A view down Yorke Street from the Wynnstay Hotel, Wrexham 1960s

by Jill Burton. Maria was born in 1870 in Chester. On the 1871 census she was 10mths old and lived at 1 Union Place, off Cuppin Street, Chester with her father Robert b1844, a coachmaker, [more] [more]

Compared with today’s standards, the Victorian legal system can appear to be particularly harsh towards children living under difficult circumstances.  An example of this is one court case brought about due to four children running [more]

James Stevens was born about 1829 in Newington, Surrey; he was son of James Perrin Stevens a farrier and Jane Belcher. In 1841 the family were living in Earls Terrace, St George`s Road, Lambeth. There [more] [more]