Geoff,i was at my local FHC looking at parish records film for Naughton,Suffolk. There were a lot of Woolard's in Naughton. I did copy down the information if you would like it please let me know and i will post it to the Suffolk list for everyone. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <GW5438@aol.com> To: <ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 9:53 AM Subject: [ENG-CAMB] John CARTWRIGHT (1813 - 1860), a famous jockey in his day! > Dear Listers, > > Does anybody know a bit more than I do about John CARTWRIGHT (1813 - 1860), > who was born at Harrogate, Yorkshire, became a famous jockey in his day - > probably his best-known wins were on "Bee's-Wing" in the late 1830s and early > 1840s - and later took The Ram Hotel at Nottingham, and was said not to have > been successful with that venture? John CARTWRIGHT married (in 1843) Helen > DAWSON, of the well-known Scottish racehhorse-training family, who outlived her > husband, dying at Thornton Heath, Surrey, in 1886, and is buried at Newmarket, > which is either in Suffolk (and/or in Cambridgeshire in the 'good old > days'!). John CARTWRIGHT himself died at Nottingham, aged only 46, but was buried > at Middleham, Yorkshire, though his descendants mostly settled at Newmarket. > > Yours, etc. > > Geoffrey Woollard in Cambridgeshire. > > > ==== ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE Mailing List ==== > . > >