Hello, I have received a plea for help. Can anyone help this lady? If so, contact me and I will forward any ideas. --------- I am writing to you to see if you can help me in anyway. I have been given a very old Browns Bible. It has inside three pages all about the births and deaths of the Mainprice Family. The father, John Charles Mainprice, originally coming from Great Yarmouth, ended up with his wife Bertha living in Wirksworth Derbyshire. I have been looking into this for several weeks now, trying to trace a living relative so that I can return this back to the family where it belongs. I managed to trace up to 1983, Doris Mainprice whose will resided at Woodlands Road in Allestree. I contacted the solicitors, Bemrose and Ling, who dealt with it, but understandably they were unable to give out any information. I am now stuck as to where else to look. After reading your story on the internet, I thought I would ask you for your help if your are able. ------- Regards, John Palmer. Author of Wirksworth website www.wirksworth.org.uk

Hello John......Just spotted this, there could be a connection.....Regards Stuart Scarborough Evening News.... Row over Bolts goes on as plans set to go in again Published on Saturday 9 February 2013 11:45 The fight over plans to close The Bolts passageway at night is facing yet more time before a resolution can be reached as formal applications have to be resubmitted. Two Scarborough businessmen had applied to Scarborough Council to gate off the historic passageway, which runs behind their eateries in Sandside, to protect their staff from anti social at night. The application was processed by the authority, and advertised online resulting in much controversy with many writing to planning officers both against and in favour of the plans. However ahead of the matter going before the planning committee, officers decided that the application should not be dealt with by the Borough Council but infact needed to be submitted to North Yorkshire County Council. Guilian Alonzi, who runs the Harbour Bar icecream parlour, and is behind the application, says he will still proceed with his hopes of gating off The Bolts after hours. He said: “We are completely puzzled. The council accepted our application, they advertised it, and they consulted on it. Then after all that they decided it wasn’t them that should deal with it afterall. “We have since been in talks with the County Council to find out what proceedure we need to follow in submitting our application to them. “From my point of view I have great respect for the people that work for me and I will do everything I can to keep them safe.” Equally keen in their stance is Laurin Mainprize, who lives in the only residential property in The Bolts, and is heading a petition against any closure. She said: “We made ourselves heard over the first application and we will do everything we can to make our views heard again.” Ms Mainprize and the objectors believe the night-time gates could lead to a more permanent closure of The Bolts, which they feel is a big part of the town’s heritage. However Mr Alonzi stresses he is only seeking to close the passageway at night. > From: johnpalmer@wirksworth.org.uk > To: DERBYSGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:52:06 +0000 > Subject: [DBY] MAINPRICE, Wirksworth > > Hello, > I have received a plea for help. Can anyone help this lady? > If so, contact me and I will forward any ideas. > --------- > I am writing to you to see if you can help me in anyway. I have been given a > very old Browns Bible. It has inside three pages all about the births and > deaths of the Mainprice Family. The father, John Charles Mainprice, > originally coming from Great Yarmouth, ended up with his wife Bertha living > in Wirksworth Derbyshire. I have been looking into this for several weeks > now, trying to trace a living relative so that I can return this back to the > family where it belongs. I managed to trace up to 1983, Doris Mainprice > whose will resided at Woodlands Road in Allestree. I contacted the > solicitors, Bemrose and Ling, who dealt with it, but understandably they > were unable to give out any information. I am now stuck as to where else to > look. After reading your story on the internet, I thought I would ask you > for your help if your are able. > ------- > Regards, > John Palmer. > Author of Wirksworth website > www.wirksworth.org.uk > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, There are several public viewed 'trees' on Ancestry .co.uk where subscribers can contact the 'tree' owner. Perhaps this is the way forward. regards Pete in Mansfield ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Palmer" <johnpalmer@wirksworth.org.uk> To: <DERBYSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 11:52 PM Subject: [DBY] MAINPRICE, Wirksworth > Hello, > I have received a plea for help. Can anyone help this lady? > If so, contact me and I will forward any ideas. > --------- > I am writing to you to see if you can help me in anyway. I have been given > a > very old Browns Bible. It has inside three pages all about the births and > deaths of the Mainprice Family. The father, John Charles Mainprice, > originally coming from Great Yarmouth, ended up with his wife Bertha > living > in Wirksworth Derbyshire. I have been looking into this for several weeks > now, trying to trace a living relative so that I can return this back to > the > family where it belongs. I managed to trace up to 1983, Doris Mainprice > whose will resided at Woodlands Road in Allestree. I contacted the > solicitors, Bemrose and Ling, who dealt with it, but understandably they > were unable to give out any information. I am now stuck as to where else > to > look. After reading your story on the internet, I thought I would ask you > for your help if your are able. > ------- > Regards, > John Palmer. > Author of Wirksworth website > www.wirksworth.org.uk > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message