Articles with the tag: Victorian

Beatrice Whitby, Novelist, 1855-1931

Beatrice Whitby, Novelist, 1855-1931

Mar 12, 2015 | People

Beatrice Janie Whitby was born in Ottery Saint Mary, Devon where her father Charles was in medical practice. The family numbered three daughters and five sons, the oldest of whom, a professional soldier, was killed in the Afghan war of 1880, almost at the same time as...
Sergeant FG Brown, Leamington Borough Police Force

Sergeant FG Brown, Leamington Borough Police Force

Feb 19, 2015 | Places

  Frederick George Brown was born in 1835 in Leamington Priors to John and Charlotte Brown. John was a local carpenter and had five surviving children, four sons and one daughter. Three of his sons became policemen – two of them, including Frederick, were...
Seeing is Believing, – but is it?

Seeing is Believing, – but is it?

Oct 26, 2014 | People, Places

Take a look at the engraving of the Parade in this article and in particular take a close look at the classical portico on the left of this image, the Palladian style building with the Ionic columns. This engraving first appeared in Hopper’s History of Leamington...
Thomas Dawkes, 1767 – 1835, Parish Clerk of All Saints

Thomas Dawkes, 1767 – 1835, Parish Clerk of All Saints

Oct 13, 2014 | People, Places

Thomas Dawkes, parish clerk of the original All Saints church during the early nineteenth century was a close neighbour of Benjamin Satchwell and witnessed first hand the metamorphosis of Leamington from a small village into a town. His real importance to the...

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