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Nancealverne was built by the Carveth family in the 18th c.
E.A.A.'s father, Rev. John Armstrong (1810-1862), married Mary Ann Scobell (1817-1900).
She was the daughter of Col. John Scobell (1779-1866).
Mary Ann inherited Nancealverne after her…

Matthew Paris map circa 1250. He drew the first regional maps of Britain, made even more notable for his decision to orient them with north at the top, in an age when most maps looked eastward.
Slide is labelled "British Museum. Cot MS CLAUD. D VI…

Christmas Greetings
Card sent by Crosbie Garstin from Montana where he had been working as a cowpuncher/broncho buster.

Christmas Greetings from the Garstins

Pencil drawing

Children with dog sitting on a rock.

Child with a bunch of primroses.

Child with dog

Child in Fancy Dress.

Child with her doll.

Two children with their dolls.

Family portrait

Enjoying a swim

Family Portrait

Child with Foxgloves

Child in pool

The Ptolemy world map is a map of the world known to Greco-Roman societies in the 2nd century. It is based on the description contained in Ptolemy's book Geography, written c. 150. Based on an inscription in several of the earliest surviving…

Three photographs. See ARMS LA1 047, 048 and 049