Until 9 September 2015 when she was surpassed by her great-great-granddaughter Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria held the record as the... Read More
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The O’Hare family lived in Waterford City, a town built on the bank of the Suir River, in the south-east... Read More
In the darkest hours of Saturday morning on 28 February 1885 near Weatheroak Hill near Kings Norton, James Davies of... Read More
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The Dryad, from Liverpool to St. Jago de Cuba, was totally wrecked on the 10th November on a reef of... Read More
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On the evening of 27 July 1827, 23-year-old Susannah Poole left her sister’s house at 3 Caroline Street near Commercial... Read More
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Mention the subject of ‘Witch Trials’ to an historian and almost inevitably the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 comes to their... Read More
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Oyster Trade By the mid 1860’s, the ever-growing oyster market in New York City was assessed at close to five million... Read More
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William Spratt, alias Constable, alias Spratty Watts, died on 11 June 1848 after being ill for some days. His half-sister,... Read More
The charred and headless body of David Scollie was found in the ruins of a fire that took place on... Read More
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Journey back only a short time in history, when esteemed judges and assembled juries had only the testimony of witnesses... Read More