Month: January 2022
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Old Images of Ibiza
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in SpainGlimpse the past through old images of Ibiza, in the Balearic Islands off Spain’s eastern coast.
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Old Images of Cooper’s Hill, Gloucesterhsire
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Glimpse history through old images of Cooper’s Hill, Gloucestershire, England, UK.
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Old Images of Weston-super-Mare
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Enjoy a glimpse of history through old images of Weston-super-Mare, in North Somerset, England, UK.
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William Scott, Lord Stowell
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in PeopleWilliam Scott, Lord Stowell, was born during a Jacobite emergency in Newcastle, but rose to great heights in Oxford and London.
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The Reverend Hugh Moises
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in PeopleBack in the 1700s, the Reverend Hugh Moises was the Headmaster of a Newcastle school which nurtered many future eminent men.
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Charles Hutton, Coal Hewer to Mathematician
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in PeopleDiscover the life of Newcastle’s Charles Hutton, once a coal hewer in the 1770s, who died a well respected mathematician.
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The Reverend Richard Dawes
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in PeopleThe Reverence Richard Dawes, headmaster of Newcastle’s Royal Grammar School, was included in a section about eminent men of Newcastle upon Tyne in a book published in 1855.
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John Scott, Earl of Eldon and Lord Chancellor of England
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in PeopleDiscover how John Scott, Earl of Eldon, rose from Love Lane in Newcastle upon Tyne in the 1770s, to Lord Chancellor of England in 1801.