Colleagues On Saturday 14 April 2012, the annual Open Day of the Gloucestershire FHS takes place. I'm delighted to report that the Oxfordshire FHS will have it's usual stall at this Open Day, when Hugh Kearsey and Jean Kearsey will be selling our DVDs and CDs. In addition, they will have our "Search Services" available on computer, featuring an array of Oxfordshire and North Berkshire indexes to censuses, baptism registers, marriage registers, burial registers and monumental inscriptions. Those researchers wishing to plan their visit to our stall in advance can view our resources on the following webpages :- DVD sales ; http://www.ofhs.org.uk/DVDsales.html CD sales ; http://www.ofhs.org.uk/CDsales.html Search Services ; http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ The Open Day of the Gloucestershire FHS takes place on Saturday 14 April 2012, at The Crypt School, Podsmead Road, Tuffley, Gloucester GL2 5AE. The doors open at 10.00am. Further details about the event itself can be obtained from :- http://www.gfhs.org.uk/opendays.htm Best wishes. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Web : www.ofhs.org.uk

I am looking at the possibility one of my ancestors was baptised in Eynsham in 1723. The entry in the transcribed PR reads :- 1723 Oct 6 DRUCE alias WHITE s. Joseph Can someone explain to me how I should interpret the "Alias" as please. Many thanks Chris

Chris wrote: > I am looking at the possibility one of my ancestors was baptised in > Eynsham in 1723. > The entry in the transcribed PR reads :- > 1723 Oct 6 DRUCE alias WHITE s. Joseph > Can someone explain to me how I should interpret the "Alias" as > please. Simply that the father was known both as Joseph DRUCE and Joseph WHITE. The first thing is to investigate Joseph -- though sometimes this sort of thing was carried through several generations. It could happen because Joseph was illegitimate, so was christened with his mother's surname, but when she later married, the boy also used his new father's surname. Or simply that Joseph's real father died young and his mother remarried. Or any of that could have happened in an earlier generation. How was Joseph christened? Look under both surnames, of course. What does his marriage record say? Were others of his children also given the alias? What about burials? There are, I suppose, other explanations, but try that approach first :-) DaveB

Thanks Craig I wasn't sure of the initial 'E' but it seems likely that it was the 2nd Edward who was buried in Whiston. Marilyn http://www.familyhistorynorthants.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Craig Pickup > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:59 AM > To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OXF] Revd SEAGRAVE > > > Looks like there were four generations of SEAGRAVE involved > at Westcote > Barton. > > From Alumni Oxonienses: > > Seagrave, Edward, s. Samuel, of Whatcott, co. Warwick, cler. MAGDALEN > HALL, matric 18 March, 1755, aged 15; B.A. 1758, M.A. 1761, rector of > Castle Ashby, Northants, and of Westcote Barton, Oxon, at his > death 28 > May, 1805. > > Seagrave, Edward, s. Edward, of Castle Ashby, Northants, > cler. MAGDALEN > HALL, matric. 3 April, 1800, aged 18; B.A. 1803, M.A. 1806, rector of > Westcote Barton, co. Warwick, 1805. > > Seagrave, John, s. Samuel, of Whatcott, co. Warwick, cler. > UNIC+VERSITY > COLL., matric. 23 Jan., 1753, aged 18; B.A. 1756, rector of > Beverston, > Yorks, 1764. > > Seagrave, John, s. Edward, of Oxhill, co. Warwick, cler. WORCESTER > COLL., matric. 24 Oct, 1788, aged 17; B.A. 1792, M.A. 1795, rector of > Castle Ashby, Northants, 1805, and of Westcote Barton, Oxon, > 1813, until > his death 21 April, 1836. See Rugby School Reg., 51. > > Seagrave, John Young, 1s. Samuel Young, of Tysoe, co. Warwick, cler. > CHRIST CHURCH, matric. 9 June, 1843, aged 17; student 1843-53, B.A. > 1847, M.A. 1850, vicar of Bramham, Yorks, 1852-62. See Alumni > West., 520. > > Seagrave, Samuel, of CLARE HALL, Cambridge (B.A. 1723, M.A. 1727); > incorp. 13 April, 1728. > > Seagrave, Samuel Young, s. John, of Halford Bridge, co. Wawick, cler. > ORIEL COLL., matric. 15 Jan., 1814, aged 18; B.A. from MAGDALEN HALL, > 1818, M.A. 1820, rector of Westcote Barton, Oxon, 1836, and vicar of > Tysoe, co. Warwick, until his death 30 Dec., 1851, father of > John Y. See > Rugby School Reg., 90. > > > On 4/9/2012 2:12 PM, Marilyn Ponting wrote: > > Found while transcribing Whiston BTs > > > > Buried at Whiston in Northamptonshire 7th Mar 1813 > > > > Revd E? SEAGRAVE Rector of Westcot Barton Oxon, dyed at > Gloucester age > > 32 > > > > The curate of Whiston at this time was J. Seagrave > > > > Marilyn > > >

