Hi Happy new year to everyone. I have been told that there is a picture/photo of Thomas Ward Boss hanging in the Banbury Library. Can anyone confirm this. The gentleman al] Thomas Ward Bossthough not in my direct line is in my family tree I have been told all about him and that he was prominent in Banbury life during the 1800s. I have a not terribly good photo of a Tom Boss which was emailed to me by a lady who I correspond with on ancestry.co.uk. I wonder if this is the same Thomas Ward Boss. Best wishes to all Carol.

Hi Carol Thomas Ward Boss was a sergeant-at-mace along with Daniel Dixon 1858-80 in Banbury. A sergeant-at-mace was usually chosen from respected tradesmen/police of a town. >From bap entries TWB was also in business as stationer. One of the roles S at M performed was as inspector of weights & measures (Then - far more important than it sounds now) Not sure abt the picture hanging in Banbury - if not the library try the town hall. Google his name & info on him/his position as S at M can be found Angela co admin Banbury I have been told that there is a > picture/photo of Thomas Ward Boss hanging in the Banbury Library. >I have been told all about him and that > he was prominent in Banbury life during the 1800s.

I will have a look for you Carol when I next go to Town, as our roads have not been gritted with salt or we have had no snow clearance in the Banbury area - which is disgraceful, I cannot say when I will go, but will certainly check it out and the Town Hall -   Rgds Denise --- On Fri, 8/1/10, Carol Burgess <carolaburgess@googlemail.com> wrote: From: Carol Burgess <carolaburgess@googlemail.com> Subject: [BAN] Thomas Ward Boss To: eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, 8 January, 2010, 16:50 Hi Happy new year to everyone.  I have been told that there is a picture/photo of Thomas Ward Boss hanging in the Banbury Library.  Can anyone confirm this.  The gentleman al] Thomas Ward Bossthough not in my direct line is in my family tree I have been told all about him and that he was prominent in Banbury life during the 1800s.  I have a not terribly good photo of a Tom Boss which was emailed to me by a lady who I correspond with on ancestry.co.uk. I wonder if this is the same Thomas Ward Boss. Best wishes to all Carol. Some useful websites: FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Carol, Sorry for the delay in answering your query. As a volunteer at the library, this intrigued me as I could not recall this picture. Sorry to say that we only have a picture of one person hanging on the walls, that of Sir Bernard Samuelson. BUT, what I have found is numerous references to him in the local history publication. If you go the web site for Cherwell District Council, near the top right-hand corner is a search box, DO NOT use this. Click on the 'advanced search'. Then enter your requirement, and put a tick in the 'Cake & Cockhorse' box. This will return a list of PDF's that contain possible info concerning the search. You can then download the edition and find what you are searching for. Remember to search correctly, otherwise dozens of references are found. Your Thomas was a Customs and Excise person by the look of it. Good luck. Enjoy Life. Never promise, but always try. Regards, Bob Sangster