Dear Carmela Thank you for the offer, we are looking for ones of the time when she was young Regards Rosemary Hicks > From: CLSmith009@aol.com > Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:15:07 -0400 > To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OXF] Ewelme Photographs > > Hi Rosemary, > I don't have any photos from 1925-40, but I do have some postcards from > c1900, if that is any help. I would be happy to scan them for you. > > Regards, > Carmela Smith > Vancouver Island > B.C. > Canada > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS Open Day - 1 October in Woodstock > www.ofhs.org.uk > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Joan You are correct in saying I now have a full list of Fifield 'Fields'. The interchange of Field/ Fields you noted with Rachel, occurs down the generations. You may recall you were very helpful several years ago in connection with Spencers from Fifield. I had a difficulty, inter alia, in finding the marriage of Joseph Spencer ( Fifield 1787-1855). At the time we thought it might have qccurred across the border in Gloucestershire. The marriage eventually turned up in St Mary, St Marylebone, Westminster. If I didn't at the time, let me thank you again for the information (including a Will reference) supplied. Cheers Maxwell Smith.

Don't know about Rosemary but I would find any photos of Ewelme, or Benson, very useful to add to our village archive. Tom Stevenson Nature Reserve Manager Ewelme Watercress Beds LNR ----- Original Message ----- From: <CLSmith009@aol.com> To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 5:15 AM Subject: Re: [OXF] Ewelme Photographs > Hi Rosemary, > I don't have any photos from 1925-40, but I do have some postcards from > c1900, if that is any help. I would be happy to scan them for you. > > Regards, > Carmela Smith > Vancouver Island > B.C. > Canada > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS Open Day - 1 October in Woodstock > www.ofhs.org.uk > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Rosemary, I don't have any photos from 1925-40, but I do have some postcards from c1900, if that is any help. I would be happy to scan them for you. Regards, Carmela Smith Vancouver Island B.C. Canada

Rosemary Costly perhaps, but maybe a last resort: http://www.francisfrith.com/ewelme/ Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "rosemary hicks" <rosemaryhicks@hotmail.com> To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 9:32 PM Subject: [OXF] Ewelme Photographs > > Hi > Has anyone got a photograph or postcard of Ewelme around 1925-1940 > My mother in law at 87 remembers someone taking photographs in Ewelme when > she was a child, she was in one and they said she could buy one, but of > course money was tight > It would be so nice some one had one with her in it > Regards > Rosemary Hicks > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS Open Day - 1 October in Woodstock > www.ofhs.org.uk > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Rosemary HICKS, Would you possibly be related to Bishop Edward Lee HICKS (born abt. 1844 and Bishop of Lincoln Cathedral). He was the son of Edward HICKS (1812-1879) and Catherine PUGH (born 1812), whose sister was my great great great grandmother, Mary Ann PUGH (1799-1870), who married a cordwainer from Newbury, William WOODMAN (1791-1868). They married in Oxford St. Michail at the Northgate on 31 Oct. 1830. The parents of Catherine and Mary Ann were John PUGH (died 26 April 1821 in the Parish of St. Ebbe) and Mary Ann MALTBY (1775-1857) who were married 26 Dec. 1797 at Oxford St. Martin. I have 33 letters from most of the 12 siblings of Mary Ann Pugh WOODMAN, ending with