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A Herculaneum Potter

230 years ago dozens of families from the Staffordshire potteries migrated to Liverpool to become the workforce at a huge new pottery factory, Herculaneum. The family of enameller John Edwards was one of them.

Posted bydigancestorsFebruary 26, 2025November 19, 2025Posted inGenealogy, Social History, StoriesTags:ancestry, family-history, Genealogy, history, liverpool, local-history, potteries1 Comment on A Herculaneum Potter

Lady Criminals on the Thames

Meet three women charged with crimes in London’s east end in the 1870s — brothel keeper Ann Gilligan, smuggler Mary Jones and illicit tobacco-seller Margarethe Schmidt.

Posted bydigancestorsOctober 18, 2024October 22, 2024Posted inSocial History, StoriesTags:family-history, Genealogy, history, local-history, londonLeave a comment on Lady Criminals on the Thames

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