Looks like there were four generations of SEAGRAVE involved at Westcote Barton. From Alumni Oxonienses: Seagrave, Edward, s. Samuel, of Whatcott, co. Warwick, cler. MAGDALEN HALL, matric 18 March, 1755, aged 15; B.A. 1758, M.A. 1761, rector of Castle Ashby, Northants, and of Westcote Barton, Oxon, at his death 28 May, 1805. Seagrave, Edward, s. Edward, of Castle Ashby, Northants, cler. MAGDALEN HALL, matric. 3 April, 1800, aged 18; B.A. 1803, M.A. 1806, rector of Westcote Barton, co. Warwick, 1805. Seagrave, John, s. Samuel, of Whatcott, co. Warwick, cler. UNIC+VERSITY COLL., matric. 23 Jan., 1753, aged 18; B.A. 1756, rector of Beverston, Yorks, 1764. Seagrave, John, s. Edward, of Oxhill, co. Warwick, cler. WORCESTER COLL., matric. 24 Oct, 1788, aged 17; B.A. 1792, M.A. 1795, rector of Castle Ashby, Northants, 1805, and of Westcote Barton, Oxon, 1813, until his death 21 April, 1836. See Rugby School Reg., 51. Seagrave, John Young, 1s. Samuel Young, of Tysoe, co. Warwick, cler. CHRIST CHURCH, matric. 9 June, 1843, aged 17; student 1843-53, B.A. 1847, M.A. 1850, vicar of Bramham, Yorks, 1852-62. See Alumni West., 520. Seagrave, Samuel, of CLARE HALL, Cambridge (B.A. 1723, M.A. 1727); incorp. 13 April, 1728. Seagrave, Samuel Young, s. John, of Halford Bridge, co. Wawick, cler. ORIEL COLL., matric. 15 Jan., 1814, aged 18; B.A. from MAGDALEN HALL, 1818, M.A. 1820, rector of Westcote Barton, Oxon, 1836, and vicar of Tysoe, co. Warwick, until his death 30 Dec., 1851, father of John Y. See Rugby School Reg., 90. On 4/9/2012 2:12 PM, Marilyn Ponting wrote: > Found while transcribing Whiston BTs > > Buried at Whiston in Northamptonshire 7th Mar 1813 > > Revd E? SEAGRAVE Rector of Westcot Barton Oxon, dyed at Gloucester age 32 > > The curate of Whiston at this time was J. Seagrave > > Marilyn > > http://www.familyhistorynorthants.co.uk > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html > > ------------------------------- > 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 Pat, > Does anyone have a reputable source of information for a marriage between my > ancestor, Jane Ellen BUNCE (born circa 1852 at Chalgrove, OXFORDSHIRE) > ... I'd be interested in _why_ you think such a person is your ancestor. I do worry that all I have written below is not actually helpful. And what was the name and date of birth of the child of Jane Bunce that is your ancestor? That would help to eliminate possibilies too. Anyway... As Ron says, according to FreeBMD, the only Jane BUNCE born in Oxfordshire from 1845 to 1855 is the Jane Ellen BUNCE, registered Thame registration district, March quarter, 1851. I note also that an Emma Bunce appears on the same page. Also, the Oxfordshire FHS transcript of the Chalgrove parish register gives us the baptisms of Jane and Emma Bunce, twin daughters of George and Jane Bunce (labourer), on 29 December 1850. This is consistent with the FreeBMD info - and Jane (Ellen) was presumably born in December 1850. Also interesting is Catherine Ann BUNCE, daughter of William and Drusilla, baptised 16 Oct 1850. And we note the burial of Emma BUNCE, infant, on 12 Feb 1851. In the GRO index, via FreeBMD, her name is recorded as "Ellen". I assume the index is mistaken. The 1851 census for Chalgrove is a problem, because George and Jane BUNCE have a 3 month old daughter called "Jane" [see HO 107/1726 folio 15], and William and Drusilla have a 6 month old daughter called "Jane Ellen" [see HO 107/1726 folio 13], and there is no "Catherine Ann", as Ron reported. This seems inexplicable. Because by 1861 William and Drusilla have a 10 year old daughter Catharine Ann [RG9/885 fol 14], and because of the parish register entries, and the age of 6 months given for their "Jane" in 1851, compared to 3 months for George and Jane's "Jane", I'm going to assume that George and Jane are the parents of the only Jane BUNCE born in Oxfordshire at the time. I may be wrong. So: by 1861, Jane Bunce has been widowed [death of George Bunce, Thame reg dist Sep quarter 1853, FreeBMD], and remarried [to Daniel HERBERT, Oxford reg dist Mar quarter 1854, FreeBMD; couldn't see this in any Oxford parish church in a quick scan], and is in the 1861 census at Chalgrove [RG9/885 fol 14] with an 11 year old daughter Jane Bunce. Jane HERBERT was once more widowed [death of Daniel Herbert, age 51, Thame reg dist Sep quarter 1866, FreeBMD], and remarried [to Joseph Stone, Thame reg dist Sep quarter 1868]. In the 1871 census [see RG10/1429 fol 8] she lives in Chalgrove with her husband, with 4 of her children by Daniel Herbert (including a youngest called Ellen), but not with Jane Bunce. So I'm not going to consider Jane Herbert further. You can find William and Drusilla Bunce on the previous page in the census. Using the Oxfordshire FHS 1871 census index, I can find in Henley a Jane Bunce, aged 22, born Chalgrove, domestic servant/cook [RG 10/1425 fol 125; household of Richard Rowse]. By 1881, Jane Bunce seems to have left Oxfordshire. The best match I can find is in Clapham, Surrey [RG 11/631, fol 631, household of William J Smith]. Age 28, a cook (servant), born Chalgrove. I can see why you might call yourself "22" when you are 20 and "28" when you are 30. There seem to be a total of 3 people called "Jane" born about 1851 in Chalgrove in the 1881 census: Jane Bunce, Jane Phelps, and Jane Webster. In 1891, you find Jane Harris, Jane Phelps, and Jane Webster. And indeed, we find in FreeBMD: Jane BUNCE and James HARRIS married in Wokingham reg. dist. Dec quarter 1883. Jane Harris is in the 1891 census at Reading [RG 12/991 fol 143], age 39, with husband James and 3 daughters. In 1901, she is in Hastings, Sussex [RG 13/864 fol 66], age 50, born Chalgrove, Oxon, with husband and 2 children (1 son born since 1891). In 1911, still in Hastings [RG 14/4735 registration district 69 (Hastings), subdistrict 2 (All Saints), enumeration district 5, schedule 109] with same family - only 1 child at home. So I think I have traced Jane Bunce from her birth to 1911 without her marrying ... > Henry H. JACKSON (born circa 1854 at Birmingham, WARWICKSHIRE Hence my questions at the start of this email. Best wishes Paul -- Paul Betteridge, Leafield, Oxfordshire pbetteridge@pobox.com

