Social History

Quakers at War: What do they do and why do they do it? And who are the Quakers anyway?

Housing the Workers

In 1852, Charles Dickens observed that “Most people amuse themselves by fancying what sort of house they would like to live in”. Whether this fancy became fact depended on where you lived in Britain, your place in society, and how much rent you could afford to pay.

Policing in London

Emigration

Lunchtime Chat: Women's History

Forgotten Women

Murder Sex and Mayhem in English Churches

Lunchtime chat: How Our Ancestors Saw The World

Virtual Tour - London Slave Owners

Looking at some of the many London people who owned plantations where enslaved people worked. Who were they, where did they live?

Genealogy and Royalty

Tracing Members of the Royal Household and Connections to the British Monarchy

The UK Suffragettes

The vision of voting

Lunchtime Chat: A Few Forgotten Women

The team from A Few Forgotten Women are in our virtual SoG common room ready for a chat.

Toleration or Turmoil?

This talk is not just for those with English ancestors who worshipped outside the established Church of England.

A Grandmother’s Legacy: The Early Days

Jenny Mallins’s 4 x great grandmother penned a cookbook in 1844 when she was aged just 15 and newly married to an English schoolmaster. This was her Legacy.