This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Oddities and Accidents Fill Old Country News Page
Dozens of short items record village ceremonies in Devonshire and curious incidents from Cumberland to London. Stories include the St Peters fair gift for a young woman, a perilous mine rescue, a will case over a housekeeper, a mistaken identity verdict, a barbed wire spree in Nottingham, and a Scouting lift accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holsworthy
Devonshire
Thomas Meyrick
Phyllis Richards
I Tolsworthy
Cumberland
John Wood
James Francis
Wood
Billingsgate
London
James Godier
Belle ‘Taylor
Taylor
Registry Office
Emily Godier