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Fifty generations of Harper and Robinson families are represented in this volume. Travel back through time from the hills of Bath County, Kentucky to ancient England and Wales in 800 AD. Discover the names of your ancestors and learn about the time periods in which they lived. Scenes of mid-Wales where Druids ruled and ancient castles would have dotted the land and would have been familiar landscape for your ancestors. Enjoy the journey.
Of all the photographs in Country Life's archives, none are more poignant or intriguing than the images of houses that have been lost. This text puts the lost country houses of England in historical context and explains why so many were destroyed.
Fifty generations traces the Robinson family of Bath Co., Kentucky back to the hills where Druids roamed in ancient Wales and Londonium. Surnames such as Robinson, Walpole, Sexton, Hunt, Tincher, Lowe, Ishmael, White, McGlothin, Staton, Plank, and Burk dominate the landscape. Stonehenge (front cover photo) and the land of mid-Wales would have been familiar scenes for the ancestors of Christine Robinson.
"This volume contains the family group sheets for 50 generations of the Harper and Robinson families of Bath County, KY. These two families reach back to almost 800 AD in ancient England and Wales ..."--Back cover
First published in 1900. A detailed history of the baronetage.Francis William Pixley was an English accountant, barrister and author. Pixley was instrumental in the efforts made to form a Roll of Baronets, which is now kept at the Home Office, and was Registrar of the Standing Council of the Baronetage. He was at one-time lieutenant-colonel commanding the 1st Cadet Battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps. He was a Knight of Justice and Receiver-General of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England, a member of the City Lieutenancy, and Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Buckinghamshire. The book is part of The Armorial Register's Classic Heraldry and History Series, this book is part of The Armorial Register's Classic Heraldry and History Series..