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Durham / Re: Stupid Hill House, Darlington
« on: Sunday 01 January 23 22:33 GMT (UK)  »
I think it might be Stooperdale House, which would sound quite like Stupid Hill House.  The curate who was responsible for the baptism came from Stoke on Trent and had only been appointed at St Cuthbert's just over a year previously so might not be familiar with local place names.  The present Stooperdale House was only built in 1911, but it replaced an eighteenth century house, as this article explains:

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7084124.grandiose-monument-regions-railway-past/

Drosybont

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Glamorganshire / Re: William Cousins
« on: Tuesday 13 December 22 13:10 GMT (UK)  »
Is there a way of getting an original certificate from GRO?  All the ones I have from them are copies. To get an original I thought it was necessary to ask the Registry Office whether it could provide one, and that some will and some won't. 

Drosybont

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Apologies for being slow to respond. 

Looking at Chartist newspapers, the Northern Liberator based in Newcastle and the Northern Star which was the main one for the whole movement, I can only see reports mentioning Thomas Wakenshaw as a miner's leader.  He may well have also supported Chartism, though.  In the late 1830s and early 1840s around Newcastle these movements were closely connected, with Chartist 'lecturers' frequently visiting mining areas and colliers supporting Chartist meetings. 

Although beer houses and inns were often used as Chartist meeting places, and  provided economic opportunities for people whose political involvement made other work difficult, there was an awareness that the association with alcohol could be problematic.  In the 1840s teetotalism was promoted by some Chartists, as part of the ‘New Move’ towards education and self-improvement, and in some localities Chartists established alternative meeting places, if they could afford them. 

Drosybont


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help with handwriting please
« on: Thursday 06 October 22 15:00 BST (UK)  »
Growing up in North Wales I remember hearing about a local architectural firm Colwyn Foulkes.  Looking online, it still exists, now based in London.  Foulkes was pronounced 'Fowks'.

Drosybont

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The Common Room / Re: Rep Costume from 1924
« on: Thursday 06 October 22 14:48 BST (UK)  »
Rep is a fabric:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rep_(fabric)

Drosybont

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US Resources & Offers / Re: Some New York Web Sites
« on: Tuesday 04 October 22 18:42 BST (UK)  »
It looks as though 1892 isn't included within 1870-1897 at the moment, so hopefully will be added soon.  Good features on the search.

Drosybont

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Glamorganshire / Re: Can anyone help with this place name in Neath?
« on: Monday 20 June 22 12:37 BST (UK)  »
I think it might be a place called Glyn-leiros, which can be found through the list of Historic Place Names here:

https://historicplacenames.rcahmw.gov.uk/placenames?tab=&q=glyn-leiros

Drosybont


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It is made very clear in David Walter Hughes's will - NLW 1850 - that he was not married to his partner, who is described as singlewoman.

Drosybont

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The Common Room / Re: Cemetery disappeared…
« on: Tuesday 08 February 22 14:54 GMT (UK)  »
Second attempt at posting about this because the first one disappeared.  Newspaper reports in March 1862 say Sergeant Major Ralph Fraser was buried in the Brompton Cemetery.

Drosybont

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