Found while transcribing Whiston BTs Buried at Whiston in Northamptonshire 7th Mar 1813 Revd E? SEAGRAVE Rector of Westcot Barton Oxon, dyed at Gloucester age 32 The curate of Whiston at this time was J. Seagrave Marilyn http://www.familyhistorynorthants.co.uk

Thanks for the information Ron Cheers Lyn Lyn Rumble Rushworth, Victoria, Australia treehouse152@gmail.com www.picturetrail.com/ironbarkstudio www.chromaonline.com/teachers/lyn_rumble -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ron Lankshear Sent: Saturday, 7 April 2012 3:01 PM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [OXF] Land Tax 1798 Ancestry just announced UK, Land Tax Redemption, 1798 I am finding a lot of my Oxon folk on it <http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=2319&enc=1> -- Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds Bush/Chiswick) try my links http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html ------------------------------- 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

Thanks for your reply, Jon. I wouldn't have thought Bunce was a name that could be misspelt, as opposed to another ancestor of mine with the surname Jefkins. Variant spellings are Jifkins, Jeffkins, Gifkins, Giffkins. Good wishes, Pat Malouf -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jon's FH Sent: Friday, 6 April 2012 10:16 PM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] Jane Ellen BUNCE Hi Pat, have you thought of checking out variant spellings of the surnames, especially BUNCE? HTH, best wishes, Jon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html ------------------------------- 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

