Can anyone help me with a look up in the 1901 Census please? I am looking for Jabez Blank, possibly in Wales. I have no idea how old he was, or who he was married to etc. I know he was married and living in Wales in 1930, but that was his second marriage. I think he was quite old at that time. If he is older than 10 on that census, could you check the 1891 too please? Any help and details gratefully received. Thank you. Yours, Ian ________________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE AOL Email account with unlimited storage. Plus, share and store photos and experience exclusively recorded live music Sessions from your favourite artists. Find out more at http://info.aol.co.uk/joinnow/?ncid=548.

Ian I see 2 men by the name of Jabez Blank in the 1901 census : This family in Chivelston Parish - town of Ford, Devon Chivelstone District 4 Bessie Blank age 13 born Stokenham Elizabeth Blank age 53 born Loddiswell Jabez Blank age 54 born Chivelston Ordinary Agricultural Laborer John Blank age 17 born Stokenham Percy Blank age 8 born Chivelston Then in Stokenham Parish - Huckham Devon Jabez Blank age 15 born Holcombe Devon Servant occupation Carter on farm in the household of John Lizard Farmer The 1891 has both of these men living in the same household in South Allington Chivelstone Devon Jabez age 44 Agricultural Laborer Wife Elizabeth A age 43 Bessie age 3 Emma J age 13 John A age 5 Sara A age 21 William H age 10 Jabez age 5 Do you need images? Christine Hartwell Oregon USA ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 1:06 PM Subject: [BAN] Look up > > > Can anyone help me with a look up in the 1901 Census please? > > I am looking for Jabez Blank, possibly in Wales. > I have no idea how old he was, or who he was married to etc. > > I know he was married and living in Wales in 1930, but that was his second > marriage. > I think he was quite old at that time. > > If he is older than 10 on that census, could you check the 1891 too > please? > Any help and details gratefully received. Thank you. > Yours, > > > > > > > Ian > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get a FREE AOL Email account with unlimited storage. Plus, share and > store photos and experience exclusively recorded live music Sessions from > your favourite artists. Find out more at > http://info.aol.co.uk/joinnow/?ncid=548. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Banbury Historical Society & Friends of Banbury Museum > http://www.cherwell-dc.gov.uk/banburymuseum/banburyhistoricalsoc.cfm > ------------------------------- > 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 >

> good afternoon list has anyone got in their family history. Harry > Bricknell who married Constance Margaret Collins i think in Oxford > thanks for your help Roughly when? Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: [email protected] Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

good afternoon list has anyone got in their family history. Harry Bricknell who married Constance Margaret Collins i think in Oxford thanks for your help Anne Williams http://collins.wise.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk UPDATED WEBSITE 15/08/07 please take a look

Hi Rosemary, Is it possible to add a "Surname of Interest"? My interest is in the Shirley family who lived in Barford St Michael and Barford St John areas. I have good 19thC information but very little from the 18th and virtually none (except my immediate family) from the 20th. My email address is as above. Hope you can help. Cheers Tim (Canberra Australia) Rosemary Probert wrote: > Hi Friends, > > Here are some recent additions to the Banburyshire Website: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ > > SURNAMES: CASTLE, HAMBLETON, HONE, JOHNSTONE, PRINT, PINFOLD & YOCKSON > > FAMILY HISTORIES: > - none > > FAMILY HISTORIES & OLD PHOTOGRAPHS > - "Evoking another age" : WATSON - GOODYER families > - "My Ancestors had style!" - CAMPBELL & BLAND --- 19th century > - "A memorable day" : Celebration in the backblocks [WELLS & FOOTE > (> NZ)] > - "20th century Chic!" : My maternal LUCAS's > > MEMORIALS & REMEMBRANCES: > - Memorials from Wroxton [War memorial] > - Memorials from Southam Road Cemetery, Banbury > - Memorial from Shutford (GIBBS) > > WAR REMEMBRANCES: > - updated > > MEMORIES & REMINISCENCES: > - Cures, Customs and Sayings > - If only I could remember his name ... > - Memories of the past > - Mangle-ing & other kitchen activities > - More about coke > > VILLAGES: > - Photographs of Aynho, Oxfordshire > - Photographs from Adderbury, Oxfordshire > - Photographs from Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire > > BOOKS AND BOOK REVIEWS: > - Extracts from the diaries of William Cotton Risley, Vicar of > Deddington, 1836-1848 : William Cotton Risley - also includes an > index of surnames > - Eighty years a Claydonian and random lines and verses : Andrew F. > Fox These may be available from Banbury Museum when it re-opens in > the spring, and there are a few copies available on Amazon > - Banbury Past Through Artists' Eyes : Banbury Historical Society - > also several indexes - people, places, artists & contributors > > All new and updated pages are marked on the site map: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/site-map.htm > > I have also been working on updating the coding of other pages and > adding their links to the site map. They are not specially marked on > the site map, but it is getting longer! you'll have to check it out at > your leisure. > > Note that the site map isn't yet a complete list of all the pages on > the website - it will be eventually :-) > But several sections are now complete - books & book reviews, villages > & towns, memories & reminiscences and memorials. > > Go to the index pages of each section if you can't find what you are > looking for on the site map. > > For any of you who are new to the list - this is a website for the > list - so please feel free to contact me with anything you might like > to add or share. > > Have fun, > > Rosemary > > Northumberland UK > Email: [email protected] > Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ > Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Banbury Historical Society & Friends of Banbury Museum > http://www.cherwell-dc.gov.uk/banburymuseum/banburyhistoricalsoc.cfm > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

