Hampshire

Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials are essential for tracing ancestors before civil registration began (1837 in England and Wales, 1855 in Scotland, and 1864 in Ireland). This month we’re on

Northumberland Archives (northumberland archives.com), which is headquartered in Ashington with a branch in Berwick-upon-Tweed, holds rich collections for family historians researching this coastal co

Q My ancestor, Charles Hayes, was born on 6 October 1700 in Harrow on the Hill to Charles Hayes and Ann Ewster. He attended University College Cambridge and, described as “one of the Gentlemen of the

Northumberland Archives a Woodhorn, QEII Country Park, Ashington NE63 9YF t 01670 624358 e archives@northumberland.gov. uk w northumberlandarchives.com Holdings here comprise parish registers, census

Synonymous with the famous battle it is named after, the seaside resort of Hastings in East Sussex is a place forever cemented in the minds of British schoolchildren. Especially those who were tutored

Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them