To follow on from Dicken posted 20th March 2022 eyeonthepast.com/dicken/ I eventually found a photograph of my Great Grandfather Dicken. Not a professional one like his brothers, but one standing at the front door of what could be The Wheatsheaf Inn, Higher Wych, with his wife Mary. I was expecting Dicken to have a long […]
When Sarah Chaloner of Holt, Denbighshire, was widowed in 1802 with six children to raise, she carried on with quiet strength. In 1810, her dedication earned her an unexpected honour: three guineas from the Wrexham Agricultural Society for raising the greatest number of children to industry. Her story is one of resilience, recognition—and a reward that rivalled even the best turnips.
Last year during a trip to Cornwall, I was walking the dogs early one morning in Veryan, on the Roseland Peninsula, I stumbled upon St Symphorian’s Church at the village heart. A kindly local passer‑by told me the church was open—“And I suppose you came to see the longest grave in the country?” she smiled. I […]
