English Baptist history: Baptists in Berkshire
The Baptist faith was established in Berkshire by 1640, soon after its emergence from the Puritan movement.
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12 Apr 2025
Tracing a house history
Sources for tracing the history of a house may range widely over maps, pictures, censuses, old newspapers, directories and many more records to build up a holistic picture of a house, its occupants, owners and its place in the local community.
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20 Feb 2025
Escaping Hitler: a Jewish boy’s quest for freedom
The life-story of Günter Stern/Joe Stirling, who came to Britain aged 14 in 1938 via Kindertransport, and became a prominent and much-loved figure in post-war Norwich.
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09 Jan 2025
The Cope Hall Colony
The Cope Hall Colony was a social experiment which lasted from 1917 to 1919. Though short-lived, it had lasting influence on the probation service.
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14 Nov 2024
Newbury Branch Annual Report 2023 – 2024
Newbury Branch Annual Report 2023 - 2024
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23 Jun 2024
West Berkshire war memorials
The years immediately after the Great War saw the greatest impetus for erecting war memorials, but there was no co-ordinated programme, resulting in no national pattern or model; each community made its own decisons. Memorials served as a focus for bereaved families for whom there was no known grave.
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17 Feb 2022
Where there’s a will there’s an argument
Wills can reveal much about family relationships that had been hidden during a testator's life
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15 Jan 2022