one from Bishop HICKS saying his aunt Susannah PUGH had died in her 101st year. The siblings kept up a lively correspondence from 1833 on when the WOODMAN family went to the US briefly, then to Canada (St. Thomas, Ontario in 1834, then New Westminster, British Columbia in 1861, still as a shoemaker. Any member of the MALTBY, PUGH or HICKS family who would like to see if their ancestors were mentioned in these letter are welcome to write. Mary Ann was the eldest and her siblings were: Rev. John P:UGH, Thomas PUGH, Catherine Pugh HICKS, Sophia PUGH (married a cousin), James Maltby PUGH, Elizabeth Pugh COOPER, Catherine Pugh HICKS, Ann Pugh KIRBY, Jane Pugh GAULTIER, Henry PUGH, another son (?died young) and Emily PUGH. I have cartes de visite photos for most of these people, mostly from the 1860s. Cheers, Janet WHITE, Burnaby, BC

You could try the OCC collection at http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/publicsite/!ut/p/c5/hc7LCoMwEAXQLypzTUiiy9KH0UWk9qXZSCgiAR9dlEL_vrqTUtuZ5bnDHbI0bu-evnEPP_SupYKsrGTIc5FEHJmJFBLog2HgAU5s9HLmYDICuxiTK7ULjlr8ub5OfbNEiHhKyM32bFLEmfzpEOrDv_RPjoVZg4weuppKsmrxz5RR2daNu73o3hXwyWr_BgTCEuQ!/dl3/d3/L0lJSklna21DU1EhIS9JRGpBQU15QUJFUkNKRXFnLzRGR2dzbzBWdnphOUlBOW9JQSEhLzdfNjgzUjVJOTMwT045NzBJMEhRTjIwMzEwSjIvMjFxTlIzMjYwMDE5Ni9zYS5zcGZfQWN0aW9uTGlzdGVuZXI!/?PC_7_683R5I930ON970I0HQN20310J2012425_spf_strutsAction=!2fresultsSearch.do!3fmethod%3dresultsSearch!26offset%3d0#7_683R5I930ON970I0HQN20310J2 They have 47 photos but mainly scenery. sorry it is such a long address. You could try Carol Sawbridge at sawbridge@zadia.fsnet.co.uk - she is the village historian or finally Des Dix might be able to help - he as lots of old photos but mainly connect to the watercress beds. He lives beside the ford at Yew Cottage, Ewelme. Tom Stevenson Nature Reserve Manager Ewelme Watercress Beds LNR ----- Original Message ----- From: "rosemary hicks" <rosemaryhicks@hotmail.com> To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 9:32 PM Subject: [OXF] Ewelme Photographs > > Hi > Has anyone got a photograph or postcard of Ewelme around 1925-1940 > My mother in law at 87 remembers someone taking photographs in Ewelme when > she was a child, she was in one and they said she could buy one, but of > course money was tight > It would be so nice some one had one with her in it > Regards > Rosemary Hicks > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS Open Day - 1 October in Woodstock > www.ofhs.org.uk > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Has anyone got a photograph or postcard of Ewelme around 1925-1940 My mother in law at 87 remembers someone taking photographs in Ewelme when she was a child, she was in one and they said she could buy one, but of course money was tight It would be so nice some one had one with her in it Regards Rosemary Hicks

Hi Wendy Thanks again. Your further advice has convinced me that the servant angle (a bit of lateral thinking on my part) is not going any where. However, it is useful to know that one can't rule out a baptism record as a possibility even though it may be 30-60 miles from his residence at the time of his marriage. Does your knowledge of servant employment extend to courtship? I'm assuming that the distance of 8-10 miles between Fifield and Chastleton (bride's abode) suggests that at some time they lived at the same place or worked at the same place, or were related (second cousins etc). As for your other advice, one has to deal with the cards one is dealt with. The Field branch remained in Fifield as agricultural labourers ( as were most of the male population before the Industrial Revolution) before migrating to New South Wales in 1850. Cheers Maxwell.

