Does anyone else have trouble entering the Wiltshire OnLine Parish Clerk website? when I click the link to "enter the site" I get an error message that the site is unavailable. Undergoing maintenance? Ruth in Hampshire
As it's the 200th anniversary of the Kennet & Avon Canal today, I thought I would look give some titles of K & A books, which are on my bookshelves: Allsop, Niall, Images of the Kennet & Avon 100 years in Camera Bristol to Bradford-on-Avon (1987) Allsop, Niall, The Kennet & Avon Canal (4th edn. 1999) Pearson, Michael, Pearson's Canal Companion: Kennet & Avon Middle Thames (2003) Smith, Cyril Herbert, Through the Kennet and Avon Canal by Motor Boat in 1928 (1929, 1990) -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com
The Kennet & Avon Canal, linking Bristol with the River Thames at Reading, celebrates its 200th anniversary, today. This waterway was constructed in three sections. The Kennet Navigation, from Reading to Newbury, was built between 1718 and 1723, while work on the Bristol Avon Navigation, between Bath and Bristol, took place between 1724 and 1727. The middle section of the waterway, from Newbury to Bath, was completed in 1810, thus opening up a route from London to Bristol by water. However, after the arrival of the railways, trade on the canal declined. By the mid-20th century, the canal was in such a poor state of repair that it eventually closed as a through route. Restoration of the waterway took place during the second half of the 20th century. The reopening of the route, from Reading to Bristol, was commemorated on 8 August 1990 when Queen Elizabeth II reopened the flight of 29 locks at Caen Hill, Devizes. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! Just reposting my Wiltshire Surnames of interest: My North Carolina, USA ancestor, George "KEENE" born ca 1770, was a match to a man in Australia surname of "KEYNES" and a man in Canada named "CAINES" - we all descend from a common Anccestor. Since they know THEIR two ancestors were brothers, KISH & KEROS KEYNES/CAINES, had left Wiltshire in 1850 (one to Australia, the other to Newfoundland), we figure that means my "KEENE" line that came to the U.S. was probably also from Wiltshire, but my branch left sometime prior to 1770 - probably the father or grandfather of my GEORGE KEENE who was born ca 1770 in North Carolina, USA. Just reposting this info in case there are any new people here who might know of these folks, be related to me, or have any ideas how I could connect my GEORGE KEENE line back to Wiltshire! I do have an Index of Names in Wiltshire earlier than my George "Keene" ( of various sp.), but no idea which would be mine)... And dont know where my branch first came into the U.S. -- Anyone have any ideas?? Thanks, and Happy New Year to all! *TINA KEENE PEDDIE/California********************************************************
Still looking at Wiltshire books, I put "John Aubrey""Wiltshire" into Google Books and came up with a full view of Aubrey's Collections for Wilts. Part 1. 1821 (Part 2 is included.) Worth a look if you haven't already seen it and if you are interested in North Wiltshire. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com
On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:15:24 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> wrote: > I am jealous - a town of Books sounds just right for me too <G> Eliz, there are around 20 antiquarian and second-hand bookshops in Hay-on-Wye. If you put Hay-on-Wye into Google, you will find more information about 'The Town of Books'. There is a wikepedia page about Hay, too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay-on-Wye More than 20 years ago, I bought a late-Victorian novel there called The Strange Adventures of a House-Boat (5th edn 1889) by William Black. The novel, itself, is a bit heavy going, but there are interesting descriptions of a journey along the the Kennet & Avon Canal, which passes through Wiltshire. There are also descriptions, in the novel, of other inland waterways, including the Severn and the Thames. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com
I am dipping in between walking and feeding dogs etc oh yes and watching the modem to see when I had internet back (and to think at one time I didn't have it at all and now I main line it *G*) It is a fine book and I have to figure the Ponting she uses as a source, I can connect about half the Pontings in Wilts to my family <G> Happy Christmas to All <G> Eliz On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 7:07 AM, Josephine Jeremiah <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:38:23 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I have saved here "Round About the Little Steeple" the story of a >> Wiltshire Parson 1573 -1623 which maybe my holiday reading > > The title of this sounds intriguing, Eliz, and I see that the author of > this 1960 book is