MacTaggart Stewarts of Ardwell

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Kirkmadrine burial chapel

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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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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wellington pit memorial

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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Bewcastle Church, Cumbria

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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Chest tombstone of Thomas Addison M.D.

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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Close up of Li Yuan Chia Gravestone

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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CWGC image remembering Formelles

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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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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Richard S Ferguson tombstone

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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Fresson memorial, orkney

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...]



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