Hi Maxwell courtship - there are examples in my lot of all your suggestions: time spent in same village/town as youngsters mutual friends - one brother, born in Oxfordshire, married a girl, in her Buckinghamshire home town, (where they then lived) who his sister had worked with in London servants network - there was socialising between the servants of the various properties so he could have been working anywhere in the area within travelling distance of Chastleton. relations - this certainly happened, I have few close relations in mine but some examples that clearly show contact between what look to be far flung branches of a family. One south Yorkshire daughter marrying a distant cousin in Lancashire, another Oxfordshire one marrying a cousin in Lincolnshire. neighbours: my 3 times great grandfather married a farm servant from a neighbouring property - he was 54 at the time she was 25. They had 7 children the last one born when he was 70 causing the Vicar to make the following entry in the register: Mary Anne d Benjamin Mary Anne labourer Postcombe Bastard child Benjamin KING being upwards of 70 years of age Don't fall into the trap of thinking that 10 miles is too distant for them to have met through any of the above options - they walked long distances as a matter of course and used carts and or horses to get around too. Many of them were employed on 1 year contracts which meant that they were moving from farm to farm or house to house. Where you can track some of these families through later censuses it is surprising how far they travelled in 10 years, often in a circle. So what looks like a life long residence in one village can be proved wrong by the children's birthplaces. My mining families started in Shropshire (records back to 1590) then between 1730 and 1850 moved into Staffordshire then Derbyshire and finally Yorkshire. Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Maxwell Smith Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 4:55 AM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [OXF] Richard Field (c.1743-1830) Hi Wendy Thanks again. Your further advice has convinced me that the servant angle (a bit of lateral thinking on my part) is not going any where. However, it is useful to know that one can't rule out a baptism record as a possibility even though it may be 30-60 miles from his residence at the time of his marriage. Does your knowledge of servant employment extend to courtship? I'm assuming that the distance of 8-10 miles between Fifield and Chastleton (bride's abode) suggests that at some time they lived at the same place or worked at the same place, or were related (second cousins etc). As for your other advice, one has to deal with the cards one is dealt with. The Field branch remained in Fifield as agricultural labourers ( as were most of the male population before the Industrial Revolution) before migrating to New South Wales in 1850. Cheers Maxwell. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OFHS Open Day - 1 October in Woodstock www.ofhs.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Wendy thank you the man seems to have disappeared into thin air along with a couple of his sons! Whilst the remaining children spread themselves round the UK, Australia and Tasmania it was after the time of his death so will have to take it as very solid brick wall. Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Wendy Archer Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 9:58 AM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] question - Sydenham transcriptions Wendy - I've been in touch with the OFHS MI coordinator. The Sydenham Baptist church has several KING records of baptisms in the period for which records exist (1821 to 1837), but he's not aware of any non-conformist burial ground in Sydenham. Going at the problem a different way, OFHS has transcribed the MIs of Sydenham (and you refer to such), but the earliest KING mention is Richard in 1857. So, sorry, no further ideas. Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy King" <wendyking37@hotmail.com> To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [OXF] question - Sydenham transcriptions > Hi Wendy > > Not a problem with the actual transcriptions but a question - can anyone > tell why there are gaps in the burials registers please? I have a number > of > folk who I know lived in Sydenham all their lives and presumably died > there > but for whom there is no burial record. One of these is Edmund King born > c > 1764 whose wife is buried, as a widow in 1823, but for whom there is no > record in any on the churches in the area (as Edmund or Edward). This is > not the Edmund King for who there is a burial record that was his son. > Their > last child 3 x great grand pa was born 1787 so Edmund died some time > between > then and May 1823. > > I have all the Thame CDs and South Oxfordshire 03 so think I have covered > all the options I can through those. > > For some reason the MI transcriptions that someone sent me years ago (a > distant relative who had been to the church) survived the crash of my last > computer with only the first and last page intact - so no Kings on it - > but > from memory I do not think that he has gravestone which is not unusual. > Was > there a non-conformist burial ground in the area and if so where would I > find the records please? > > Wendy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OFHS Open Day - 1 October in Woodstock www.ofhs.