Hi Friends, Also new surnames: GIBBS, MAYCOCK & SHIRLEY http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: [email protected] Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

No :-( I always email back as soon as I can when I receive any attachments so there's no uncertainty. Can you have another go? To my address -- not the list. Thanks, Rosemary Eryl Bloxham wrote: > Hello, Did you get my email attachment re family bibles.? Regards Eryl

Hi Tim, > Is it possible to add a "Surname of Interest"? Yes -- no problem The pages for surname interests are quite flexible as I code them myself -- they are not automated. > My interest is in the Shirley family who lived in Barford St Michael and > Barford St John areas. I have good 19thC information but very little > from the 18th and virtually none (except my immediate family) from the 20th. Will be up after I've had a brew! It's been a busy morning. > My email address is as above. > > Hope you can help. > > Cheers > > Tim (Canberra Australia) Cheers, Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: [email protected] Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hello, Did you get my email attachment re family bibles.? Regards Eryl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosemary Probert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:19 AM Subject: [BAN] Banburyshire website -- new additions > > Hi Friends, > > Here are some recent additions to the Banburyshire Website: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ > > SURNAMES: CASTLE, HAMBLETON, HONE, JOHNSTONE, PRINT, PINFOLD & YOCKSON > > FAMILY HISTORIES: > - none > > FAMILY HISTORIES & OLD PHOTOGRAPHS > - "Evoking another age" : WATSON - GOODYER families > - "My Ancestors had style!" - CAMPBELL & BLAND --- 19th century > - "A memorable day" : Celebration in the backblocks [WELLS & FOOTE > (> NZ)] > - "20th century Chic!" : My maternal LUCAS's > > MEMORIALS & REMEMBRANCES: > - Memorials from Wroxton [War memorial] > - Memorials from Southam Road Cemetery, Banbury > - Memorial from Shutford (GIBBS) > > WAR REMEMBRANCES: > - updated > > MEMORIES & REMINISCENCES: > - Cures, Customs and Sayings > - If only I could remember his name ... > - Memories of the past > - Mangle-ing & other kitchen activities > - More about coke > > VILLAGES: > - Photographs of Aynho, Oxfordshire > - Photographs from Adderbury, Oxfordshire > - Photographs from Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire > > BOOKS AND BOOK REVIEWS: > - Extracts from the diaries of William Cotton Risley, Vicar of > Deddington, 1836-1848 : William Cotton Risley - also includes an > index of surnames > - Eighty years a Claydonian and random lines and verses : Andrew F. > Fox These may be available from Banbury Museum when it re-opens in > the spring, and there are a few copies available on Amazon > - Banbury Past Through Artists' Eyes : Banbury Historical Society - > also several indexes - people, places, artists & contributors > > All new and updated pages are marked on the site map: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/site-map.htm > > I have also been working on updating the coding of other pages and > adding their links to the site map. They are not specially marked on > the site map, but it is getting longer! you'll have to check it out at > your leisure. > > Note that the site map isn't yet a complete list of all the pages on > the website - it will be eventually :-) > But several sections are now complete - books & book reviews, villages > & towns, memories & reminiscences and memorials. > > Go to the index pages of each section if you can't find what you are > looking for on the site map. > > For any of you who are new to the list - this is a website for the > list - so please feel free to contact me with anything you might like > to add or share. > > Have fun, > > Rosemary > > Northumberland UK > Email: [email protected] > Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ > Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Banbury Historical Society & Friends of Banbury Museum > http://www.cherwell-dc.gov.uk/banburymuseum/banburyhistoricalsoc.cfm > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.28/1123 - Release Date: > 10/11/2007 15:47 > >