Ida Gandy, who also wrote A Wiltshire Childhood (1929). > There is a section on Bishop Cannings village and Ida Gandy , who was born > in 1885, on the following web page: > > http://bishopscannings.net/History.htm > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Josephine, I do too like books about the countryside in past times. I am reading one at the moment set in Adelaide in 1850 at the time my GGGrandparents arrival in Port Adelaide, Australia. It is a book one of my daughters had to read for her VCE. It's called CLARA MORISON 'A Tale of South Australia during The Gold Fever' by Catherine Helen Spence. I am getting a great insight to how it was when they touched land after several months at sea travelling to the unknown from Ramsbury, Wiltshire with three young children and another one on the way who was born in Adelaide in Feb 1851 and died 14 days later. Leonie. -----Original Message----- From: eng-wiltshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-wiltshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Josephine Jeremiah Sent: Friday, 24 December 2010 9:34 AM To: eng-wiltshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] A Country Child (1931) by Alison Uttley (was Bevis and Wood Magic ...) On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:01:42 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> wrote: > I just downloaded it from googlebooks <G> and I found Wood Magic at > archive.org from a link at U. Penn > Again thanks for the leads <G> Hope you enjoy dipping into Bevis and Wood Magic, Eliz. I like books about the countryside in past times. I have A Country Child by Alison Uttley, which was first published in 1931. This novel is about a young girl, in Victorian times, growing up on a farm in the countryside. Although set in Derbyshire, much of what is so vividly described would have been familiar to our local ancestors of the time. The story includes a description of Christmas celebrations in a farmhouse kitchen. The author drew on memories of her own childhood and they've made a lasting impression on me as I have read the story again and again over the years since I acquired the book in my own youth. The novel is by my side as I write as I am going to read Chapter 12 December and Chapter 12 Christmas Day to get into the mood for Christmas. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:38:23 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> wrote: > I have saved here "Round About the Little Steeple" the story of a > Wiltshire Parson 1573 -1623 which maybe my holiday reading The title of this sounds intriguing, Eliz, and I see that the author of this 1960 book is Ida Gandy, who also wrote A Wiltshire Childhood (1929). There is a section on Bishop Cannings village and Ida Gandy , who was born in 1885, on the following web page: http://bishopscannings.net/History.htm -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com
On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:00:54 -0000, B & L Copeland <lebrac3@bigpond.com> wrote: > I do too like books about the countryside in past times. > I am reading one at the moment set in Adelaide in 1850 at the time my > GGGrandparents arrival in Port Adelaide, Australia. > It's called CLARA MORISON 'A Tale of South Australia during The Gold > Fever' by Catherine Helen Spence. Your reference to the above book reminded me that I have a book about Australia called The River Men (1975) by Margaret and Colin Kerr. I was looking for it last night and again this morning, but didn't find it until just now. While searching my bookshelves, what I did find is A Calendar of Country Customs (1978) by Ralph Whitlock, which has a number of Wiltshire references in its index. Reading the information on the book cover, I see that Ralph Whitlock is also the author of The Folklore of Wiltshire (1976). -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:26:34 -0000, Jenny De Angelis <jennyda2@gmail.com> wrote: > Lace makers would make Cattern Cakes on St. Catherine's day and other > foods on other feast daysetc. St Catherine was, and still is, the > patron saint of lacemakers. My husband asked me what Cattern cakes are and I was able to show him the recipe in Theodora Fitzgibbon's book A Taste of England the West Country: In Food and Pictures (1972). There is a photograph, opposite the recipe, of lacemaker, Mrs. Woodgate, of Honiton, Devon, who helped to make the Coronation dress of Queen Victoria. The recipe is for little spiced cakes with currants or raisins, the pastry being cut into strips and rolled around in the shape of a Catherine wheel. Recipes for Cattern cakes can be found by putting "Cattern cakes""recipe" into Google. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com
