HEATHER'S HISTORICAL SOCIETY was launched in 2020 by me (Heather Thomas) and is a site dedicated to the historical and genealogical information and documentation that I have collected over more than fifty years.
My husband and both my sons, Alex and Dom, deserve a special mention as they have always supported me. This entire site, however, is attributable to Alex; without his vision and enthusiasm, I would not have the opportunity to fulfil a long-held ambition of having a website where I can share my research.
With filing cabinets brimming and my computer congested with photographs, downloads, projects in various stages of progress, this website gives me an opportunity to develop structures for the many avenues of my research.
| JAN 14 |
 |
The Old Town Hall is referenced in many of my Posts including Russell Bowlby (1792-1865). |
| 2022 POSTS | ||
| DEC 15 |
 |
I have taken the decision to include this aspect of my research as it was presented in 2013 copying the documents and extracts as accurately as I could do. |
| OCT 09 |
|
I decided to act by writing to the Civic Offices, the MPs for South Shields and Jarrow & Hebburn, David Miliband & Stephen Hepburn respectively amongst others to investigate more into the demise of St.Hilda's. |
| AUG 29 |
|
It was following the Second World War that this burial site, of over a thousand years in the heart of the town, disappeared. |
| MAY 14 |
 |
I first visited the grave when I was about five years old. |
| JAN 30 |
 |
Over a period of twenty years, this was the home in North Shields of my maternal grandmother, great grandparents, and great grandfather. |
| 2021 POSTS | ||
| DEC 27 |
 |
My connection to both The Parish Church, Whitburn, and the Britannia Inn in Cleadon Village. |
| DEC 12 |
 |
From Arctic Whaling to Red Sea Lighthouses; Shipbuilding and Ship Ownership in South Shields and Sunderland to Bottle-Manufacturing and Amazing Properties! |
| NOV 06 |
 |
Moving on from Richard Scott's life I have considered in this part to focus on his legacy. |
| OCT 09 |
 |
ARCHIVE PHOTOS THE YEOMAN FAMILY OF HARTON: POIGNANT MEMORIAL TO A FAMILY BESET BY TRAGEDY (1781-1803) This memorial stone in St Hilda's Church, South Shields is significant to Richard Scott (1740-1804). |
| OCT 09 |
 |
First mentioned in James Evans: Part 1, Richard Scott, a fascinating local figure with a life story worthy of a separate post. |
| JUL 03 |
 |
I have found it fascinating how I have been able to find so much information about John Crowell Pollard. |
| MAY 01 |
 |
It was in a bundle of family records that I came across a receipt for the re-opening of a grave in Westoe Cemetery in 1901 for the burial of my great uncle, Thomas Young (1880-1901). |
| FEB 28 |
 |
POSTS BARNARD CASTLE This painting was noticed, by my husband Nigel, in our local Antique shop in Cleadon five years or so ago. |
| FEB 22 |
 |
This part is based on two letters found in the loft of Rowland's marital home in New Malden, Surrey in 2009, fifteen years after he died and a few months before a flood was to devastate the property. |
| FEB 14 |
 |
The only information about the death of Thomas William Thomas was retained in a bureau/writing desk in New Malden, Surrey by his son, Rowland in the form of the original death certificate. |
| JAN 30 |
 |
ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS JAMES L. HATCH MEMORABLE CHRISTMAS CARD 1958: ALTOONA TO NEW MALDEN This is the Christmas card of December 1958, kept in a writing bureau in the family home in New Malden, Surrey of Nigel, my husband. |
UPDATED: 14 JANUARY 2023