Hi Friends, Here are some recent additions to the Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ SURNAMES: CASTLE, HAMBLETON, HONE, JOHNSTONE, PRINT, PINFOLD & YOCKSON FAMILY HISTORIES: - none FAMILY HISTORIES & OLD PHOTOGRAPHS - "Evoking another age" : WATSON - GOODYER families - "My Ancestors had style!" - CAMPBELL & BLAND --- 19th century - "A memorable day" : Celebration in the backblocks [WELLS & FOOTE (> NZ)] - "20th century Chic!" : My maternal LUCAS's MEMORIALS & REMEMBRANCES: - Memorials from Wroxton [War memorial] - Memorials from Southam Road Cemetery, Banbury - Memorial from Shutford (GIBBS) WAR REMEMBRANCES: - updated MEMORIES & REMINISCENCES: - Cures, Customs and Sayings - If only I could remember his name ... - Memories of the past - Mangle-ing & other kitchen activities - More about coke VILLAGES: - Photographs of Aynho, Oxfordshire - Photographs from Adderbury, Oxfordshire - Photographs from Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire BOOKS AND BOOK REVIEWS: - Extracts from the diaries of William Cotton Risley, Vicar of Deddington, 1836-1848 : William Cotton Risley - also includes an index of surnames - Eighty years a Claydonian and random lines and verses : Andrew F. Fox These may be available from Banbury Museum when it re-opens in the spring, and there are a few copies available on Amazon - Banbury Past Through Artists' Eyes : Banbury Historical Society - also several indexes - people, places, artists & contributors All new and updated pages are marked on the site map: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/site-map.htm I have also been working on updating the coding of other pages and adding their links to the site map. They are not specially marked on the site map, but it is getting longer! you'll have to check it out at your leisure. Note that the site map isn't yet a complete list of all the pages on the website - it will be eventually :-) But several sections are now complete - books & book reviews, villages & towns, memories & reminiscences and memorials. Go to the index pages of each section if you can't find what you are looking for on the site map. For any of you who are new to the list - this is a website for the list - so please feel free to contact me with anything you might like to add or share. Have fun, Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: [email protected] Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Further to Colin's mail below, the Banbury Guardian newspaper has an article on this book & the BHS on this weeks web pages. www.banburytoday.co.uk Thanks Colin for keeping us upto date with Banbury Historical Society news. BW Angela co admin The Banbury Historical Society has just published an new book called 'Banbury past through artists' eyes' to mark its 50th anniversary It includes: * Paintings, drawings, engravings * Only one photograph! * Text mainly quoting from contemporary sources * 128 pages * 200+ illustrations, over 70 in full colour * 10 x 7½ins It is a unique collection of some two hundred paintings, drawings and engravings of Banbury, Oxfordshire's second town, mainly as it was in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. There is not a car to be seen, though modernity does creep in with the sight of an 1850s 'Puffing Billy' at the then recently-erected railway station. More details, including the index of people and places, is to be found at www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/books/banbury-past-through- artists-eyes.htm [thanks to Rosemary]. Cheers, Colin Cohen

