Thrale/Thrall history
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 | William Thrale 1738-1793 | 28 Aug 2024 | |
 | Joseph Block | 27 Aug 2024 | |
 | Cecilia Block | 27 Aug 2024 | |
 | John Wilshire | 27 Aug 2024 | |
 | Rebecca Klatzow | 27 Aug 2024 | |
 | St. Leonards Church, Sandridge c. 1800. Image from page 24 of A New Thraliana by Richard William Thrale (1931-2007). | 27 Aug 2024 | |
 | St. Leonards Church, Sandridge c. 1973 Image from page 24 of A New Thraliana by Richard William Thrale (1931-2007). | 27 Aug 2024 | |
 | Henrietta Sarah Wells | 24 Aug 2024 | |
 | Mark Abrahams | 24 Aug 2024 | |
 | Aged about 20 - 25 | 24 Aug 2024 | |
 | Mark Abrahams Aged about 49 | 24 Aug 2024 | |
 | Mark Abrahams Aged about 49 years. | 24 Aug 2024 | |
 | Louis Block (aged about 17) Taken on 19 August 1935. | 24 Aug 2024 | |
 | Alwen Thrale (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 23 Aug 2024 | |
| Alwen Thrale Winner of the Newmarket Town Plate, a women only race, on 22 October 1937, riding her father's horse Jimmy's Pet (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 23 Aug 2024 | |
 | Whilel Daley | 22 Aug 2024 | |
 | J & M Block shop, abt 1932. Benjamin Jacob aka Joseph & Michael Block's shop. Likely to be located in the East End of London (despite the reference to Manchester on the shop front). Michael is the tall younger man on the left, Joseph is the shorter older man on the right. | 21 Aug 2024 | |
 | Henrietta Sarah Wells born 1883 | 21 Aug 2024 | |
 | The Abrahams' women. circa 1942. L-R: Unknown adult, Bessie Abrahams, Henrietta Sarah Abrahams née Wells, Shirley Helen Thrale nee Block (at front holding her mother's hand), unknown child, Leah Block née Abrahams. Maybe the baby is one of Bessie's children, i.e. Patricia or Alan Lloyd? | 21 Aug 2024 | |
 | Bessie Abrahams | 21 Aug 2024 |
Documents
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 | Fieldgate Mansion original layout plan | 27 Aug 2024 | |
 | Rebecca, Sam, Henry, Joseph, Cecilia Block 29 September 1939 Residency Register. | 27 Aug 2024 | |
 | Rebecca Block née Klatzow on the 29 Sept 1939 pre-war register | 27 Aug 2024 | |
 | 5 April 1893 receipt from 'To Thrale & Co' Veterinary Surgeons, Wellesley Road, Croydon, London | 23 Aug 2024 | |
 | Anchor Brewery, 1781 sale. Deed of sale of Anchor Brewery on 31 May 1781. | 27 Jul 2024 | |
 | Anchor brewery seventeenth century accounts Domestic accounts kept by Edmund Halsey in the 17th century. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | Johnson’s Ghost by James Sayers Etching, published 7 April 1788 by Thomas Cornell. | 24 Jul 2024 | |
 | Map of Bankside, 1775. Bowles plan of London. | 22 Jul 2024 | |
 | Map of Harrow Corner, Southwark | 22 Jul 2024 | |
 | Judgement on William Hindley. Old Bailey 25 February 1747, following theft from Ralph Thrale. Deported. Reference: t17470225-17. | 22 Jul 2024 | |
 | Account of Henry Thrale's mourning tablet at St Leonards Church Reprinted in Gentleman's Magazine in May 1784. | 21 Jul 2024 | |
 | New York Passenger list Ship Saratoga from Havana, Cuba. Arriving in New York on 22 September 1909. | 20 Jul 2024 | |
 | Hardenwick School advertsement Whilst located at Sandridgebury in 1966 | 19 Jul 2024 | |
 | Family Bible Family Bible of Emily Bowhanan and children. | 17 Jul 2024 | |
 | Incomplete USA Returning Resident Status form. Lurine Adassa McLaggan née Duncan is not known to have obtained US residency - so she could live with her daughter Delores who was a US resident. | 15 Jul 2024 | |
 | An entertainment in Vauxhall Gardens by Thomas Rowlandson in 1784 The box in the bottom left of the image depicts a supper box at a concert containing: James Boswell; Hester Lynch Thrale; Dr. Samuel Johnson; and Oliver Goldsmith. | 11 Jul 2024 | |
 | Relocation of the Summer House The Times, 25 Sept 1968 | 19 Jun 2024 | |
 | Streatham Park survey, 1825. | 18 Jun 2024 | |
 | Enthralling tales of Thrale family's colourful past Tribute to Richard W Thrale in local paper after his death |
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6 Jun 2024 |
 | Obituary for Richard William Thrale (1931-200) Published in Herts Advertiser on 8 November 2007. | 6 Jun 2024 |
