Hi to all i have just joined the group and thought i would give out my interests. Names are:Fruin,Frewin,Harmsworth,Hedges,Girdler,orchard,Gritt,Evans,Cook Places:Tadley,Baughurst,Kingsclere,Ellisfield,Weston Patrick, I am also enclosing a bit of a mystery about a lost piece of info that could be usfull to a lot of people Do anyone now were the lost Tadley Roll is now?? DO YOU LIVE IN :- TADLEY Tadley, a scattered parish on the west of Pamber Forest, has a remarkable relic, the Tadley Roll. The Roll consists of a roll of paper 3in high and contains caricatures of every man, woman and child who was in Tadley during the years 1872 – 1876. The drawings, consisting of about 600 figures, is primitive, but full of life and portrats are recognisable. All the old village crafts and trades are shown, including a party of Royal Engineers who carried out an Ordnance Survey, poachers, gypsies and the various families. Tadley is one of the few places where gypsies have given up their caravans and become owners of property on any considerable scale, for in 1870 most of the cottages in the village were owned by gypsies, led by the Hicks, under Reuben Hicks. The Church of St Peter with its brick tower and the south entrance dating between 1650 and 1689, has a very ancient bell, Flemish. An interesting brass inscription on the wall of the church in 1676 informs us that Thomas Sympsonm who died in 1676, left £15 a year to be divided among the poor of six parishes "so long as the world shall endure". A little way from the church is Tadley Place, which is believed to have been one of King John’s hunting lodges. The brooms, made from twigs of the birch, which are used in dealing with heath fires were made at Tadley. Hampshire Magazine Tadley May 1974 T

Hi Peter, By now you should have had a reply from a friend of mine Derek Ward, an authority on Tadley. This is part of Derek's reply. The last we (Tadley and District History Society) heard of it was that it was probably retained by an ex-council secretary way back. The said councillor died many years ago and his daughter now or did live in Denmark. We wrote to an old address for her (again hoping she still had it!!!???!!!) but letter was returned "not known". Regards Barbara Mallyon Basingstoke, Hants, UK BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Hedges" <peterhedges@ntlworld.com> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-KINGSCLERE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 11:25 AM Subject: Kingsclere | Hi to all i have just joined the group and thought i would give out my | interests. | Names are:Fruin,Frewin,Harmsworth,Hedges,Girdler,orchard,Gritt,Evans,Cook | Places:Tadley,Baughurst,Kingsclere,Ellisfield,Weston Patrick, | I am also enclosing a bit of a mystery about a lost piece of info that could | be usfull to a lot of people | Do anyone now were the lost Tadley Roll is now?? | | DO YOU LIVE IN :- TADLEY | Tadley, a scattered parish on the west of Pamber Forest, has a remarkable | relic, the Tadley Roll. | The Roll consists of a roll of paper 3in high and contains caricatures of | every man, woman and child | who was in Tadley during the years 1872 - 1876. The drawings, consisting of | about 600 figures, is | primitive, but full of life and portrats are recognisable. All the old | village crafts and trades are shown, | including a party of Royal Engineers who carried out an Ordnance Survey, | poachers, gypsies and the | various families. | Tadley is one of the few places where gypsies have given up their caravans | and become owners of | property on any considerable scale, for in 1870 most of the cottages in the | village were owned by gypsies, | led by the Hicks, under Reuben Hicks. | The Church of St Peter with its brick tower and the south entrance dating | between 1650 and 1689, has | a very ancient bell, Flemish. An interesting brass inscription on the wall | of the church in 1676 | informs us that Thomas Sympsonm who died in 1676, left £15 a year to be | divided among the poor | of six parishes "so long as the world shall endure". A little way from the | church is Tadley Place, which is believed to have been one of King John's | hunting lodges. | The brooms, made from twigs of the birch, which are used in dealing with | heath fires were made at | Tadley. | | | | Hampshire Magazine | Tadley May 1974 | T | | | ============================== | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 |