Hi Meegan and Chris Try the Great Britain surname profiler website; it may give you some hints of where to focus your search. Once on the site, enter the surname, select the 1881 map and you will notice the SHINGLES name is mostly concentrated in Norfolk with few occurrences of the name in Somerset. There are other adaptations of the name as well. If you are working from a transcribed record, try to find a copy of the original record in case there was an error in the spelling of the name. Cheers Mike

Hello everyone I wonder if anyone has come across this surname/family in their research travels? Have found Hannah SHINGLES who may be my 5th GGrandmother which is wonderful but since it seems a fairly individual name I thought someone else may have come across the family or name. Hannah was married to James LEWIS in Batheaston Somerset in 1784 but I can't find anything else on the Shingles name there Thanks for any help or advice Best wishes Meegan Ipswich, Qld

The following pieces have been added to FreeCEN in the April update: 1861 Somerset RG9/1605 Stogumber Parishes of West Quantoxhead, Bicknoller, Crowcombe, Stogumber, Monksilver, Elworthy, Clatworthy, Brompton Ralph 1861 Somerset RG9/1701 Newton Parishes of Saltford, Corston, Newton St Loe, Priston, Stanton Prior, Marksbury, Compton Dando, Burnett 1861 Somerset RG9/1711 St George Walton in Gordano, Weston in Gordano, Clapton, Portishead, Portbury, Easton in Gordano, Abbots Leigh Two of these pieces need special mention: Stogumber - Researchers may be interested that there are several pages that do not seem to appear in the Ancestry indexes. If you are 'missing' ancestors in this area then it may well be worth having a look. St George - Parts of this piece have been extremely difficult to transcribe, check and validate due to the quality of the surviving records. The transcriber and checker should be commended in going 'beyond the call of duty' to match families with other censuses, birth records and Post Office Directories in order to get as accurate a transcription as possible. I would like to publicly acknowledge their efforts. Regards Geoff Jarvis FreeCEN Coordinator Somerset (1841 - 1871) Somerset OPC Project Census Coordinator Search the FreeCEN Database at http://freecen.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl Follow our Progress at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~somtcen/ Somerset OPC Project http://wsom-opc.org.uk

Would please the folk I was in touch a couple years ago on the Chivers Humpfrey and Phoebe..drop me a line, something spirited away a chunk of data, Ive tried prayer and bribes to no effect. be glad to hear from you before I take the PC to the river Thank you The Rickwoods are in the same boat Josi

David, Another source you might try is the Bath Record Office. Their web site is at www.batharchives.co.uk and contact address [email protected] It is possible that this branch of the Bassetts came to Bath after purchasing monastery property in the reign of Henry VIII. Harry

For those who are interested in this tomb inscription. Peter Bossom has forwarded me three photos of the inscription on the church wall and one which shows an interesting resume history and variant translations. Please contact me on the attached email address for a copy of the pictures. Bassett House would appear from old maps to be just inside the Claverton Parish boundary. Jim I don't have handy the inscription. It is in Latin but the translation I have seen is a poetic way of saying the Wm and Catherine each died on their 80th birthday. William's Will calls him William Bassett of Beaupre (which is in Glamorganshire). I suspect the Bassetts of Bath were connected with the Claverton BASSETTs. David

I don't have handy the inscription. It is in Latin but the translation I have seen is a poetic way of saying the Wm and Catherine each died on their 80th birthday. William's Will calls him William Bassett of Beaupre (which is in Glamorganshire). I suspect the Bassetts of Bath were connected with the Claverton BASSETTs. David --- On Sat, 4/2/11, Harry Tadd <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Harry Tadd <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Fw: Monkton Combe > To: "TonyM" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Date: Saturday, April 2, 2011, 9:35 AM > Do you know what information was > given on the memorial. Does it still exist. > The church was rebuilt in the early 1800s. A Bassett was > Member of > Parliament for Bath in the 17th Century. > Harry > > -----Original Message----- > From: TonyM > Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 4:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENG-SOM] Fw: Monkton Combe > > Forwarded by Admin > > > On 2/04/2011 1:57:46 PM, David Attride ([email protected]) > wrote: > > Wm & Catherine Bassett were buried at Monkton Combe (or > at least had an > altar memorial) > in the late 1500s.  This William Bassett was of > Beaupre in the Vale of > Glamorgan. > Does anyone know why he and Catherine left a memorial in > Monkton Combe? > > David in Tennessee > (Bassett researcher) > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

Hi Jim, The reason that your message is not being transcribed to the list is simple! Neither <[email protected]> nor ([email protected]) are subscribed addresses to the Eng-Somerset list. I will subscribe one of them if you let me know which one you prefer. -- Tony M Even Admin is blocking my sendings - how can that be? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: JIM NORTH <[email protected]> Date: 5 April 2011 23:00 Subject: FW: Being blocked from contributing? Monkton Combe Thread. To: Jim North <[email protected]> This is trying using gmail. From: JIM NORTH [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 05 April 2011 22:59 To: '[email protected]' Subject: Being blocked from contributing? Monkton Combe Thread. Please see rejected email this evening. Sorbs and others don’t like sendings from Orange.fr or Wanadoo.fr. Please advise. Nous sommes desoles de vous informer que votre message n a pas pu etre remis a un ou plusieurs de ses destinataires. Ceci est un message automatique genere par le serveur mwinf5d24.orange.fr. Merci de ne pas y repondre.

