Margaret If you visit http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ and search for "Church Hill House" you will find a good description Robert Monk On 17/12/2010 09:54, Nick Furniss wrote: > Margaret, > > Try the Berkshire Family History Society. I transcribed a lot of census > information for them several years ago. Church Hill House was a workhouse > - a little superior to many of these institutions. Nowadays we would call > it an old people's home. It still exists in Easthampstead which is a part > of the Bracknell Forest Unitary Authority. > > There is a railway line running from Reading through Wokingham. One > branch comes towards Bracknell and the other branch, down towards > Weybridge. The record Office for Berkshire is in Reading. > > Road access to Bracknell from Birmingham is easy via the M40, A404 and > then locally from Maidenhead. There are many places of interest nearby > including Windsor Castle. > > Nick Furniss. > > > On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:22:31 -0000, Margaret Turner > <ctbg15870@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> Thank you Moira >> l seem to have the wrong place didn't l..... >> Yours sounds more like the one, l have found where the records are ect >> and >> will try and get there when the weather gets a bit better .we live in >> Birmingham so it's a day out for us. >> Will continue in my search thank you. >> Margaret >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Moira Fidler >> Sent: 16 December 2010 18:08 >> To: berkshire@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [BRK] Church Hill House >> >> Hi Margaret >> Church Hill House Hospital is in Easthampstead Bracknell. In the 1970's >> when >> >> I went to school near there it housed patients with learning difficulties >> caused by a variety of physical and/or mental conditions. I don't know >> what >> it was used for in the 1930's but hopefully you may find something about >> its >> >> history on the internet >> >> Kiln Ride is in Wokingham (abt a quarter of a mile from where I live!) >> and a >> >> couple of miles from Wokingham Station >> Wokingham and Bracknell are abt 5 miles apart in the county of Berkshire. >> You could try the old directories website to see if your Grt Grandfather >> was >> >> listed >> http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp >> >> If you can get to Wokingham it might be worth checking with the library >> to >> see if they still have any electoral registers that go back that far. >> Wokingham Library has quite a good local studies section perhaps it might >> hold other items of use to you that the librarians could tell you about. >> Good luck >> regards >> MOIRA >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Margaret Turner"<ctbg15870@blueyonder.co.uk> >> To:<BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 5:32 PM >> Subject: [BRK] Church Hill House >> >> >>> Hi new to the list and wondered if you could help me. >>> >>> >>> >>> After a few years l have found my Grt Grandfather WILLIAM HENRY >>> ELLIOTT's >>> death, and have just received the death cert for him. It states he died >>> 16.3.1933 in Church Hill House Easthampstead . And was of Kiln Ride >>> Wokingham. Sadly He died of senile decay, I have googled this and have >>> come >>> across a old school address ...Church Hill House. Wilson way Wokingham >>> l >>> presume this was some kind of home. Asylum perhaps. has anyone any info >>> on >>> this beautiful Big house. >>> >>> >>> >>> I have no more info from 1911 cen where they lived cold harbour, >>> Wendover >>> Bucks when some time after that l first found his widow CLARA nee >>> MATHEWS >>> remarrying a William Norton Bell in Wokingham 1940 and living in a place >>> called Chandos, Kiln Ride, Wokingham. I thought this was her new >>> husband's >>> house but now it turns out to be My Grandfathers William ELLIOTT's. >>> >>> >>> >>> So what l am looking for are directories for kiln ride Wokingham from >>> 1911 >>> to try and find when he came to live there. He was a plate layer all >>> his >>> life so l presume because of the railway being close by to kiln Ride >>> this >>> is >>> why he left Bucks. >>> >>> >>> >>> Some facts about my ELLIOTT family >>> >>> >>> >>> William Henry Elliott married Clara MATTHEWS 1892 Amersham Bucks where >>> the >>> majority of the Elliott resided. >>> >>> They had nine children. >>> >>> Elsie 1894 >>> >>> John Henry About 1895 >>> >>> John Henry1893 >>> >>> Lily Elina 1903 >>> >>> Harry Arthur 1907 >>> >>> Ernest Edgar 1899 My grandfather >>> >>> Alice Daisy 1900 >>> >>> Clara Kate1895 >>> >>> William James 1897. >>> >>> >>> >>> If any one has any ELLIOTT s in there family tree l would be very >>> pleased >>> to >>> here from them. >>> >>> Kind regards >>> >>> Margaret >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Thank you Robert I have got to get down there and with all the info you and moria have given me it seems l have it in the bag l will look forward to the 'hunt' for more info. Again thank you , Merry xmas