100-150 years ago my city must have been full of British people, there were even families who moved en masse, a community which however almost completely disappeared with the Second World War (at the moment there are 432 British citizens in the whole province and the number is decreasing).

I'm looking for the history of many of them for Wikipedia in italian, some are still remembered in Italy today while others, also important persons, are almost forgotten: is there a company I can possibly turn to?

Hello,

I was playing some Geoguessr, when I stumbled across this plaque/sign stating that it is a notice from Lancashire and Yorkshire railway (L&YR), naturally as part of the game I guessed the location I was in was in that part of the UK, much to my surprise however, it was actually in a small village in Fife.

This is particularly interesting me because, it seems that L&YR ended its operations 101 years ago in the UK, and never came anywhere near operating in this little Fife village of Dunshalt, which doesn't even have it's own Wikipedia page. And I'm wondering how it's ended up sign posted there

Wonder if anyone here would be able to think of any possible explanations.

The link to where this sign can be seen on Google Maps is here: https://www.google.com/maps/@56.2803476,-3.2143294,3a,15y,238.88h,81.84t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sc-x9qeyzLwN6HZaba97R_w!2e0!5s20210401T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

Thank you

My family a couple years ago took a DNA test (one of them 23 and me type tests) and they found out one of my great grandparents was a serial killer, essentially this person in my family (women) would lure men into a barn and kill them with a pick axe, my family has hidden the details from me for a couple years, as when we found this out I was around 14, I’m now 18 and I’m really interested to find out more about her, I will be honest I’m guessing the year and how she is related to me, I know she is directly one of my grandparents, I know it’s not my current nan as she’s still alive, same as my great grandma (still alive) it wouldn’t be my great great grandma as their would be more conversations about the what happend, so I believe it would’ve been my great great great grandma ( my moms, moms, mom) if I had to guess it would be around 1840-1870 and I think ( guessing from where my current family is located) it would of been committed in Birmingham or surrounded areas, thanks for anyone who helps

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It's over 100 years old and was bombed during WW2, rebuilt in 1955. Thanks!

Hi all.

I'm not sure if this is a simple or complex question, but for checking purposes I need this information for the research I'm doing for my PhD, specifically regarding the Social Science Research Council and the Department of Education and Science.

The thing is, I can't seem to find it anywhere, but I'm guessing there's probably some publication I'm ignoring that compiles all this information.

Does anyone here have any suggestions as to where I might find this?

Thanks.

I’m listening to The Rest is History’s episodes about Richard II, and I’m struggling to understand why he, a grandson, was the heir to the throne and not Edward III’s other sons.

Can anyone explain?

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Looking at the wikipedia pages of the Danelaw, it looks like the line goes from London to Chester via Leicester... so M1/M6 up to cheshire would be the dividiing line? Is this anywhere near correct?

There was a post today in the U.S. history subreddit asking if the American Revolution was a mistake, and should the colonies have stayed loyal.

That got me thinking about what would have been required for that to happen; namely, representation for the citizens of the colonies in parliament. I don't believe anything short of that would have prevented the revolution.

So here's my question: was it ever considered? Did anyone at either the palace or the Parliament consider giving the Americans a vote?

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The British North America Act, 1867, was Canada's first written constitution. It has been renamed to be the Constitution Act, 1867, but, as it was originally passed by the British parliament, the original document is stored at the National Archives in London. I assume there was a royal proclamation that is relevant to the Act and I would like to know where it is stored. The proclamation was published in the Gazette on May 27, 1868, but it must have been preceded by an actual royal proclamamtion document. Does anyone know if there was such a proclamation document, and its current location? I tried the National Archives, but they were not much help.

Currently doing a project on various different interpretations of whether Benjamin Disraeli was a genuine social reformer. Is anyone familiar with Dr Paul Smith and T. A. Jenkins? I'm trying to find areas of agreement and disagreement and the only one I can come up with is that Jenkins appears to emphasise the importance of laissez-faire Victorian economics in influencing the social reform.

I know it's quite niche but any help welcome x

I was doing a bit of reading into the Gunpowder Plot of Guy Fawkes. My understanding is that the group originally tried to build a tunnel but then the coal cellar next door became available and the tunneling was abandoned. The gunpowder was moved next door to what is known as the undercroft. The 36 barrels were hidden behind stacks of firewood.

The undercroft and the House of Lords were torn down after the great fire of 1834. I was trying to understand the maps of yesterday year. To access the undercroft, there was a narrow opening from the Old Place Yard which one could pass through OR was the undercroft easily accessible through several open arches that anyone could wander through into the undercroft?