in my last post I described the poor living conditions of the ordinary working people of London in the 17th century. Unsurprisingly, the overcrowding and lack of sanitation made the city a fertile breeding ground for viruses and epidemics. London suffered from regular outbreaks of plague. The most severe was in 1665-6 and was known …
I was recently surprised to learn of Tickells living in the London area as early as the 16th century. Previously, I thought they were only found in the north of England, the Midlands, and the south-west of England at that time. One family was brought to my attention by a descendant in Australia. I’ve been …
My last posts have been about members of one of the Eccleston Tickle families. I’ve identified nine households, containing 50 people, with the surname Tickle or Tickel in the 1851 census of Eccleston. Eccleston was in the Prescot registration district, in the sub-district of St. Helens. There are other families in the wider St Helens …
Another English county in which Tickles and Tickells were found is Devon, formerly called Devonshire. It is mostly rural, with hills, coastal cliffs, and sandy beaches. About 25% of the county is heath or moorland, providing rough grazing. There are two large areas of open moorland that are now National Parks – Dartmoor and Exmoor …
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St. Helens is in the north-west of England, about 12 miles from Liverpool, 20 miles from Manchester, and 6 miles north of the River Mersey. At the start of the 19th century, St. Helens as a town didn’t exist. It was formed from the four townships of Eccleston, Windle, Parr and Sutton. The area can …