Thanks for that, Ron. Anne -------------------------------------------------- From: "Ron Lankshear" <ronlank@yahoo.com.au> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 3:01 PM To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Subject: [OXF] Land Tax 1798 > Ancestry just announced > UK, Land Tax Redemption, 1798 > > I am finding a lot of my Oxon folk on it > > <http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=2319&enc=1> > > -- > Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds > Bush/Chiswick) > try my links > http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: > http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Ancestry just announced UK, Land Tax Redemption, 1798 I am finding a lot of my Oxon folk on it <http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=2319&enc=1> -- Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds Bush/Chiswick) try my links http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/

Consider the spelling carefully, 'n' & 'm' used to be written in such a way that today they could be read as 'u' & 'w'. The old 'u' & 'w' would be very similar, this along with open top 'o' & 'a' transcribed my name Powles as Panles in the LDS version of the 1881 census. The transcription would be dependent on how the transcriber reads the original. Derek > -----Original Message----- > From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pat Malouf > Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 8:02 AM > To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OXF] Jane Ellen BUNCE > > Thanks for your reply, Jon. I wouldn't have thought Bunce was a name that > could be misspelt, as opposed to another ancestor of mine with the surname > Jefkins. Variant spellings are Jifkins, Jeffkins, Gifkins, Giffkins. > > Good wishes, > > Pat Malouf > > -----Original Message----- > From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jon's FH > Sent: Friday, 6 April 2012 10:16 PM > To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OXF] Jane Ellen BUNCE > > Hi Pat, > > have you thought of checking out variant spellings of the surnames, > especially BUNCE? > > HTH, best wishes, > > Jon > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: > http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: > http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html > > ------------------------------- > 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 Pat I agree no sign of a marriage in BMD or FamilySearch SO what else do you have for them? Last week a couple who were in England as singles and then married - their marriage was found overseas. Presumably Births Mar 1851 Bunce Jane Ellen Thame 16 121 1851 census has two Jane and I assume yours is the second Jane Bunce "George, Jane" abt 1850 Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England Daughter Chalgrove, Oxfordshire Jane Ellen Bunce "William, Drusilla" 6 months abt 1850 Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England Daughter Chalgrove, Oxfordshire Just the three of them and parents in 1861 but sign of Jane Ellen William Bunce 45 Drusilla Bunce 36 Catharine Ann Bunce 10 William George Bunce 8 Walter Bunce 5 Owen John Bunce 3 Harry Jame Gifkins 5 looking at the 10 yo and this is more confusion born in 1850 but not in 1851 census Births Dec 1850 Bunce Catharine Ann Thame 16 115 so I cannot see Jane Ellen in 1861 or 1871 etc Even looking for Jane Jackson this 1861 Jane is the first in 1851 ie mother Jane Daniel Herbert 47 Jane Herbert 36 Mary Ann Bunce 13 d-i-l Jane Bunce 11 d-i-l Thomas Herbert 6 Rebecca Herbert 4 Amy Herbert 2 because she is d-i-l to Jane and Daniel ancestry have the 6 yo as her husband Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds Bush/Chiswick) try my links http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/ On 2012-04-06 8:11 PM, Pat Malouf wrote: > Does anyone have a reputable source of information for a marriage between my > ancestor, Jane Ellen BUNCE (born circa 1852 at Chalgrove, OXFORDSHIRE) and > Henry H. JACKSON (born circa 1854 at Birmingham, WARWICKSHIRE). I have > exhausted all lines of enquiry, including ancestry.com and some private > family trees which include my ancestor. > > Good wishes,

Tried to send this earlier but with an attachment which I gather is not permitted so here is a slightly modified version. The location of the Lamb Inn was at SU636920 on the Ewelme to Benson road midway between Cottesmore lane and the turning to RAF Benson. There is a bit of a pull off the road with a litter bin where many people stop to look at the aircraft. If you stop there you can find odd pieces of brickwork in the grass by the RAF fence which probably derived from the Inn. The Benson History group has an archive of about 1500 photos of the local area and we have a single, not very good one, of the lamb with a man (landlord?) and probably his daughter standing outside. Is there any possibility of having a scanned copy of the photo you refer to for our archives. You might like to take a look at our on line photographic archive which I am slowly building up. http://www.benson-village.co.uk/ Tom Stevenson 73 Westfield Rd Benson OXON OX106NJ thomas.stevenson@ntlworld.com

