| When
were Britain's first Mosques Established?
- In 1910 a Mosque Committee was formed under
Syed Ameer Ali with the intention of building
a great London Mosque. |
| Remembering
D-Day, Sixty Years On - On D-Day, June 6th
1944, the invasion of Hitler's Europe from the
west began. An armada of nearly 4,000 ships carried
in the region of 130,000 troops across the English
channel. |
| The
British Franchise: Who Could Vote and When
- The right to vote was once seen in relation
to the responsibilities of property and related
taxation. |
| Old
Newspapers as Sources - Old newspapers provide
historians with valuable source material. Skills
are required in the interpretation of these texts
since editors and journalists are always motivated
in distinct ways. |
| First World War Poets - Brooke, Owen and Sassoon. All well known war poets but were there any women war poets? Who were the less well known poets of the same era and, who was Isaac Rosenberg? |
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| Guest Contributor |
Wendy Moorhen |
| The Richardian Controversy - King Richard III. Why has this king been credited with the murders of Henry VI, and his son, his brother Clarence, and the "princes in the Tower", when his contemporaries seemed to know nothing of such crimes? |
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| Guest Contributor |
Mark Turnbull |
| King Charles I - Charles I is classed simply as the man who believed in Divine Right, leaned too far toward Catholicism went to war, lost, and was beheaded. But is that all? |
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| Guest Contributor |
Fiona Bengtsen |
| Fiona Bengtsen, who has complemented us on the comprehensive nature of our website, is a Cambridge educated historian who edits an e-journal called “The History Gateway”. |
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| Family History |
| Steps for Family History Beginners - Have you always wanted to trace your ancestors? Would you like to join the growing number of people who are finding Family History an absorbing hobby? |
| What should Family Historians Read? - As you can see from our Steps for Family History Beginners, we want to encourage people who are interested in this ever growing hobby to become really good family historians. |
| Finding Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates - State registration of births, marriages and deaths began in England and Wales in 1837, Scotland in 1855 and Ireland in 1864 with Protestant registrations not until 1845. |
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