Liberat Dold: A Brief Sketch

Sometimes historical research leads down the path of interesting people, or people with interesting names, and sometimes the path has its own side lanes that lead to uneventful cul-de-sacs. Take Levi Cobb, for example, a carpenter and builder by trade, who moved to Dovercourt in his mid-30s, and stayed until his death at the age … Continue reading Liberat Dold: A Brief Sketch →

A Quiet Vote

Amidst the biggest election period since the 2019 General Election, I thought it would be good to look at a historical vote, but one of a completely different nature. In 1903, renowned philanthropist Andrew Carnegie offered the burgesses of Harwich £3,000 for a public library, under the conditions of the Public Libraries Act, and they … Continue reading A Quiet Vote →

Talestones

Gravestones of a certain age take on a new meaning beyond their original intent. Rather than serving as a memorial, a marker for the grieving, once those with held memories have also departed these stones become historical documents, as if pages from a book or a newspaper were transformed into their own monuments, records that … Continue reading Talestones →

On This Day: March 4

1582 (OS): "Shakspare was maried unto Andrye Wryght the 4 of Marche." The first mention of an elusive Shakespeare in the register of Harwich St Nicholas; his forename is never confirmed (possibly George). Andrye was previously Gunhall (i.e. Gunnell), the widow of Thomas Wright. 1594 (OS): "Richard Person was maried unto Anne Aldaye the 4 … Continue reading On This Day: March 4 →