Hi All, Does anyone have a reputable source of information for a marriage between my ancestor, Jane Ellen BUNCE (born circa 1852 at Chalgrove, OXFORDSHIRE) and Henry H. JACKSON (born circa 1854 at Birmingham, WARWICKSHIRE). I have exhausted all lines of enquiry, including ancestry.com and some private family trees which include my ancestor. Good wishes, Pat Malouf (Brisbane, Australia)

Hi Pat, have you thought of checking out variant spellings of the surnames, especially BUNCE? HTH, best wishes, Jon

I can't offer any help regarding the site of The Lamb Inn, but I have enjoyed reading about it as my parents, who were both stationed at RAF Benson, met there in about 1942 (and in fact were both still stationed there when they married in 1943, I think). Sadly they're both dead now so I can't ask them if they could say where it was, but I like to think they probably drank a glass or two there during their courtship ! Eunice Cubbage On 06/04/2012 09:20, Craig Pickup wrote: > Again from the Ewelme News, this time from 2008: > > The Lamb was a handsome Georgian building on the Benson road in a > similar style to The Greyhound. Unfortunately, it had to be demolished > in 1942 so the airfield runways could be extended. Tom Dymond, of 1 > Euston Square, London purchased The Lamb from James Handscomb on 28 June > 1927 for… “the sum of £400 the whole business of blacksmiths and all > > interests of the Public House including the blacksmiths shop with forge > in, tools and stock in trade together with henhouse, pigsty and portable > carpenters shop and all vegetables growing in garden and all fruit trees > planted by me [Handscomb]. The whole business bringing in a profit of > > about £4 per week. [Handscomb] also agreed to take a deposit of £50 on > interviewing brewers £250 when licence is transferred and £100 to be > paid within two years”. > > Tom and Louisa Dymond, the new landlords, had a 19 year old daughter > Marjorie who was particularly dismayed at being moved from London ‘to > the back of beyond’ as she enjoyed > living and working in a busy sophisticated City environment. However, > she soon fell in love and in 1932 married Leslie Miners, the blacksmith > who worked in the forge alongside The Lamb. Marjorie died in the > Cloisters in December 2005 aged 97 and two of her sons still live > locally - Vernon in Ewelme and Wallace in Cholsey. Mrs Dix also donated > the charming photo is of young Wallace Miners aged about 3, and his dog > Biddy taken alongside The Lamb – probably in 1935. > > http://www.ewelme.info/EwelmeNews/EwelmeNews-Aug2008.pdf > > This clearly give Benson Road as the location. > > > On 4/5/2012 3:14 PM, Michael Walker wrote: >> We were asked to date a photograph of The Lamb Inn at Ewelme. The inn >> was demolished to make way for a runway at RAF Benson the building of >> which started in 1937. Dating to 1928/9 was fairly easy from the hats >> the ladies were wearing and the cars standing outside the inn. But we >> cannot determine where exactly the inn stood and that is bugging us. >> >> The 1901 census tells us that it was in Ewelme Street - possibly what >> is now called High Street and was named The Street not many years ago. >> In the 1911 census a pub called The Lamb and Flag appears in Brook >> Street, Benson but not in Ewelme. >> >> Using Google maps one can see that the northern ends of the runways at >> RAF Benson are close to Benson Road which connects with Ewelme and its >> extension into Benson is called Brook Street. >> >> Any news of this inn would be much appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> Mike and Annette. >> >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.927 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/4916 - Release Date: 04/05/12 08:10:00 >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2409/4917 - Release Date: 04/05/12 > > >

