Hi Graham Thanks for the feedback. I had a look at the Berkshire Commercial Directories held by the Oxfordshire Record Office on Saturday. The first mention of Newtown Lodge is in Kelly's Directory 1848 Residents were: James Thring COXE and Mrs COXE. James COXE appears again in 1863 Dutton Allen & Co Directory. In the 1869 Post Office Directory the resident is Charles Joubert De la Ferte Esq. No entry in Mercer & Crockers Directory 1873 but James Thring COXE reappears in the 1877 Post Office Directory and also in Kelly's 1883, 1887, 1891 and 1895. In 1907 Kelly's Captain Arnold Charles Burmester JP appears and is also listed in 1915, 1920 and 1924. In Kelly's 1931 the name Lovelocks appears for the first time with Captain Burmester listed - also appears in Kelly's 1935 & 1939. As for Eddington House: 1830 Pigot & Co Directory Francis LOVELOCK Evington ( Eddington? ) Edward MOUNT Edington 1863 Dutton Allen & Co Francis Lovelock COXE Eddington House also 1869 Post Office Directory, 1873 Mercer & Crockers and 1877 Post Office Directory. In 1891 Kelly's Eddington House was occupied by Col Gerrard Paul TOWNSEND and in 1895 by Edward Robert PORTAL JP. Regards John > -----Original Message----- > From: Graham Lovelock [SMTP:lovelockgraham@hotmail.com] > Sent: 30 January 2002 20:21 > To: LOVELOCK-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: A snippet re Lovelocks House > > > No doubt most will have noticed that the IGI records that a Francis > Lovelock, the son of Edward and Anne, was baptized at Hungerford on 9 > April > 1751. Presumably this is the man to whom the Drawing Room mantelpiece at > Lovelocks House is dedicated. > > We also have a mention of the Will of Edward Lovelock, dated 1780, that > mentions property at Newtown. This is clearly the house in question. > > Could it be that the Berminster/Beaminster family discovered some > information on this earlier owner and thought the name sounded nice! > > Graham > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > ==== LOVELOCK Mailing List ==== > Lovelock family history Web pages: > http://www.ri.silicomp.fr/~loveluck/genealogy/lovelock > > > ============================== > 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