Angela They All went to Banbury Market. and more than probable. enjoyed a Banbury Cake or two. ??? and "Who met Whom at the Mop Fair..?? >>Where Thou Go'eth I will follow stuff....?? Oi live up the road a bit...!! Threeshires was my territory and I'm just wondering how I managed to Go'eth to Australia. apart from the promise of a 'Kangaroo Farm' that is; but then you know what sailors are/???? Sorry. it's nearly Christmas and the mind wanders.. a touch of nostalgic Banburyshireitis... betty.. Ho, Ho, oh! ----- Original Message ----- From: "angela allen" <angela.allen72@btinternet.com> To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 3:00 AM Subject: [BAN] KIRK & County Borders/Banburyshire > Hi Geoff, > This might explain why for you -- 'Banburyshire' can be a > very frustrating area for research - so close to several county > borders & the darn rellies never stayed put, either in county > or religion! > Makes the chase all the more interesting for us though ;>)) > > St Mary's Banbury was the only ancient parish for Banbury. > It included, in addition to the town & borough of Banbury itself, > the hamlets of Calthorpe, Easington, Hardwick, Neithrop & > Wickham/Wykham, in Oxfordshire & in Northamptonshire - > Grimsbury, Huscote & Nethercote & Spital Farm. > > The Northamptonshire part of the parish was transferred to > Oxfordshire in 1889. > > Apart from St Mary's - St Paul's chapel of ease in Neithrop > was opened in 1853, built by CLARIDGE of Banbury. > Christ church South Banbury, was also erected in 1853 & > St Leonards in Grimsbury started out as chapel of ease to > South Banbury, with records from 1900 onwards - then of > course the meeting places for many other religions within > the town also existed > > These days Grimsbury & all the other hamlets mentioned above > have been absorbed as part of the town, although locals still > refer to them as Easington/Neithrop area in conversation. > Possibly Wykham is just as close to the much expanded village > of Bloxham. > > Middleton Cheney Church, although in N'hants was no further > to travel from Grimsbury/Overthorpe/Huscote than St Mary's was. > In fact these days, it would take just another few fields to be built > on & MC would become the outskirts of Banbury - as Bodicote > & other villages already have! > > HTH > Angela:>) > Admin Banbury > > > > > >> Ernest William Kirk was actually baptised at Middleton Cheney in >> 1896 but I've no idea why. > >>My grandfather and his family lived at 73, Merton Street, Grimsbury in >> the late 1800s and early 1900s. > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >

Hi Betty, > They All went to Banbury Market. > and more than probable. enjoyed a Banbury Cake or two. ??? > and "Who met Whom at the Mop Fair..?? > >>Where Thou Go'eth I will follow stuff....?? > Oi live up the road a bit...!! Well have to agree with that one, the market, cattle market & the annual mop fair attracted folks from miles around & from many counties, also brought the 'working away' natives back home for several days. They were all regular Banbury events where folks could make 'dates' with others to 'meet up again' especially for those whose work kept them away for weeks at a time - ie Boatmen/Canal/ Railway/Ironstone workers/Drovers/Servants/Apprenticies. The 'mop fair' in Banbury has always been early October time any coincidence then that many local marriages seem to have took place in Banbury & it's surrounds during that month? > Threeshires was my territory and I'm just wondering > how I managed to Go'eth to Australia. > apart from the promise of a 'Kangaroo Farm' that is; > but then you know what sailors are/???? Give me a chance Betty re. Sailors - have only been in these parts 2 months - although we did have a Sea King helicopter land in the road this morning from RNAS Yeovilton - damn they are big close up ( Heli's not the crew;>) but the locals are used to them - they couldn't understand my interest, then one lady said 'you be part of the new folk, where you from to then' ----OR something also not understandable similar! Turns out, they were delivering Santa to the primary school next to us. Think I might have 'Jumped' at the chance also of a new life in Oz with a handsome sailor I loved! - perhaps thats why you 'Went'eth' :>)) Angela :>))