I know that most readers of this are not local, but remember that anyone with an Oxfordshire Library card [and many other UK public library cards too] can search The Times [London!] and many other databases entirely free. In Oxon all you need is your library card number and a quick visit to the OCC Libraries online reference site at http://tinyurl.com/2pohab and bingo! The pain with the new Guardian/Observer site is that it tells you how many hits it has got on your search terms, but what it displays before you pay typically gives you no idea if any of it is going to be useful. Still, you can sign up for half price till the end of the month. Below is a lit of the sites the OCC card unlocks! Britannica Online Britannica Junior: For ages 5-11 Britannica Student: For ages 11-18 Encyclopaedia Britannica: For ages 18+ Grove Art Online Grove Music Online News UK Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford English Dictionary Oxford Reference Online Premium Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 Who's Who and Who Was Who Cheers, Colin -- 'This "telephone" has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us'. A Western Union memo, c 1878 On 8 Nov 2007, at 08:04, [email protected] wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:19:20 +0000 > From: Rosemary Probert <[email protected]> > Subject: [BAN] Two UK Newspapers Now Available Online > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Two UK Newspapers Now Available Online > > The "Guardian," a famous UK newspaper, and the "Observer," the world's > first Sunday newspaper, are going digital. > > So far, issues of the "Guardian" from 1821-1975 and the "Observer" > from 1900-1975 are available. In early 2008, both of the newspapers > will be online in their entirety (from 1821 for the former and 1791 > for the latter). Both newspapers are searchable. Searching is free, > but you must buy a timed access pass to view entire articles. > > Visit the "Guardian" website for more information: > http://archive.guardian.co.uk/Default/Skins/DigitalArchive/ > Client.asp?Skin=DigitalArchive&enter=true&AW=1194298449025&AppName=2 > > Previously > published in RootsWeb Review: 7 November 2007, Vol. 10, No. 45. > > Rosemary > > Northumberland UK > Email: [email protected] > Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ > Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Two UK Newspapers Now Available Online The "Guardian," a famous UK newspaper, and the "Observer," the world's first Sunday newspaper, are going digital. So far, issues of the "Guardian" from 1821-1975 and the "Observer" from 1900-1975 are available. In early 2008, both of the newspapers will be online in their entirety (from 1821 for the former and 1791 for the latter). Both newspapers are searchable. Searching is free, but you must buy a timed access pass to view entire articles. Visit the "Guardian" website for more information: http://archive.guardian.co.uk/Default/Skins/DigitalArchive/Client.asp?Skin=DigitalArchive&enter=true&AW=1194298449025&AppName=2 Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 7 November 2007, Vol. 10, No. 45. Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: [email protected] Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Banbury Historical Society has just published an new book called 'Banbury past through artists' eyes' to mark its 50th anniversary It includes: * Paintings, drawings, engravings * Only one photograph! * Text mainly quoting from contemporary sources * 128 pages * 200+ illustrations, over 70 in full colour * 10 x 7½ins It is a unique collection of some two hundred paintings, drawings and engravings of Banbury, Oxfordshire's second town, mainly as it was in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. There is not a car to be seen, though modernity does creep in with the sight of an 1850s 'Puffing Billy' at the then recently-erected railway station. More details, including the index of people and places, is to be found at www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/books/banbury-past-through- artists-eyes.htm [thanks to Rosemary]. Cheers, Colin Cohen -- 'The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys'. Sir William Preece, General Post Office Chief Engineer, 1878

