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A working-class family in the early 19th century

Donna Leonora Oviedo can be seen wandering around Thorpe Hall

Does the river reckon to be at the bottom of the garden?

Percussion-cap, muzzle loading musket

Most likely of Belgian manufacture between 1850 and 1870

Viking currency used for trade 

Maureen Lill and Margaret Lamb meet again

This pinnacle of 1850s firearms saw service across the world

How did people manage when they had no income?

St Mary’s Church has three remarkable bells