Author name: Gary Samson

In 1894, Thomas Kenward, headteacher of the National School, was struggling to get pupils back into class after the summer holiday. It was clear that for many of his students there were competing priorities.

While carrying out some research on the Royal Military Canal, I came across a fascinating map produced by the Historical

A study of 45,600 surnames in Britain and Ireland by a team of researchers at the University of the West

On joining the Woodchurch Ancestry Group facebook page, new member Hugh Nightingale intriguingly posted that ‘A first cousin of Edith