to you all Margaret -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robert E Monk Sent: 17 December 2010 14:16 To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRK] Church Hill House Margaret If you visit http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ and search for "Church Hill House" you will find a good description Robert Monk On 17/12/2010 09:54, Nick Furniss wrote: > Margaret, > > Try the Berkshire Family History Society. I transcribed a lot of census > information for them several years ago. Church Hill House was a workhouse > - a little superior to many of these institutions. Nowadays we would call > it an old people's home. It still exists in Easthampstead which is a part > of the Bracknell Forest Unitary Authority. > > There is a railway line running from Reading through Wokingham. One > branch comes towards Bracknell and the other branch, down towards > Weybridge. The record Office for Berkshire is in Reading. > > Road access to Bracknell from Birmingham is easy via the M40, A404 and > then locally from Maidenhead. There are many places of interest nearby > including Windsor Castle. > > Nick Furniss. > > > On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:22:31 -0000, Margaret Turner > <ctbg15870@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> Thank you Moira >> l seem to have the wrong place didn't l..... >> Yours sounds more like the one, l have found where the records are ect >> and >> will try and get there when the weather gets a bit better .we live in >> Birmingham so it's a day out for us. >> Will continue in my search thank you. >> Margaret >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Moira Fidler >> Sent: 16 December 2010 18:08 >> To: berkshire@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [BRK] Church Hill House >> >> Hi Margaret >> Church Hill House Hospital is in Easthampstead Bracknell. In the 1970's >> when >> >> I went to school near there it housed patients with learning difficulties >> caused by a variety of physical and/or mental conditions. I don't know >> what >> it was used for in the 1930's but hopefully you may find something about >> its >> >> history on the internet >> >> Kiln Ride is in Wokingham (abt a quarter of a mile from where I live!) >> and a >> >> couple of miles from Wokingham Station >> Wokingham and Bracknell are abt 5 miles apart in the county of Berkshire. >> You could try the old directories website to see if your Grt Grandfather >> was >> >> listed >> http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp >> >> If you can get to Wokingham it might be worth checking with the library >> to >> see if they still have any electoral registers that go back that far. >> Wokingham Library has quite a good local studies section perhaps it might >> hold other items of use to you that the librarians could tell you about. >> Good luck >> regards >> MOIRA >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Margaret Turner"<ctbg15870@blueyonder.co.uk> >> To:<BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 5:32 PM >> Subject: [BRK] Church Hill House >> >> >>> Hi new to the list and wondered if you could help me. >>> >>> >>> >>> After a few years l have found my Grt Grandfather WILLIAM HENRY >>> ELLIOTT's >>> death, and have just received the death cert for him. It states he died >>> 16.3.1933 in Church Hill House Easthampstead . And was of Kiln Ride >>> Wokingham. Sadly He died of senile decay, I have googled this and have >>> come >>> across a old school address ...Church Hill House. Wilson way Wokingham >>> l >>> presume this was some kind of home. Asylum perhaps. has anyone any info >>> on >>> this beautiful Big house. >>> >>> >>> >>> I have no more info from 1911 cen where they lived cold harbour, >>> Wendover >>> Bucks when some time after that l first found his widow CLARA nee >>> MATHEWS >>> remarrying a William Norton Bell in Wokingham 1940 and living in a place >>> called Chandos, Kiln Ride, Wokingham. I thought this was her new >>> husband's >>> house but now it turns out to be My Grandfathers William ELLIOTT's. >>> >>> >>> >>> So what l am looking for are directories for kiln ride Wokingham from >>> 1911 >>> to try and find when he came to live there. He was a plate layer all >>> his >>> life so l presume because of the railway being close by to kiln Ride >>> this >>> is >>> why he left Bucks. >>> >>> >>> >>> Some facts about my ELLIOTT family >>> >>> >>> >>> William Henry Elliott married Clara MATTHEWS 1892 Amersham Bucks where >>> the >>> majority of the Elliott resided. >>> >>> They had nine children. >>> >>> Elsie 1894 >>> >>> John Henry About 1895 >>> >>> John Henry1893 >>> >>> Lily Elina 1903 >>> >>> Harry Arthur 1907 >>> >>> Ernest Edgar 1899 My grandfather >>> >>> Alice Daisy 1900 >>> >>> Clara Kate1895 >>> >>> William James 1897. >>> >>> >>> >>> If any one has any ELLIOTT s in there family tree l would be very >>> pleased >>> to >>> here from them. >>> >>> Kind regards >>> >>> Margaret >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message