On 11 July 1778, W. Jackson, the proprietor of a store in High Street, advertised his wares in the Oxford Journal... Read More
HAMMER AND FILE GRINDER Wanted, a steady, good WORKMAN. –Apply Monday afternoon, ROBERT RENTON, Yorkshire Hammer and File Works, Napier... Read More
While on the one hand, soldiers in the British Army were discouraged from marrying and were required to ask permission... Read More
On 11 March 1864, just before midnight, the Dale Dyke Dam collapsed and a great flood surged through parts of... Read More
When Charles I first introduced public mail service in 1635, letters were carried from one ‘post’ to the next ‘post’... Read More
Patent medicines are not, as the name would suggest, medicines that have been patented but rather they are commercial products... Read More
Etiquette for Ladies Victorian ladies should consider the introduction of one acquaintance to another a matter of serious responsibility. When introducing a... Read More
It was in early December 1664 when two men died at the upper end of Drury Lane in St. Giles... Read More
On 24 February 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull or charter that began with the words Inter gravissimas... Read More
What did it mean to be one of those with what were considered to be ‘grave infirmities’ in the Victorian... Read More