Thursday, 22 April 2021

Marriages

Apologies for a lack of news recently, I have had a busy few weeks but hope to get back to updating this site more often again now!

I have been looking at the Whittington parish registers from mid 1700's, and it made me realise what small community Whittington must have been.
As you can see from the copy below there were very few weddings over the 40 year period but many well known landowners names crop up. The Rector at the time was Samuel Pegge.

Hope you find it as interesting as I did!



Wednesday, 7 April 2021

BOY TO BE BIRCHED

This story from Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald 11 January 1930 shocked me as I didn't realise the birch was still used as late as this.