the Museum in Newtownmore (it was in Kingussie) and had a look through the West Highland Museum in Carnoch. I need to get some time to visit the museums in Fort William and to get down to Mount Pleasant in London to see if I can find any Post Office records.
I am especially interested in contacting descendants of Coach Drivers and Owners and Post Runners. My GG Grandfather was a Coach Driver from Fort William to Glasgow and then started his own business from Fort William to Arisaig and Fort William to Kingussie as far as we can see. He was known variously as Hugh MacDonald, Hugh McDonald, Ewen Post, Ewen MacRaiold,  Eoghan MacRaiold and apparently "Duke" and lived from about 1822 or 1830 until December 1906, Being buried on Isla Munde in Glencoe (from whence he came) on a wild day on the 2nd January 1907. He built Buccleuch Villa which has a coach house (now converted) at the back. He used to operate out of Frasier Square and from the Pier.

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