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Archive Documents

Celanese in Spondon 1916-2012

Spondon shops and businesses in the mid 20th century Part 1

Derby City Council Profile of Spondon

Thomas Coxon, Schoolmaster

From Spondon to Cromford, Matlock Bath, and America

Discovering my Spondon ancestry

Eulogy

Colonel Harold Lilly:River Kwai war hero gets "resting place he deserves"

Article from Derby Evening Telegraph dated 4 December 2007.

Colonel Harold Lilly: Far East POW Hero

William Carrington and Mary Abbott Marriage

Marriage certificate.

Robert Carrington and Elizabeth Radford's Marriage

Marriage certificate.

Robert Carrington and Elizabeth Radford

Location of homes at time of marriage

Robert Carrington Birth Certificate

Letter from Florence Carrington to "Sister" April 1905

Letter from Florence Carrington to "Folks" 2 May 1905

Florence Carrington

School photo.

Florence Carrington

Elizabeth Carrington (Radford)

Derbyshire 1637

Derbyshire map 1637.

Derby Map 1806

Derby map 1806

Carrington Family Women

Photo possibly carried by robert Carrington when traveling to the USA in December 1881.

Carrington Family Line

Carrington Family resided in Spondon from very early 1600s to the 1860s, when Robert Carrington left for Derby in c.…