On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:09:42 -0000, <richlewis4304@comcast.net> wrote: > I also have the book, Whitsunday's Child, A Country In Pictures By Vera > (Boulton) Punter. She is also a cousin of mine. > Vera was born on Whitsunday, Mat 1913 in Malmesbury. When she was 12 > years old when she got her first camera, a Kodak Box Camera. > > She would spend the rest of her life tak ing pictures. She mar ried > Charles Punter , 16 Sep 1937 and they moved to a farm in Rodbourne, > called Ponds Farm where the spent most of their life. Some list members might be interested in taking a look at an extract from Vera Punter's book Whitsunday's Child, entitled Bombs Over Rodbourne, which is on the following web page: http://www.ekco-electronics.co.uk/Bombs/Bombs.htm This extract is illustrated by four of Vera's photographs, the first two showing unexploded bombs at Rodbourne village, the third showing the bomb disposal squad outside Parsloe Farm and the fourth showing the bomb waiting to be taken out to Malmesbury Common to be detonated. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com
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I also have the book, Whitsunday's Child, A Country In Pictures By Vera (Boulton) Punter. She is also a cousin of mine. Her daughter, Anna still lives in Malmesbury. Vera was born on Whitsunday, Mat 1913 in Malmesbury. When she was 12 years old when she got her first camera, a Kodak Box Camera. She would spend the rest of her life tak ing pictures. She mar ried Charles Punter , 16 Sep 1937 and they moved to a farm in Rodbourne, called Ponds Farm where the spent most of their life. The stories are from Vera and her granddaughter, Sara Haggerty wrote the book and used Vera's pictures. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eliz Hanebury" <elizhgene@gmail.com> To: eng-wiltshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 2:38:23 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] A Country Child (1931) by Alison Uttley (was Bevis and Wood Magic ...) I have saved here "Round About the Little Steeple" the story of a Wiltshire Parson 1573 -1623 which maybe my holiday reading I also have a book written by a cousin Whitsunday's Child: A Country Life in Pictures (Paperback) by Vera Punter (Author), et al. All about Malmesbury, it seems she was a photo fan from an early age and documented her life in a Cotswolds town <G> Eliz On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Josephine Jeremiah <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:01:42 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I just downloaded it from googlebooks <G> and I found Wood Magic at > > archive.org from a link at U. Penn > > > Again thanks for the leads <G> > > Hope you enjoy dipping into Bevis and Wood Magic, Eliz. > > I like books about the countryside in past times. > > I have A Country Child by Alison Uttley, which was first published in 1931. > > This novel is about a young girl, in Victorian times, growing up on a farm > in the countryside. Although set in Derbyshire, much of what is so vividly > described would have been familiar to our local ancestors of the time. > > The story includes a description of Christmas celebrations in a farmhouse > kitchen. > > The author drew on memories of her own childhood and they've made a lasting > impression on me as I have read the story again and again over the years > since I acquired the book in my own youth. > > The novel is by my side as I write as I am going to read Chapter 12 > December and Chapter 12 Christmas Day to get into the mood for Christmas. > > Josephine > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-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-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:38:23 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> wrote: > Whitsunday's Child: A Country Life in Pictures (Paperback) > by Vera Punter (Author), et al. > All about Malmesbury, it seems she was a photo fan from an early age > and documented her life in a Cotswolds town <G> That's an interesting title, Eliz. Of course, I had to go and have a look for this one:-) I see that there's a copy in Hay-on-Wye. I was in Hay, 'The Town of Books' one October afternoon, this year, trying to get around as many bookshops as I could before they closed. I could spend a week in the antiquarian and second-hand bookshops there and never tire of looking at books. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com
On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:33:51 -0000, Josephine Jeremiah <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > I have A Country Child by Alison Uttley, which was first published in > 1931. Sorry, the title of the book I mentioned in my previous message should be The Country Child by Alison Uttley not A Country Child. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com