Headstones
Histories
Their works
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 | Portrait of David Thrale 2015 portrait of David Thrale by daughter Elise Thrale. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 4 Aug 2024 | |
| Verses "Lady with an English watch" by Hester Lynch Thrale Written by Hester Lynch Thrale. Thraliana entry dated 21 January 1782. | 31 Jul 2024 | |
| Verses "To a Lady on April Fool Day" Hester Lynch Salusbury Written on 1 April 1758. Thraliana entry dated June 1777. | 31 Jul 2024 | |
| Verses "My Dear Flo" by Hester Lynch Salusbury Written by Hester Lynch Thrale. Thraliana entry dated 1 September 1797. | 31 Jul 2024 | |
| Songs exchanged by Hester Lynch Thrale and Herbert Lawrence. In 1777-8 Hester Lynch Thrale’s account of:
| 31 Jul 2024 | |
| Verses "Fall of the Great Ash Tree" by Hester Lynch Thrale. 1760 verses by Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury about the fall of the Great Ash Tree in Offley Park in 1760. | 31 Jul 2024 | |
| Verses "D'un amato & fido Cuore" by Hester Lynch Thrale Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury wrote alternative lyrics to Sacchini’s Song of Torna pure al carobene in 1787. The poem is about the pain of being separated from a loved one. The speaker describes how her heart “languishes” and “palpitates” in the absence of her beloved. She compares the pain to “affanno” (shortness of breath) and “fatica” (fatigue). The only thing that can soothe her pain is the thought of being reunited with her beloved. | 31 Jul 2024 | |
| Verses "Offley Park" by Hester Lynch Thrale. A 1761 poem by Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury from her Thraliana entry dated June 1777, in which she laments being disinherited of Offley Place by her uncle Sir Thomas Salusbury. She describes the beauty and tranquillity of Offley Park, in Hertfordshire. The poem reflects on the natural scenery, the park’s landscape and the pleasures of rural life. | 31 Jul 2024 | |
 | Verses "Streatham" by Sophia Thrale aged 7. With added lines by her mother, Hester Lynch Thrale. | 31 Jul 2024 | |
 | Verses "Eruption of Mount Vesuvius" by Hester Lynch Thrale Written by Hester Lynch Thrale in Naples, Italy February 1786. Thraliana entry dated 30 June 1786. | 31 Jul 2024 | |
| Verses "Hagley" by Hester Lynch Thrale. Written in 1776. | 30 Jul 2024 | |
 | Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Hester Lynch Piozzi 1786 Hester Lynch Thrale's first book. Her personal recollections of Samuel Johnson. | 30 Jul 2024 | |
| Verses "The Two Signs" by Hester Lynch Thrale Hester Thrale wrote in Thraliana and published in Public Advertiser 7 July 1779. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
| Sophia Thrale's verses "Harriot" Written about her younger sister Henrietta Sophia Thrale. | 15 Jul 2024 | |
| Ode to Thrale by Samuel Johnson On 6 September 1775 Samuel Johnson wrote an Ode to Thrale whilst on a tour of the Scottish Shetlands with the Thrales. The verses are an expression of Johnson’s deep affection for Hester Thrale. He imagines himself wandering through remote and unfamiliar lands, but his thoughts are always with her. He asks himself what she is doing, and he pictures her as a devoted wife to Mr. Thrale, a loving mother, and a diligent learner. He ends the poem by expressing his hope that she will remember him and that her faith in him will remain steadfast. | 11 Jul 2024 | |
| Verses for hester Thrale's 35th birthday, written by Samuel Johnson. Verses written by Dr. Samuel Johnson on the occasion of the thirty-fifth birthday of Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury and recorded in Thraliana December 1777. | 11 Jul 2024 | |
| Verses "Youth" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 11 Jul 2024 | |
| Sophia Thrale's verses aged 9, "Convolvulus" | 16 Jun 2024 | |
| Verses "Dover" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Jun 2024 | |
| Verses "Sonetto dal Povoleri alla Sigra Thrale" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Jun 2024 |
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