This does not seem to have reached the List -----Original Message----- From: JIM NORTH Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 9:25 PM Subject: [ENG-SOM] Few: Monkton Combe For those who are interested in this tomb inscription. Peter Bossom has forwarded me 4 photos of the inscription which includes an interesting relevant resume history and variant translations. Please contact me on the attached email address for a copy. Jim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harry Tadd Sent: 03 April 2011 02:00 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Fw: Monkton Combe Is it possible that the church verger might know a local historian who would have more information on the Bassetts and Bassett House ( [email protected] ) Wouldn't hurt to e-mail him. Bath City records office might also help although I don't know their address someone local on this list should be able to help. Harry -----Original Message----- From: Josephine Jeremiah Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 10:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Fw: Monkton Combe On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:35:07 +0100, Harry Tadd <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you know what information was given on the memorial. Does it still > exist. > The church was rebuilt in the early 1800s. According to Rev. John Collinson in The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset (1791), this ancient tomb in the church at Monkton Combe was against the north wall of the chancel. I say 'was' as the church has been rebuilt several times since then. The Latin inscription and English translation of the words on the monument can be seen in 'Brut y tywysogian' on the following web page at 115: http://www.archive.org/stream/brutytywysogiong00cararich/brutytywysogiong00c ararich_djvu.txt As Nikolaus Pevsner, in The Buildings of England: North Somerset and Bristol (1973), noted that the church at Monkton Combe was built in 1865 by C.E. Giles, but didn't mention the ancient tomb, this indicated to me that the tomb itself is no longer there. Looking at the information about the church of St. Michael and All Angels on the following web page http://www.monktoncombe.com/poap/names/page13.htm it appears that the memorial to Katherine Bassett, which was once part of a large Tudor tomb, is now in the west wall of the south aisle. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

>From Read's Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer ( London, England ), Saturday, February 18, 1738; Issue 702. Bristol, Feb. 11. Some few Days since Mr. STOKES , one of the Tide Surveyors for this Port, made a Seizure of about 600 wt. of Coffee, and 11 large Casks of Rum, on Board a Ship from Jamaica. Some Days ago died at Thornbury Mr. Andrew BUCK , aged 96, who married a second Wife upwards of 66 Years, and has a Child living by her near that Age, and one much older by a former Wife, who attended at his Funeral, tho' very infirm thro' Age.

Is it possible that the church verger might know a local historian who would have more information on the Bassetts and Bassett House ( [email protected] ) Wouldn't hurt to e-mail him. Bath City records office might also help although I don't know their address someone local on this list should be able to help. Harry -----Original Message----- From: Josephine Jeremiah Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 10:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Fw: Monkton Combe On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:35:07 +0100, Harry Tadd <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you know what information was given on the memorial. Does it still > exist. > The church was rebuilt in the early 1800s. According to Rev. John Collinson in The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset (1791), this ancient tomb in the church at Monkton Combe was against the north wall of the chancel. I say 'was' as the church has been rebuilt several times since then. The Latin inscription and English translation of the words on the monument can be seen in 'Brut y tywysogian' on the following web page at 115: http://www.archive.org/stream/brutytywysogiong00cararich/brutytywysogiong00cararich_djvu.txt As Nikolaus Pevsner, in The Buildings of England: North Somerset and Bristol (1973), noted that the church at Monkton Combe was built in 1865 by C.E. Giles, but didn't mention the ancient tomb, this indicated to me that the tomb itself is no longer there. Looking at the information about the church of St. Michael and All Angels on the following web page http://www.monktoncombe.com/poap/names/page13.htm it appears that the memorial to Katherine Bassett, which was once part of a large Tudor tomb, is now in the west wall of the south aisle. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:35:07 +0100, Harry Tadd <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you know what information was given on the memorial. Does it still > exist. > The church was rebuilt in the early 1800s. According to Rev. John Collinson in The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset (1791), this ancient tomb in the church at Monkton Combe was against the north wall of the chancel. I say 'was' as the church has been rebuilt several times since then. The Latin inscription and English translation of the words on the monument can be seen in 'Brut y tywysogian' on the following web page at 115: http://www.archive.org/stream/brutytywysogiong00cararich/brutytywysogiong00cararich_djvu.txt As Nikolaus Pevsner, in The Buildings of England: North Somerset and Bristol (1973), noted that the church at Monkton Combe was built in 1865 by C.E. Giles, but didn't mention the ancient tomb, this indicated to me that the tomb itself is no longer there. Looking at the information about the church of St. Michael and All Angels on the following web page http://www.monktoncombe.com/poap/names/page13.htm it appears that the memorial to Katherine Bassett, which was once part of a large Tudor tomb, is now in the west wall of the south aisle. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

