When European settlers were marking out parcels of land in Rockley, a Gunter’s chain just like this one would have been used by the surveyors. Measuring sixty-six feet in length and consisting of one hundred links (each 7.92 inches in length and marked off in groups of ten), the chain was attached to a stake […]
Old family Bibles sometimes contain a family tree tracing its passage through the generations. This small, more personal Bible was owned by Herbert Stanger Budden (1864–1948) and reveals an entangled and interesting family history. Herbert was the eldest son of Arthur Budden (1832–1922) and Sarah Stanger (1840–1873). The Budden and Stanger families were early white […]
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