Family History Archives - Ticknall Life

Clock Restoration, St George’s Church Ticknall

The clock was made by John Whitehurst Senior (1766-1834) of Derby – a notable clockmaker – in 1813. Our clock is a particularly rare

Delilah (known as Dellie) Boswell was born in Wheldon, Northants, in 1800, a member of the well-known Boswell gypsy family. The family were

William Dexter was born in 1818 in Melbourne, Derbyshire, to parents William Bull Dexter of Shepshed and Jane Smedley of Melbourne. William and

The 2016 Annual General Meeting of the Neptune Association was held at the National Arboretum at Alrewas. Captain Craig Mearns from the Clyde

I have collected a considerable amount of local source material which may be useful to anyone engaged in genealogical research. The following records

It’s surprising what you can find out from the comfort of an armchair. All manner of weird and wonderful stories can be found

Canadians Jane Roberts and husband Malcolm are in Ticknall exploring the places where Janes ancestors lived and worked in the days when beer,

Might you still have Dexters in your midst in the lanes of Ticknall? The last Dexters to live in Ticknall (or rather the

The Dexter family were in Ticknall from at least the early years of the 18th century. This same family is now spread across