On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:01:42 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> wrote: > I just downloaded it from googlebooks <G> and I found Wood Magic at > archive.org from a link at U. Penn > Again thanks for the leads <G> Hope you enjoy dipping into Bevis and Wood Magic, Eliz. I like books about the countryside in past times. I have A Country Child by Alison Uttley, which was first published in 1931. This novel is about a young girl, in Victorian times, growing up on a farm in the countryside. Although set in Derbyshire, much of what is so vividly described would have been familiar to our local ancestors of the time. The story includes a description of Christmas celebrations in a farmhouse kitchen. The author drew on memories of her own childhood and they've made a lasting impression on me as I have read the story again and again over the years since I acquired the book in my own youth. The novel is by my side as I write as I am going to read Chapter 12 December and Chapter 12 Christmas Day to get into the mood for Christmas. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:11:34 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> wrote: > Josephine, if you drop off the list, I will have to come over the > water and pull you back <VBG>, this is a great site! Hi Eliz and Listers, I'll be taking a reading break in the New Year as I have so many books, which I want to read, including the Wiltshire ones I've discovered recently since joining the Eng-Wiltshire list. For instance, I have been dipping into 'Bevis: the story of a boy' (1882), which was written by Richard Jefferies. The background of the novel is said to resemble a farm by Coate Water, Swindon, where the author lived as a child. This book is a sequel to 'Wood Magic' (1881). Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com
And we then round it out with Rich and I being cousins <G>. We are all 3rd or fourth cousins (depending on how old we are and I will never tell *G*) and having fun following the adventures of the family. Eliz On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 7:09 PM, <richlewis4304@comcast.net> wrote: > > > I also have the book, Whitsunday's Child, A Country In Pictures By Vera (Boulton) Punter. She is also a cousin of mine. Her daughter, Anna still lives in Malmesbury. > > Vera was born on Whitsunday, Mat 1913 in Malmesbury. When she was 12 years old when she got her first camera, a Kodak Box Camera. > > She would spend the rest of her life tak ing pictures. She mar ried Charles Punter , 16 Sep 1937 and they moved to a farm in Rodbourne, called Ponds Farm where the spent most of their life. > > The stories are from Vera and her granddaughter, Sara Haggerty wrote the book and used Vera's pictures. > > > > Richard > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eliz Hanebury" <elizhgene@gmail.com> > To: eng-wiltshire@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 2:38:23 PM > Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] A Country Child (1931) by Alison Uttley (was Bevis and Wood Magic ...) > > I have saved here "Round About the Little Steeple" the story of a > Wiltshire Parson 1573 -1623 which maybe my holiday reading > > > I also have a book written by a cousin > > Whitsunday's Child: A Country Life in Pictures (Paperback) > > by Vera Punter (Author), et al. > > All about Malmesbury, it seems she was a photo fan from an early age > and documented her life in a Cotswolds town <G> > > > > > Eliz > > > > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Josephine Jeremiah > <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: >> >> On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:01:42 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > I just downloaded it from googlebooks <G> and I found Wood Magic at >> > archive.org from a link at U. Penn >> >> > Again thanks for the leads <G> >> >> Hope you enjoy dipping into Bevis and Wood Magic, Eliz. >> >> I like books about the countryside in past times. >> >> I have A Country Child by Alison Uttley, which was first published in 1931. >> >> This novel is about a young girl, in Victorian times, growing up on a farm >> in the countryside. Although set in Derbyshire, much of what is so vividly >> described would have been familiar to our local ancestors of the time. >> >> The story includes a description of Christmas celebrations in a farmhouse >> kitchen. >> >> The author drew on memories of her own childhood and they've made a lasting >> impression on me as I have read the story again and again over the years >> since I acquired the book in my own youth. >> >> The novel is by my side as I write as I am going to read Chapter 12 >> December and Chapter 12 Christmas Day to get into the mood for Christmas. >> >> Josephine >> >> -- >> Josephine Jeremiah >> www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-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-WILTSHIRE-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-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message