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    • Evacuees – Letter of thanks from Sheffield to Edwinstowe 1939   –  Go To World War 2 link
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    • One of the Secrets of Sherwood Forest – Vera’s Story.
    • Why Did the King Visit Ollerton 1904?
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Families

  • Alexander Family of Edwinstowe Hall
  • Christopher Thomson Life Story
  • Dr George Aldrich
  • Elizabeth Sarah Villa Real Gooch
  • Louise and George Savile Foljambe
  • Lady Sibell Argyles nee Pierrepont
  • Lady Eveline Maude
  • Richard Neil & John Birdsall
  • Snowdon
  • Watkins Woodhead Family

Latest News

  • Summer 2020 Update
  • VE Celebration during Lockdown 8th May 2020 & Memories of 1945.
  • Rufford Abbey talk February 2020

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