Sunday, 26 November 2017

Wormwood scrubs

When lord William Beauchamp Nevill was first sent to prison it was to wormwood scrubs.

These magnificent gates met Lord William in 1897.

What meaning do you think the Victorians had in creating such magnificent architectural gates ?

Friday, 17 November 2017

Researching The peerage

Can not recommend enough thepeerage.com for researching members of the aristocracy and their families. Well researched and interesting. Factual yet easy to use.


This is Lord William Beauchamp Nevill s entry. It has a really lovely feature that means with just the touch of a button the family tree is revealed.


The site covers all of the British peerage and an invaluable resource for the historian researching the upper classes