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Hello, some ancestors of mine,Hugh and Mary Edmondson were licensed victuallers and seem to have ran a number of pubs/inns in Crosthwaite and Martindale between 1841 to 1861. As both places appear to be remote even by today's standards I'm at a loss to see why they would be attracted to these locations during the middle of the 19th Century. I cannot find anything on The Packhorse Inn, which no longer seems to exist, and perhaps Newton Place was their home. They also lived for some time in Howtown, Martindale, also remote, but I am wondering if there was some tourism at the time in the form of hill walkers,ramblers who would have stayed at the inns. Could anyone help me please?

I would be very pleased if somebody could provide any details about the death of Thomas Etches. All I can discover so far is that on the 6th November 1836 he was buried at the age of 35 at St. Philip's, Birmingham. As Thomas died at a young age and worked as a stonemason I am wondering if his death was accidental, in which case I assume that a coroner's report may have been issued. I had thought that his death may have been reported in a local newspaper but I'm not sure whether one existed at that time. I believe that the Birmingham Post was not published until 1857.

Could someone help me with this problem please ? I am researching  John T. Plant who I think enllisted in the East Surreys in 1908.He was Pte. 9453 and in the 2nd Battalion. The 1911 Census shows that he was in the Burma and Andaman Islands but the Battalion subsequently transferred to Chaubattia in N. India and it was from here that it returned to Devonport in December, 1914 to take part in the Great War. A book I have read about Famous Regiments seems to back this up but on the Queens Royal Surrey website it states that the 2nd Battalion was in South Africa at the outbreak, arrived in England on the 19th September and went on to Zeebrugge. Yet I know that Pte. Plant arrived at Le Havre on the 19th January 1915 which is where the 1st Battalion disembarked. One might suppose that he switched battalions but that doesn't seem feasible to me.

Could anyone help me me with dating this photo please? It's a family group with the father and mother seated in the front. It must have been taken before May 1911 because that's the year the father died. It looks as it was a special family occasion and I wonder if it was taken in 1909 to celebrate the silver wedding anniversary of the elderly couple as they married in 1859. Or could it have been taken in 1900 to celebrate the new century ? Behind the couple are some of their children. The original is on thick cardboard but there is no reference to any photographer. It may be of help to note that the son standing on the left was born in 1868.