The earliest confirmed ancestor that I’ve found is Thomas Cross, my 5 x Great Grandfather, who married Hannah Canham in Great Holland (only a few miles from where my parents still live) in February 1776. On Wednesday I was in the Society of Genealogists library and I found a lovely bound copy of the parish… Continue reading Nicholas Crosse son of John Crosse
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Tombstoning
I’d never heard of “tombstoning” until yesterday. Apparently it’s an “extreme sport” and involves diving off rocks and cliffs into the sea. Sounds bloody stupid to me. It seems that it’s also something of a craze in the town where I grew up. A middle-aged man drowned and another was seriously injured when they jumped… Continue reading Tombstoning
The Naze
Red Crag, The Naze This weekend I was at my parents’ and on Saturday afternoon we took advantage of global warming and went for a walk along The Naze. The Naze is a coastal headland just north of Walton in Essex. It was the area that first got me interested in geology when I was… Continue reading The Naze