Hi Ian, Since you mention walking to work ... it may help to know that in 1851 Richard and family are in "Village of Clevely" in the Parish of Enstone, Ecclesiastical District of Enstone [page 6, stamped "568" at upper right. This image reproduced on Ancestry includes the actual 1851 census page above the Public Record Office identifier and the numbers "HO 107 /1732 - 162/2b"]. There are no street names. The Richard TITCOMBE household is number 22 of 48 recorded on 15 pages. The enumerator notes "one house uninhabited" (page 15/conclusion). Here's a bit of trivia...Page 14 is stamped "572" at upper right; page 15 is unstamped and page 16's stamp ("Village of Radford") is "573". Over and out! Best wishes, Frances >Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:55:30 -0400 >From: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [BAN] Titcomb (or similar) > >Thank you Rod and all others who have answered. I think it is Maria >who I am looking into for someone else. She was a glover(ess) and I >was trying to find out where she worked. Charlbury, Woodstock and >Chippy were all glovemaking centres, and I was trying to work out >where she might have worked. It is of course possible, that she was >an outworker. My Gran and Mum both did outwork for the Charlbury >factory. Poor pay, but it kept Gran in fags until the day she died! >The other possibility is that she walked to work. 5 miles was >nothing in those days. >You can still get Woodstock gloves - Made in China! >It seems that not many people wear gloves these days. Is it because >we jump on the bus or in the car? >Ian >