List members who are researching the BRODRIBB family may be interested in The Irving Society. Their web site is at www.theirvingsociety.org.uk . Marian

If you go to web site monktoncombe.com Select - About - page 3 You will see the following. 'After the dissolution of the monasteries the old stability was destroyed and the manor of Monkton Combe was sold. It changed hands many times and only one name, that of William Bassett, has come down to us. His tomb used to stand in the Norman Church, and the oldest of the Church Registers records the burial of Mistress Bassett in 1593'. There are further references to the 'new' Church on the site. Surrounding the church are many very old alter type tombs so I am sure these have been documented somewhere. The church yard is now recently famous because it was the chosen resting place of Harry Patch who died on 25 July 2009. (Google him). Not so long ago there was a victorian mansion on the outskirts of Monkton Combe/Claverton by the name of Bassett House, it is still there, was for sale under a different name recently. It overlooks the Dundas Aqueduct, from the Warminster Road. I'm interested in this thread being christened in the church and was a choir boy for a while in the 1940-50's. Also a contributor to the above website. Jim Les Arcs sur Argens France -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harry Tadd Sent: 02 April 2011 16:35 To: TonyM; [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Fw: Monkton Combe Do you know what information was given on the memorial. Does it still exist. The church was rebuilt in the early 1800s. A Bassett was Member of Parliament for Bath in the 17th Century. Harry -----Original Message----- From: TonyM Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 4:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENG-SOM] Fw: Monkton Combe Forwarded by Admin On 2/04/2011 1:57:46 PM, David Attride ([email protected]) wrote: Wm & Catherine Bassett were buried at Monkton Combe (or at least had an altar memorial) in the late 1500s. This William Bassett was of Beaupre in the Vale of Glamorgan. Does anyone know why he and Catherine left a memorial in Monkton Combe? David in Tennessee (Bassett researcher) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Do you know what information was given on the memorial. Does it still exist. The church was rebuilt in the early 1800s. A Bassett was Member of Parliament for Bath in the 17th Century. Harry -----Original Message----- From: TonyM Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 4:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENG-SOM] Fw: Monkton Combe Forwarded by Admin On 2/04/2011 1:57:46 PM, David Attride ([email protected]) wrote: Wm & Catherine Bassett were buried at Monkton Combe (or at least had an altar memorial) in the late 1500s. This William Bassett was of Beaupre in the Vale of Glamorgan. Does anyone know why he and Catherine left a memorial in Monkton Combe? David in Tennessee (Bassett researcher) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Forwarded by Admin On 2/04/2011 1:57:46 PM, David Attride ([email protected]) wrote: Wm & Catherine Bassett were buried at Monkton Combe (or at least had an altar memorial) in the late 1500s.  This William Bassett was of Beaupre in the Vale of Glamorgan. Does anyone know why he and Catherine left a memorial in Monkton Combe? David in Tennessee (Bassett researcher)

On 2011/04/01 17:07, [email protected] wrote: >> From Felix Farley's Bristol Journal Is there an entry beginning thus 'For the benefit of Mr. Kite...'? -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg

>From Felix Farley's Bristol Journal ( Bristol, England ), Saturday, July 5, 1788; Issue 2071. Sunday was married Mr. James ATWOOD , cutler, in Northgate-street, Bath, to Mrs. MORRIS of that city. Tuesday was married at St. James's church, Bath, Mr. Stephen DANDO , of Durstley , to Miss Eliz. JONES , milliner, of Bath. Wednesday was married at St. Augustine's church, the Rev. Mr. ROBERTS , RECTOR OF Murch Martle, Herefordshire, to Miss FORWARD , only daughter of the late Mr. FORWARD , of this city, attorney at law.

>From Felix Farley's Bristol Journal ( Bristol, England ), Saturday, July 5, 1788; Issue 2071. Monday se'nnight was married at Chepstow, Mr. Edward WESTLY , of this city, wine-merchant, to Miss. SAYCE , daughter of Warren SAYCE , Esq., of that place. Tuesday se'nnight was married at St. James's church, Mr. Farndon CROOM , coal-merchant, of Bath, to Miss Catharine PHILLIPS , of St. James's. Saturday last was married Mr. Samuel BOWDEN , wine-merchant, on St. Augustine's-Back, to Miss WATKINS , daughter of Mr. John WATKINS , in Trinity-Street.

>From Felix Farley's Bristol Journal ( Bristol, England ), Saturday, July 5, 1788; Issue 2071. QUARMAN and SENEY who were capitally convicted at our gaol delivery, were reprieved before the Recorder left the city. Sunday se'nnight was married at St. James's church, Mr. Samuel WHITE , accountant, to Miss Susanna WHITE , daughter of the late Mr. WHITE , pump and engine maker, of St. James's.