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Wendy - I've been in touch with the OFHS MI coordinator. The Sydenham Baptist church has several KING records of baptisms in the period for which records exist (1821 to 1837), but he's not aware of any non-conformist burial ground in Sydenham. Going at the problem a different way, OFHS has transcribed the MIs of Sydenham (and you refer to such), but the earliest KING mention is Richard in 1857. So, sorry, no further ideas. Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy King" <wendyking37@hotmail.com> To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [OXF] question - Sydenham transcriptions > Hi Wendy > > Not a problem with the actual transcriptions but a question - can anyone > tell why there are gaps in the burials registers please? I have a number > of > folk who I know lived in Sydenham all their lives and presumably died > there > but for whom there is no burial record. One of these is Edmund King born > c > 1764 whose wife is buried, as a widow in 1823, but for whom there is no > record in any on the churches in the area (as Edmund or Edward). This is > not the Edmund King for who there is a burial record that was his son. > Their > last child 3 x great grand pa was born 1787 so Edmund died some time > between > then and May 1823. > > I have all the Thame CDs and South Oxfordshire 03 so think I have covered > all the options I can through those. > > For some reason the MI transcriptions that someone sent me years ago (a > distant relative who had been to the church) survived the crash of my last > computer with only the first and last page intact - so no Kings on it - > but > from memory I do not think that he has gravestone which is not unusual. > Was > there a non-conformist burial ground in the area and if so where would I > find the records please? > > Wendy

Hi Wendy Thanks for alerting me to my poor choice of words concerning the possibility of the Richard Field being a farm servant. 60 road miles from Fifield would take one well out of Oxfordshire where I'm in the hands of the IGI.There are only three Richard Fields outside Oxfordshire of the vintage (b. 1742-44) I'm seeking, one in Little Cowarne (Herefordshire), one in Newbold (Warrickshire), and one in Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire- now part of greater London). II haven't established whether the Newbold in question is Newbold Pacey (28miles) or Newbold on Stour ( 19 miles). I'll have to consult a Warrickshire Online Parish Clerk (OPC) to clarify the question. Little Cowarne is 55 miles, and Hemel Hemstead is 75 miles fronm Fifield. Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire is 31 miles from Fifield. Perhaps, I should have stated that it is unlikely that the Richard Field was a farm servant. Cheers Maxwell.

Maxwell Hiring fairs were not just for farm servants they were for indoor servants too - house and parlour maids, pages, cooks etc. including positions for young men that did not include farm work. I had actually assumed you meant indoor servant rather than farm worker. Apparently at some fairs the folk looking to be hired carried tools of the trade, housemaids carried brooms, cooks pots or pans etc. cowmen/dairy maids milking stools or they wore markers such as wool in hat band to denote shepherd. No wonder many of these events turned into full scale fairs must have been a sight to behold You need to bear in mind that there was also an informal network of employment contacts built up by families over the generations. My Oxfordshire folk had contacts in Kensington, Chelsea and other 'posh' west London districts; Surrey and Middlesex (mostly in the bit that is now under Heathrow airport) where children who didn't stay on the land went to work as indoor servants. This was not just one family - often you find one daughter on census and looking at the household there is a neighbour's offspring from Sydenham area working there too. On one census several of them are working for clergymen in various parts of the country - jobs that trace back to one girl who was a housemaid when the first of the three was in her home village. Some families moved to London in late 17th century and some descendants moved back to Oxfordshire later. Basically what I am trying to say is that it is going be well nigh impossible for you to identify the right Richard Field without having something more to go on, such as a will if he left one. As to 'there are only three.....' don't forget that the IGI does no give complete coverage of the surrounding counties so there may be more. In fact I don't think that there is complete coverage of Oxfordshire either, unless you go through all of the CDs, but I may be wrong. Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Maxwell Smith Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 2:47 PM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [OXF] Richard Field (c.1743-1830) Hi Wendy Thanks for alerting me to my poor choice of words concerning the possibility of the Richard Field being a farm servant. 60 road miles from Fifield would take one well out of Oxfordshire where I'm in the hands of the IGI.There are only three Richard Fields outside Oxfordshire of the vintage (b. 1742-44) I'm seeking, one in Little Cowarne (Herefordshire), one in Newbold (Warrickshire), and one in Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire- now part of greater London). II haven't established whether the Newbold in question is Newbold Pacey (28miles) or Newbold on Stour ( 19 miles). I'll have to consult a Warrickshire Online Parish Clerk (OPC) to clarify the question. Little Cowarne is 55 miles, and Hemel Hemstead is 75 miles fronm Fifield. Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire is 31 miles from Fifield. Perhaps, I should have stated that it is unlikely that the Richard Field was a farm servant. Cheers Maxwell. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OFHS Open Day - 1 October in Woodstock www.ofhs.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Mr Maxwell-Smith, I have some rough notes of the parish for Fifield, Oxon which were done when Geoffrey Giles and his wife transcribed the registers. I do not see from you e-mail that you mention a family for him. There are several children born to a Richard Field from 1775 onwards - Hannah 1775; Joseph 1776; George 1780 and Elizabeth 1782. In 1785 William is given as s of Richard & Mary; the same for Sarah in 1788; 1791 for another William; Richard in 1794 and Rachel(given as 'Fields') in 1799. No occupation was given in any of the entries. William baptised in 1785 died in the same year and Mary Fields wife of Richard was buried in 1820 aged 66. You probably know all this but I thought it worth sending in case you did not. Yours, Joan Howard-Drake, Wychwoods Local History Society -----Original Message----- From: Maxwell Smith <maxwells@grapevine.com.au> To: oxfordshire <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 8:28 Subject: [OXF] Richard Field (c. 1743-1850), Servant; 'Country Houses' Hi AllSeveral researchers on this List during the past 5-10 years have been looking for the baptism record of this Richard Field ( my ggg-grandfather). The inferred baptism/birth year of 1743 is derived from his age, 87 (OXF-CN03) , at the time of his burial in Fifield, Oxfordshire in November 1830.The first reference to Richard Field is his marriage to Mary Gardner at Chastleton on 3 November 1774 ( by banns). He is reported as a servant from Fifield Parish but there is no record of a baptism/birth at Fifield (OXF-CN03).It is possible that his spouse ( of Chastleton Parish) was also a servant, possible at Chastleton House, as she originates from Salford (OXF-CN01). Her ancestry can be traced back to a John Gardiner (Daylesford, Worcestershire, b.c. 1665).It is highly likely that Richard Field wasn't born in Oxfordshire. There is no record of him having been born in the Oxfordshire Parishes surrounding Fifield. (Chipping Norton District OXF-CNO01-03; Witney District OXF-WIT 1, 3, 4; Woodstock District OXF-WO 2; and Banbury District OXF-BAN 3).Last year, Carol Harmond looked up (for me) several Oxfordshire parishes further afield from Fifield, The most likely suspect found, a Richard Field, baptised 1743 Nuneham Courtenay (parents Edward and Mary) was apparently not the Richard FieldThe type of household in which Richard Field was employed could determine how far his birthplace is from Fifield. If he was in the employment of a local farmer, one would anticipate finding his baptism record in the Oxfordshire parishes surrounding Fifield or the Gloucestershire parishes across the County border from Fifield. If he was employed in a country house or great house (large country house), one might anticipate the location of his baptism record might be much further afield, particularly if the owners had more than one country and/or town house.In the above context, I'm looking for a publication that might describe the country houses (and their owners) that existed in the Chipping Norton district in the second half of the 18 th Century. I understand that as of now the VCH ( Victoria County History) doesn't cover the Chipping Norton area.CheersMaxwell Smith. