As a young boy Mike Peart stayed with his great uncle who had been Director of Education for Winchester and prominent Rotarian and Freemason. The collection of photographs were
Lithophane is an invented word formed from the Greek for stone, litho, and phanes, meaning appearance. The things themselves were first seen at some point after 1827, when a French
Samuel Franklin Cowdery was born in Davenport, Iowa, USA in 1867. But that's not what he'd want you to believe. He would instead say that he is S.F Cody, a wildwest showman and
This topic page was researched and created by Steve Havers, Natural Sciences collections volunteer with Hampshire Cultural Trust.
This topic page was researched and created by Steve Havers, Natural Sciences collections volunteer with Hampshire Cultural Trust.
William Hogarth (1697-1764) rose from humble beginnings to become a great British painter and engraver and Serjeant Painter to the King. Early life Hogarth was born in the City of
When thinking of women of the past, we often like to think that a woman's place was in her own home, however, women have taken up occupations throughout history. In the Georgian
Since the Early Iron Age there is evidence of people coming from all over the United Kingdom and the world to make Basingstoke their home. Early Settlements One of the most
At some time during the middle of nineteenth century, the family of Reverend William Francis Burrows (WBM), vicar of Christchurch, Hampshire from 1830 until 1871, began to collect