Hello Eve, Thank you very much for your suggestions to locate their cottage. As they were estate workers for the Dukes of Buckingham, it seems that maps which, hopefully, show the names of tenants will prove to be the most useful, as so many records have gone to the USA. Your info. re: closing day at CBS is also very helpful. Regards, Vera. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [BKM] BUCKS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 204 > > > > Would it still be possible for me to identify the cottage in Dadford > > in which they lived? (They appear there in every census from > > 1841-1901). > > What you will need to do is to study the various censuses closely, and try to pinpoint > the cottage as against some landmark like a pub, school or chapel. Then you can > locate this (even if it has changed use, the form of the building is likely to be > recognisable, and it may even be called 'The Old School' or 'The old > Plough/Lion/Swan'. If Yours was two doors away, you look for houses of the right > vintage and then ask the owners (very aplogetically, since some folk resent > unannounced visitors, while others welcome them. The present inhabitants just > might have studied their deeds. > If you know the family was there in 1910, it is easier - all houses were revalued > then, and there is a map keyed to the name of the current owners/tenants in CBS. > There may also be a tithe map for approx 1840, which would name owners and > sometimes, not always, tenants. It is worth checking this in advance, since it you > want to use maps, you need to book a space on the map table. Some of these maps > are as big as table cloths, hence the need to book. The archivist has a list of local > maps they hold and would be able to check if such a tithe map exists (if notm they > do have them at Kew, but this is less convenient). > Similarly, there may be an Enclosure map, which normally would also give owners > and at least some tenants. I cannot find a date for any enclosure of Dadford. The > hamlet grew up when the common people were effectively trurned out of the former > Stowe village, to improve the views from the mansion. > The problem with the Stowe estate (in which Dadford lies) is that it was owned by > the Marquess/Dukes of Buckingham, who went bust later in the century. Almost all > their useful historical papers were bought by an American, Henry Huntington, and > they are kept in his Museum in California, displayed in which cabinets as if they > were ancient pottery, not to be touched, and the curators make great difficulties for > anyone wishing to do research on them. > I have some material relating to the Saxbys, and will check to see if there is any > earlier work on locatinmg the exact place. The problem is that research over here > was done by a less than expert person, si it is unlikely to be thorough. > By the way - CBS is always closed on Mondays, which is a pain to anyone wishing > to get a good start to the week. > > Many thanks for any suggestions, Vera (Melbourne, 0z) > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > To contact the BUCKS list administrator, send an email to > > [email protected] > > > > To post a message to the BUCKS mailing list, send an email to > > [email protected] > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional > > text. > > > > > > End of BUCKS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 204 > > ************************************* > > > > > > -- > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.19/917 - Release Date: > > 25/07/2007 01:16 > > > > > *************************************** > > BGS Website: http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ > BFHS Website: http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/ > Bucks Genuki Website: http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message