Catherine Dibben (1850-1934) rose from a poor Hayling Island childhood to running a successful boarding house and inspiring four generations of women
A Woman of Her Own Making
Category: Business, Trades & Professions
The Man Who Bent New York’s Broadway
Henry Brevoort (1747–1841) resisted change, influencing Manhattan's layout while practicing Native American folk medicine
A ‘desperate state of things’
Alexander Cameron Brock (1855-1898) a forgotten family story, uncovered through hospital archives, reveals the quiet tragedy of a Victorian doctor lost to mental illness
Enterprise, Respectability, and Seaside Tourism
Catherine Dibben (1850–1934) returning to Hayling Island after twenty years, managing a boarding house amidst personal losses and the evolving social landscape of the late 19th century
The Levens family and Croydon’s bells
Levens family members were key figures in Croydon’s bell ringing tradition, elevating the art over several generations
Gone without a trace
Edward Henry 'Teddy' Bovill (1887-1916) just one of the many thousands of 'Missing of the Somme'
A doctor’s wife
Lil Coolidge (1857-1906): Jun 1880 to May 1896: happiness and tragedy in a small country town