Hi Rosemary, I have 4 to be listed, they were 2 sets of brothers and 1st cousins all from Aynhoe Pvte Albert Phillip Wrighton b 1878 d 9/04/1917 at ARRAS MEMORIAL He was in the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Bn his number was G/14575 he was 38yo Pvte Reginald Victor Wrighton b 1888 d 9/10/1917 at TYNE COT MEMORIAL. He was in Coldstream Guards 2nd Bn he was 29 yo Their parents were George Wrighton 1838-1909 Hannah Tuckey Wrighton d 1926 Pvte Alfred Wrighton b 1881 d 17/08/1916 at THIEPVAL MEMORIAL He was in Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Bn his number was 17146 age 37 yo, Wife Minnie from Fringford now Aynho Pvte Clement Wrighton b 1894 d 19/08/1916 at THIEPVAL MEMORIAL He was in the Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Bn his number was 15241 age 22yo Their parents were Frederick Wrighton b 1845 and Mary Ann Peckover Wrighton d 1917 Rosemary you will notice each set of brothers were killed within days of each other. Thanks Dawn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosemary Probert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: [BAN] Remembrance Day > Hi Friends, > > It will soon be that time of year when many of us take time to > remember those who fought and died in war: Remembrance Day, Veterans' > Day, Poppy Day, Armistice Day, Remembrance Sunday. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day > > If any of you would like to add a name of a family member to our > Remembrance Page, please send me the details. It is not restricted > to families from the Banbury area. > > If you would like to add more, then send me the information and I'll > set up a separate page. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/memorials/remember.htm > > Gentle reminder: this is not for political statements - just a time > to remember those who have gone before us, > > Please contact me directly with any submissions - > [email protected] > > Kind regards, > > Rosemary > > Northumberland UK > Email: [email protected] > Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ > Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Banbury Historical Society & Friends of Banbury Museum > http://www.cherwell-dc.gov.uk/banburymuseum/banburyhistoricalsoc.cfm > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Dyslexia Rules... KO? Kathleen and Denis O'Flaherty wrote: > I am a keener when it comes to spotting errors as I make them so often > myslef.oops > Kathleen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Angela Allen" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 2:50 PM > Subject: Re: [BAN] Christchurch - The Banbury Faith Trail > > > >> Duh! cheers Kathleen >> >> Angela co admin >> >> >> >> >>> change the URL below to end with >>> uk >>> instead of >>> ul >>> and can then go to site >>> >>> Kathleen >>> >> >> >>>> http://www.kickback.btinternet.co.ul/index.html >>>> >>>> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Banbury Historical Society & Friends of Banbury Museum >> http://www.cherwell-dc.gov.uk/banburymuseum/banburyhistoricalsoc.cfm >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Banbury Historical Society & Friends of Banbury Museum > http://www.cherwell-dc.gov.uk/banburymuseum/banburyhistoricalsoc.cfm > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

Duh! cheers Kathleen Angela co admin > change the URL below to end with > uk > instead of > ul > and can then go to site > > Kathleen >> http://www.kickback.btinternet.co.ul/index.html >>

I am a keener when it comes to spotting errors as I make them so often myslef.oops Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angela Allen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Christchurch - The Banbury Faith Trail > Duh! cheers Kathleen > > Angela co admin > > > > > change the URL below to end with > > uk > > instead of > > ul > > and can then go to site > > > > Kathleen > > > > >> http://www.kickback.btinternet.co.ul/index.html > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Banbury Historical Society & Friends of Banbury Museum > http://www.cherwell-dc.gov.uk/banburymuseum/banburyhistoricalsoc.cfm > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Hi Heather, I'm a bit confused here (easily done;>) when you say Christchurch & Independant chapel. Christchurch was never a chapel. It was consecrated in 1853 as the parish church for South Banbury, this new parish was in the diocese of Oxford & covered areas in Oxon & N'hants. St Mary's church may have outpriced itself at that time to many Banburians, with its high 'pew prices' only the better off could afford. For those that could not afford the high pew rent - the nonconformist chapels became very tempting to attend instead. The 'Church' didn't want that either! Hence the building of Christchurch to ''better meet the wants of the poor'' & keep them with church, not chapel. For those that like visual images - the following web site has small pictures of the original St Mary's, before it was demolished in abt 1790 (I think, a far more beautiful building than St Mary's is today) plus a picture of Christchurch, Marlborough rd Methodist & many of the towns various small chapels. http://www.kickback.btinternet.co.ul/index.html Click on WASSAIL traditional arts for pictures of local Morris Dancing/Mummers etc. Click on the trowel for History & Archaeology --- 'The Banbury Faith Trail' is on that page BW Angela co admin > Can anyone help with a look up for the marriage of Henry Read, abt 1859, > Independent Chapel , Banbury. > > Were there other Independent chapels besides Christchurch. > > Thankyou > Heather Hudson

Hi! to IAN and anyone who just may remember .. I have been trawling the Archives with No Success. IAN some years back you sent an e-mail. ( lots of them infact <grn>) The Contents at that time referred to Parsons St Banbury.. It was in verse form **IF my memory serves me right.. Mentions the shops that used to be there .ie: KINGERLY's ..BRUMMIT's etc., Any chance you have it on file. ???? or is there a Lister out there who can recall.. Unfortunately, i lost quite a lot of my early data. T.I.A >>>Much appreciated. betty