Churches and family tree

On the face of it Holy Trinity is a Victorian build but according to Pevsner it is "in fact genuine and only fiercely restored" wh...

Fortuitously I visited St Mary half an hour before Mass today and found a lovely lady practising on the organ in preparation for the said Ma...

Gascoigne first appears in his father's will (actually seemingly only appears here) who died in 1650 "therefore in the first place ...

St James was open but only because Mass was being celebrated; normally it's LNK when not in use however it is open on Friday's betwe...

George is infuriating. His death notice reads: At Hull, George Robarts, esq. formerly of Beverley, in Yorkshire, and brother to Abraham R....

Abraham, was born in 1701 and was christened on 21st May at St Dunstan, Stepney and went on to become a coal dealer and landowner living in ...

We descend from a man of mystery - Captain Abraham Roberts/Robarts (he appears with both an e and an a in various sources) was born in Stepn...