Hi Steve, Thank you for your message. I think that I have exhausted the local history section but thank you anyway. Street comes under Glastonbury in some respects but otherwise it's back to the Somerset Archives. Thanks again Steve! Kind regards, Sarah. On 17 October 2014 09:10, Steve via <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> wrote: > For my various ancestors, spread around the country, I have found the > local history sections of the relevant libraries to be helpful. > > I would do a search through Google for Street Somerset Local History which > will, in addition to the library service give additional information. > > Mind you, I think that, administratively, Street is not a major place so > you may have to look to a larger library. > > All the best > Steve > > > > On 16/10/2014 22:25, CHRIS REAY via wrote: > > Hello Elizabeth, > > > > Thank you for your message. > > > > I have made several visits to the John Rylands Library in Manchester and > > yes this is a great place to go for any Methodist records. > Unfortunately, > > they don't seem to have very much on Street. I'm not sure what I am > > looking for, but I was hoping that there would be some records or some > > information 'locally' on Street and / or the Wesleyan Church at that time > > in 1914. As for the Army Chaplain's Dept., there is not much that has > > survived but as I understand it, Kew do not hold any records on Army > > Chaplaincy. > > > > Rev. Frederick Bond COWL was Rev. Herbert Butler Cowl's father. Herbert > is > > not on that list because he died later in 1971. The list date was > cut-off > > earlier than this date. > > > > If you have any other thoughts on Street and my grandfather in 1914, > please > > do come back to me. THANK YOU! > > > > Kind regards and best wishes, Sarah. > > > > > > > > On 16 October 2014 16:27, elizabeth howard <elizgh@btinternet.com> > wrote: > > > >> Hi, there are two potential sources of information > apart > >> from local newspapers as yet undigitised , which are the Army Chaplains > >> dept which will be at the National Archives in Kew, and the Wesleyan > >> Methodist archives in the John Rylands Library in the Uni of > >> Manchester.............they have a complicated onlinie catalogue but > >> although there is a Rev Frederick B Cowl , d 1937, I could find no > trace > >> of Herbert. It doesn`t mean he isn`t there of course. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "CHRIS REAY via" < > >> eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> > >> To: <ENG-SOMERSET@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 9:39 AM > >> Subject: [SPAM] [ENG-SOM] New to the list & Rev. Herbert Butler Cowl > query? > >> > >> > >> Hello List, > >>> I have recently signed on to this list in the hope of gaining and > sharing > >>> knowledge. > >>> > >>> My query this morning relates to Street in Somerset. In the summer of > >>> 1914, my grandfather, Rev. Herbert Butler COWL moved to Street and > became > >>> the local Wesleyan Methodist Minister. Then with the onset of the war, > >>> Herbert volunteered to become an Army Chaplain. He was accepted into > the > >>> Royal Army Chaplain's Department and began life as an Army Chaplain on > >>> Christmas Eve 1914 and he left Street for Bordon Camp. > >>> > >>> So, my query is that I wonder if anyone on this list knows anything > about > >>> my grandfather's time at Street? I have looked at local newspapers and > >>> found very little. I wonder if someone knows something about my > >>> grandfather or the Wesleyan Church in Street in 1914? > >>> > >>> I am researching and writing a book on the war experiences of my > >>> grandfather, 'The Half Shilling Curate'. He was one of the first > >>> Chaplains > >>> to be awarded the Military Cross for Gallantry. > >>> > >>> I shall look forward to hearing from you! Fingers crossed. > >>> > >>> Kind regards, Sarah in Northumberland. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ps. I have subscribed to the Rootsweb Street list but no response as > yet. > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>> ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com 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 > ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com 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 > ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >