Tea by San Diego Sarah
By 1775, England’s love affair with tea had become too expensive. …
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By 1775, England’s love affair with tea had become too expensive. …
The House of [Jewish] Converts or "the Rolls" was the headquarters of…
L&M Companion: Pepys lived here from c. Aug. 1658 until July 1660. …
Francis Beale is identified as Landlord Beale on 20 September,…
John Bernard was descended from a younger son of the Northamptonshire…
"Stylo Laeconico" I would have thought this to translate to "in a…
"him long (only but" should be "him long) only but" @@@ It…
"If it thwart noe occasions of yours it might be usefull that you…
Dr. Parry-Jones, In the article on Elizabeth in the L&M Companion…
"It is implicit, though, from the content of this letter that P had…
There's also an article with links on phys (dot) org too.
Thank you for this wonderful epitaph! Just wanted to point out that…
Jacky Collis Harvey is giving an online zoom talk about the book, on…
Fascinating reading John - and convincing!
In 1668 Josiah Child, reputed to a fanatique, a victualler to the…
HHomboy wrote: "having been a respected and popular radio commentator…
The Society of Antiquarians: Salon: Issue 506 22 February…
Hi Linda. I'm not sure what to do I'm afraid, as there's no way I'm…
You are amazing -- three sites! Aren't we enough trouble? Happy…
I wasn't there at the beginning of the diary so I'm really happy to…
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