August 31st … an updated Supplementary index for all recent additions
August 22nd … brickmaker Thomas Beniston
August 3rd … a Victorian “Dolly shop” in Ilkeston ?
July 31st … an updated Supplementary index for all recent additions
July 16th … the first in a series of maps to guide you around ‘the Grand Tour’
July 7th … additional detail on the first years of the Town Council
June 30th … an updated Supplementary index for all recent additions
June 14th … the beginnings of a new page on Ilkeston’s Victorian buildings
May 31st … an updated Supplementary index for all recent additions
May 27th … research into the Norman family by Nigel Downes
May 21st … more on the children of John and Ruth Goddard
May 16th … more on the residents of Market and Extension Streets
April 30th … an updated Supplementary index for all recent additions
April 29th … Amos Tatham and his Belper Street works
April 23rd … James Aldred of White’s Yard, errant husband and user of “bad houses”
April 22nd … New Street turns into Station Road
April 19th … whatever happened to George Mather, a puzzle presented by John Daniel
April 5th … the death of Sarah Blake, in a place where she should have felt safe
March 31st … an updated Supplementary index for all recent additions
March 29th …more on the Wesleyan Split of the 1840s and 1850s
March 20th … more early history of the Independent Chapel in Pimlico
March 15th … more cricket news
March 10th … Thomas Hives takes over at Ilkeston Baths
March 9th … the Independent Chapel
March 8th .. St Mary’s Church and the Vestry
March 8th … the Gas Works
March 7th … British School
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March 7th … Christ Church, Cotmanhay is open !!
February 29th … an updated Supplementary index for all recent additions
February 27th … the birth of Cotmanhay Church
February 22nd … 1844: the birth of Bath Street British School
February 18th … the Bailey family of Ilkeston Common
February 17th … ‘Charley’ Chadwick, assistant overseer
February 16th … 1843: a fractious Vestry meeting has important financial implications
February 14th … 1843 and Phreno-magnetism comes to town
February 6th … 1880-1901: the Salvation Army in Ilkeston (courtesy of Jennifer Floyd)
February 1st … has the ‘Wade Gang‘ got away with murder ?
January 31st … an updated Supplementary index for all recent additions
January 28th … more on the Blake Norman family of Dalby House
January 22nd … what’s in a name — like Evan’s Row ?
January 20th … John Whitehead, brother of Samuel, the hero of Waterloo
January 12th … more evidence on the origin of Chain Row
January 10th … James Straw of Stanton Road loses his oldest and youngest sons
January 7th … more on the early stages of Ilkeston Baths
January 6th … the Flinders family at the White Cow beerhouse
January 1st … more on Ilkeston Common, what, where, why ?
