[aesop_image imgwidth=”450px” img=”https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Danby-Wiske-Church.jpg” offset=”-200px” credit=”Copyright Tom Courtney and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence” align=”right” lightbox=”on” caption=”Village Church, Danby Wiske” captionposition=”left”] And so it was that my fourth great-grandfather, Thomas Bulmer, came into the world in late December of...
On 11 July 1778, W. Jackson, the proprietor of a store in High Street, advertised his wares in the Oxford Journal including a fine selection of stationery supplies. Stationary Wares, viz. Writing Paper of all Kinds, Wholesale and Retail; Gilt, Plain,...