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Bessie Wentworth

Apr 21, 2025Eric CorbettEnglish, Female, Music hall, SingerFacebook post

English music-hall singer and comic entertainer, 1873–1901, best known for her coon songs.

Bromwich Castle

Mar 24, 2025Eric CorbettCastle, English, West Midlands

Remains of a 12th-century motte and bailey castle, largely destroyed by the construction of the M6 motorway in the early 1970s.

Gidleigh Castle

Mar 16, 2025Eric CorbettCastle, Devon, English

Remains of a Grade I designated fortified manor house on the northeastern edge of Dartmoor, Devon.

George Bate

Dec 24, 2024Eric CorbettEnglish, Male, Physician

English author and court physician to Charles I, Charles II and the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell (1608–1668).

Emily Addis Fawcett

Dec 17, 2024Eric CorbettEnglish, Female, SculptorNot on Wikipedia

English sculptor (1852–1947).

Peter Brook (painter)

Dec 14, 2024Eric CorbettEnglish, Male, Painter

English landscape artist (1927–2009), best known for his scenes of the Pennines.

John Harvey (astrologer)

Dec 11, 2024Eric CorbettAstrologer, English, Male, Physician

English astrologer and physician (1564–1592).

Norman Cornish

Dec 9, 2024Eric CorbettEnglish, Male, PainterFacebook post

English miner and artist (1919–2014), whose style and subject matter have been compared to L. S. Lowry.

Melwood Local Nature Reserve

Nov 18, 2024Eric CorbettCambridgeshire, English, Local Nature Reserve

Local Nature Reserve in the village of Meldreth, Cambridgeshire.

John Atkinson Grimshaw

Nov 9, 2024Eric CorbettEnglish, Male, Painter

English landscape painter best known for his depictions of moonlight urban scenes and damp, autumnal lanes often featuring a lonely house and a single figure.