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Like" Oxfordshire Family History Society's page on Facebook - www.facebook.com/oxfordshirefhs to be updated with Society news-------------------------------To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Sue..... I'm intrigued by your mention of photos of Holy Trinity. Over the past few years I've been searching high & low for such things and the only things that I have turned up is a postcard that I bought on eBay, showing the interior, and a couple of pictures from the OCC Heritage Search, showing it's demolition. If you don't mind me asking, are there others that you know of? Regards Brian -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of s.blackburn@tesco.net Sent: 14 August 2011 22:24 To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [OXF] Holy Trinity church St Ebbs Oxford Hi List Holy Trinity church Blackfriars Lane St Ebbs Oxford was demolished in c1957. The last burial was c1951. My query is that from photos it does not look as if there was a burial ground there, if this was the case does anyone know where people would have been buried. Many thanks in advance for any help. Regards Sue Blackburn Teweksbury Gloucesteshire ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OFHS "Wills Library" : Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Wendy said > Richard - > The entry in MSS. D.D. Par. Witney c4 Register of Baptisms and > Burials for 30 Jan. 1809 is William WRIGHT aged 56. This is > perfectly clear and confirms the transcription. There are no other > WRIGHT burials in the register within a year. Richard had said: >> Could I add to your list of check-ups? The OFHS for St. Mary's >> Witney has burial of William WRIGHT, aged 56, on 30 January >> 1809. This is a puzzling entry. I have the will of Thomas >> WRIGHT the elder of Curbridge, proved 28 Jan. 1809, and its >> codicil was made on 20 Aug. 1808. >> >> It may be that there is a glitch in the transcription of the >> January 1809 entries and two or more entries and dates >> compressed into one in error;, a portmanteau entry, "William" >> Wright actually someone else with a >> different surname and Thomas Wright somehow left out though the >> Wright surname is included. A "portmanteau entry" might also have come about when the parish clerk copied his rough book up into the Register, maybe months later. If that was the case, you'll never know :-( DaveB

Richard Is the date of death given at the end of the will in the probate note? At the moment you have told us the probate was granted before burial, which is not impossible. Perhaps his executers needed the wherewithal to pay his funeral expenses etc because they had no ready monies of their own. HB --- On Thu, 18/8/11, Wendy Archer <wharcher@cvd.co.uk> wrote: > From: Wendy Archer <wharcher@cvd.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [OXF] Viewing Original Parish Registers > To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, 18 August, 2011, 20:00 > Richard - > > You asked the query below back in May, &, in the event, > the History Centre > didn't open til July. > > The entry in MSS. D.D. Par. Witney c4  Register of > Baptisms and Burials for > 30 Jan. 1809 is William WRIGHT aged 56.  This is > perfectly clear and > confirms the transcription. There are no other WRIGHT > burials in the > register within a year. > > Wendy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Crgoulden@aol.com> > To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 1:40 PM > Subject: Re: [OXF] Viewing Original Parish Registers > > > > > > Dear Wendy, > > > >    Could I add to your list of > check-ups?  The  OFHS for St. Mary's Witney > > has burial of William WRIGHT, aged 56, on 30 > January  1809.  This is a > > puzzling entry.  I have the will of Thomas WRIGHT > the  elder of Curbridge, > > proved 28 Jan. 1809, and its codicil was made on 20 > Aug.  1808. > > > >    It may be that there is a glitch in > the  transcription of the January > > 1809 entries and two or more entries and  dates > compressed into one in > > error;, a portmanteau entry, "William"  Wright > actually someone else with > > a > > different surname and Thomas Wright somehow  left > out though the Wright > > surname is > > included. > > > >    Would you be so kind as to check the > January 1809  entries in case some > > names and dates were erroneously transcribed or left > out,  again in error? > > > >    Richard Goulden > > > > > > In a message dated 06/05/2011 09:39:54 GMT Daylight > Time, > > wharcher@cvd.co.uk > writes: > > > > Chris  - > > > > At the moment the Record Office in Cowley, housing the > orginal  registers > > if > > deposited, is closed for building works. > > > > As you are  querying an OFHS transcript, I am > happy to investigate such > > when > > the  Office reopens (as Oxfordshire History > Centre), hopefully in June > > 2011, > > and take a photo for you. > > > > If you give me the reference, I'll add it  to my > list! > > > > Wendy > > Chairman, Oxfordshire  FHS > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS Open Day - 1 October in Woodstock > www.ofhs.org.uk > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

