Erected on the site of the older Kirkmadrine Church, is a mortuary chapel in memory of the MacTaggart Stewarts of Ardwell. A 19th Century, Romanesque … [Read more...]
New Irish FH Website
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July 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Irish Family History Foundation’s county genealogy centres provide Ireland’s largest genealogical research service, both online and via commissioned … [Read more...]
Wellington Pit memorial
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July 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A memorial is erected a hundred years after a fatal explosion at Wellington Pit in Whitehaven. High on the cliff tops overlooking Whitehaven town stood … [Read more...]
Bewcastle Memorials
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May 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The monument inscriptions from the graveyard of St. Cuthbert's, Bewcastle in Cumbria, is a valuable resource to all those researching their border roots. A … [Read more...]
Thomas Addison M.D.
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April 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Thomas Addison M.D. was one of the great medical physicians of the 19th Century. His grave lies sheltered beneath the great yew tree at Lanercost Priory. Born … [Read more...]
Li Yuan Chia, Artist
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April 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Lanercost priory is the resting place of Li Yuan Chia, a modern artist from China who made his home in the Village of Bankside on Hadrian's Wall in Cumbria. One … [Read more...]
Remembering Fromelles
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March 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In 2008 a number of burial pits dating from the First World War were identified at Fromelles in northern France. Archaeologists began to excavate … [Read more...]
Rickerby War Memorial, Carlisle
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March 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Situated to the North of Carlisle City centre is Rickerby Park, purchased shortly after World War I as a memorial to the fallen. Rickerby Park, which … [Read more...]
Richard S. Ferguson Chancellor of Carlisle
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March 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Situated to the right of the church entrance door to St Michael's Church, Stanwix, is a much different type of tombstone, dedicated to Richard Saul. Ferguson, … [Read more...]
Aviation Memorials Orkney & Shetland
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February 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The aim of A.R.G.O.S is to document all aspects of aviation history on and around the Orkney and Shetland Isles. These include; Recording and documenting … [Read more...]
