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Aspects of Life in 19th Century Worcestershire

Group Photographs

The first successful photograph was produced by Joseph Nicephone Niepce of France. He later formed a partnership with Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre, and together they developed portrait photography into a prosperous industry.

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Members of the French Royal Family at Wood Norton Hall, Evesham, c.1897
The fourth son of Louis-Philippe, the last King of France, came to live there in 1857, and members of the family lived there until 1912. Wood Norton Hall became the venue for the marriage of Prince Charles of Bourbon to Princess Louise of Orleans in 1907.

Worcester and St John's Cycling
Club near Bransford Bridge, c. 1890

Servants at Madresfield Court, near Malvern, in the Inner Courtyard, post 1880
This was the home of the Lygon family for generations

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Servants at Brockencote Hall, Chaddesley
Corbett, near Kidderminster, c. 1880

Group of Workmen at
Overbury Court, 14 Aug 1895

Hop Pickers at Northern Town Farm, c. 1899

Militia Officers at First Camp at
Norton Barracks, Worcester, 1878-80
In 1877 the 29th and 36th (Herefordshire) Regiments, which became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Worcestershire Regiment, established their depots at Norton Barracks.

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