Hi All Several researchers on this List during the past 5-10 years have been looking for the baptism record of this Richard Field ( my ggg-grandfather). The inferred baptism/birth year of 1743 is derived from his age, 87 (OXF-CN03) , at the time of his burial in Fifield, Oxfordshire in November 1830. The first reference to Richard Field is his marriage to Mary Gardner at Chastleton on 3 November 1774 ( by banns). He is reported as a servant from Fifield Parish but there is no record of a baptism/birth at Fifield (OXF-CN03). It is possible that his spouse ( of Chastleton Parish) was also a servant, possible at Chastleton House, as she originates from Salford (OXF-CN01). Her ancestry can be traced back to a John Gardiner (Daylesford, Worcestershire, b.c. 1665). It is highly likely that Richard Field wasn't born in Oxfordshire. There is no record of him having been born in the Oxfordshire Parishes surrounding Fifield. (Chipping Norton District OXF-CNO01-03; Witney District OXF-WIT 1, 3, 4; Woodstock District OXF-WO 2; and Banbury District OXF-BAN 3). Last year, Carol Harmond looked up (for me) several Oxfordshire parishes further afield from Fifield, The most likely suspect found, a Richard Field, baptised 1743 Nuneham Courtenay (parents Edward and Mary) was apparently not the Richard Field The type of household in which Richard Field was employed could determine how far his birthplace is from Fifield. If he was in the employment of a local farmer, one would anticipate finding his baptism record in the Oxfordshire parishes surrounding Fifield or the Gloucestershire parishes across the County border from Fifield. If he was employed in a country house or great house (large country house), one might anticipate the location of his baptism record might be much further afield, particularly if the owners had more than one country and/or town house. In the above context, I'm looking for a publication that might describe the country houses (and their owners) that existed in the Chipping Norton district in the second half of the 18 th Century. I understand that as of now the VCH ( Victoria County History) doesn't cover the Chipping Norton area. Cheers Maxwell Smith.

Eve, Refer to subsequent correspondance from various, especially Wendy There seems to be an error somewhere, as Wendy has unearthed some evidence from a Licensees archive that shows CANVIN wasn't proprietor until 1902   The marriage record states my Gt. Grandfather as a Licensed Victualler (no mention of retired), and the 1901 census lists the family at the Inn. My Gt. Grandfather died June 1902, so it looks like CANVIN took over in August 1902.   Neil From: "eve@varneys.org.uk" <eve@varneys.org.uk> To: Wendy Archer <wharcher@cvd.co.uk>; oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, 18 August 2011, 19:00 Subject: Re: [OXF] Licensed Victualler sked: > > >> My Great Grandfather is listed at his daughters wedding in 1901, Banbury > >> as a Licensed Victualler (The Old Wharf Inn, Mill Lane, Banbury) > > >> Are there any records at any of the various libraries where such things > >> are listed? > > and Hugh replied: > > > The book "The Licensees of the Inns, Taverns and Beerhouses of Banbury, > > Oxfordshire was published by Oxfordshire Family History Society, but sadly > > is > > now out of print - unless somebody knows where to find a copy. > > > > It lists Josiah Canvin as the licensee of the Old Wharf Inn from 1898 to > > 1905. > > Adding to what Hugh's said, listed as licensee before Josiah CANVIN is > Edward GRANTHAM, w Amy, boat proprietor, 1891-1898, which ties in with the > marriage in which you have an interest, I think. IAs the bride's address is given as the Old Wharf Inn in 1901, yet the book says Canvin was lic vcx then,   is it possible that her father had retired (evenb died) and she had continued working for Canvin. ?  I have come across Canvins as narrow boat owners.operators before, in S Northants/N  Bucks   EVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Like" Oxfordshire Family History Society's page on Facebook - www.facebook.com/oxfordshirefhs to be updated with Society news ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message