Every Family has a story to tell……….Welcome to mine
Discover the dark tales of the past in my brand-new series: "Stories From The Grave." Why would someone be buried on top of a wall? A mysterious coffin sits on a churchyard wall at Edington Priory Church. It sounds like a riddle from another age. Yet at Edington Priory Church, that is exactly what you’ll find: a coffin-like … Continue reading The Coffin on the Wall And The Long-Held Mystery of Edington Priory
Discover the dark tales of the past in my brand-new series: "Stories From The Grave." Betty Corrigall’s grave is reputed to be the loneliest in the UK, yet it is probably one of the most visited in the Orkney Islands. In the late 1770s, a young woman named Betty Corrigall lived at Greengairs Cottage near Rysa … Continue reading Betty Corrigall: A Woman the Church Would Not Bury
Discover the dark tales of the past in my brand-new series: "Stories From The Grave." Tucked away in the peaceful churchyard of St John the Baptist Church in Pinner, Greater London, stands one of the most curious monuments you’re likely to encounter, a tomb with what appears to be a coffin floating above the ground. Its unusual design has … Continue reading The Truth Behind Pinner’s Floating Coffin
The land is silent now, peace prevails where once there was chaos. There was a time when the earth here was ripped apart by bombs and tanks, when men were torn apart by machine guns, shrapnel, bayonets and barbed wire. Today, crops and trees grow once more on soil that was once barren, a landscape … Continue reading Walking the Great War: My Journey to the Western Front
The people of London lay blissfully asleep in their beds, completely unaware of the chaos and devastation that was about to unfold in the early hours of the morning. On a cold and rainy January morning in 1928, disaster struck the city when the River Thames flooded with devastating effect, claiming the lives of fourteen … Continue reading The Great London Flood of 1928
The Chiddicks Family Tree 