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Tyne & Wear Archivesa Discovery Museum, Blandford Square, Newcastle NE1 4JA t 0191 277 2248 e archives@northeastmuseums. org.uk w twarchives.org.uk Tyne & Wear Archives preserves material from locatio

Ballast Hills is a largely forgotten, unconsecrated burial site in the heart of Newcastle. Also known locally as Grannies Fields or Plaguey Fields, it became the final resting place for generations of

Some 175,000 historical Irish records, including 60,000 pre-1901 census records previously thought to be lost, have been published online. On 30 June 1922, the Public Record Office of Ireland in Dubli

This is part of a series of articles; the intention is to provide an overview of useful family and local history records in existence, covering the period 1066-1485. Each article can be enjoyed as a s

ATOP a red tour bus in sunglasses and shorts, my friends and I took a jaunty trip round the bustling town centre of Belfast. It was a warm summer’s day, but the wind blew playfully in our ears as we r

Of all of the houses I’ve lived in, it is my childhood home that I think about the most. A three-storey, double-fronted Victorian end terrace called Iona Cottage (despite looking nothing like one), it