by Bob King | May 2, 2024 | Victorian Britain
1901 Census for the Three Towns The census showed the population for Plymouth increased by 21% to 107,636, Devonport by 25.8% to 70,437 of which roughly 6,000 were Naval personnel whilst Stonehouse decreased by 2.5% to 15,111. There was a drift from rural areas to the...
by Bob King | Mar 22, 2022 | Victorian Britain
THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION IN 1881 Colonel Urabi’s Revolt in Egypt. Britain was mainly involved in colonial conflicts throughout the 1880’s with no direct actions in Europe. In 1881 there was an uprising in Egypt over foreign debts that couldn’t be paid. Colonel...
by Bob King | Feb 27, 2022 | Victorian Britain
The next census in 1871 coincided with the formation of Germany as a country with Kaiser Wilhelm I as Emperor. The next 10 years would see the German Empire expand as it claimed land not yet annexed by the British and French Empires but was wary of antagonising the...
by Bob King | Feb 4, 2022 | Victorian Britain
Just before the 1861 Census was taken on 7th April 1861 modern Italy came into being as most of the independent states of the Italian peninsular and the Two Sicilies were united under King Victor Emmanuel II of the House of Savoy which included Piedmont and Sardinia....
by Bob King | Jan 21, 2022 | Victorian Britain
As Acting Bombardier Richard Routledge carried out his duties on the Island in 1851 along with his fellow Gunners and a detachment of Infantry from the 4th (King’s Own) Regiment of Foot war was looming in the Crimea. Russia had been expanding over the previous...
by Bob King | Jan 6, 2022 | Victorian Britain
Having researched the 1851 and later censuses on the Island I found that quite a few of the Garrison courted local girls, married and settled in the Plymouth area. One was a young Richard Routledge who was born in Carlisle, Cumberland in 1832. 16 years later he...