The two Miner brothers will be helping at the workday on the cress beds at Ewelme tomorrow, Saturday. If you want to know more come along though I should warn you that if you get Wallace talking he is difficult to stop. Tom Sent from my BlackBerry smartphone from Virgin Media -----Original Message----- From: Craig Pickup <c.pickup@gmail.com> Sender: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 02:20:41 To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Reply-To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] The Lamb Inn at Ewelme Again from the Ewelme News, this time from 2008: The Lamb was a handsome Georgian building on the Benson road in a similar style to The Greyhound. Unfortunately, it had to be demolished in 1942 so the airfield runways could be extended. Tom Dymond, of 1 Euston Square, London purchased The Lamb from James Handscomb on 28 June 1927 for… “the sum of £400 the whole business of blacksmiths and all interests of the Public House including the blacksmiths shop with forge in, tools and stock in trade together with henhouse, pigsty and portable carpenters shop and all vegetables growing in garden and all fruit trees planted by me [Handscomb]. The whole business bringing in a profit of about £4 per week. [Handscomb] also agreed to take a deposit of £50 on interviewing brewers £250 when licence is transferred and £100 to be paid within two years”. Tom and Louisa Dymond, the new landlords, had a 19 year old daughter Marjorie who was particularly dismayed at being moved from London ‘to the back of beyond’ as she enjoyed living and working in a busy sophisticated City environment. However, she soon fell in love and in 1932 married Leslie Miners, the blacksmith who worked in the forge alongside The Lamb. Marjorie died in the Cloisters in December 2005 aged 97 and two of her sons still live locally - Vernon in Ewelme and Wallace in Cholsey. Mrs Dix also donated the charming photo is of young Wallace Miners aged about 3, and his dog Biddy taken alongside The Lamb – probably in 1935. http://www.ewelme.info/EwelmeNews/EwelmeNews-Aug2008.pdf This clearly give Benson Road as the location. On 4/5/2012 3:14 PM, Michael Walker wrote: > We were asked to date a photograph of The Lamb Inn at Ewelme. The inn > was demolished to make way for a runway at RAF Benson the building of > which started in 1937. Dating to 1928/9 was fairly easy from the hats > the ladies were wearing and the cars standing outside the inn. But we > cannot determine where exactly the inn stood and that is bugging us. > > The 1901 census tells us that it was in Ewelme Street - possibly what > is now called High Street and was named The Street not many years ago. > In the 1911 census a pub called The Lamb and Flag appears in Brook > Street, Benson but not in Ewelme. > > Using Google maps one can see that the northern ends of the runways at > RAF Benson are close to Benson Road which connects with Ewelme and its > extension into Benson is called Brook Street. > > Any news of this inn would be much appreciated. > > Regards, > Mike and Annette. > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.927 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/4916 - Release Date: 04/05/12 08:10:00 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html ------------------------------- 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

Mike & Annette You might find more via http://www.ewelme.info/misc/EwelmeHistoricalArchive.pdf Derek > -----Original Message----- > From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael Walker > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 10:14 PM > To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: [OXF] The Lamb Inn at Ewelme > > We were asked to date a photograph of The Lamb Inn at Ewelme. The inn > was demolished to make way for a runway at RAF Benson the building of > which started in 1937. Dating to 1928/9 was fairly easy from the hats > the ladies were wearing and the cars standing outside the inn. But we > cannot determine where exactly the inn stood and that is bugging us. > > The 1901 census tells us that it was in Ewelme Street - possibly what > is now called High Street and was named The Street not many years ago. > In the 1911 census a pub called The Lamb and Flag appears in Brook > Street, Benson but not in Ewelme. > > Using Google maps one can see that the northern ends of the runways at > RAF Benson are close to Benson Road which connects with Ewelme and its > extension into Benson is called Brook Street. > > Any news of this inn would be much appreciated. > > Regards, > Mike and Annette. > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.927 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/4916 - Release Date: 04/05/12 > 08:10:00 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: > http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html > > ------------------------------- > 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

Again from the Ewelme News, this time from 2008: The Lamb was a handsome Georgian building on the Benson road in a similar style to The Greyhound. Unfortunately, it had to be demolished in 1942 so the airfield runways could be extended. Tom Dymond, of 1 Euston Square, London purchased The Lamb from James Handscomb on 28 June 1927 for… “the sum of £400 the whole business of blacksmiths and all interests of the Public House including the blacksmiths shop with forge in, tools and stock in trade together with henhouse, pigsty and portable carpenters shop and all vegetables growing in garden and all fruit trees planted by me [Handscomb]. The whole business bringing in a profit of about £4 per week. [Handscomb] also agreed to take a deposit of £50 on interviewing brewers £250 when licence is transferred and £100 to be paid within two years”. Tom and Louisa Dymond, the new landlords, had a 19 year old daughter Marjorie who was particularly dismayed at being moved from London ‘to the back of beyond’ as she enjoyed living and working in a busy sophisticated City environment. However, she soon fell in love and in 1932 married Leslie Miners, the blacksmith who worked in the forge alongside The Lamb. Marjorie died in the Cloisters in December 2005 aged 97 and two of her sons still live locally - Vernon in Ewelme and Wallace in Cholsey. Mrs Dix also donated the charming photo is of young Wallace Miners aged about 3, and his dog Biddy taken alongside The Lamb – probably in 1935. http://www.ewelme.info/EwelmeNews/EwelmeNews-Aug2008.pdf This clearly give Benson Road as the location. On 4/5/2012 3:14 PM, Michael Walker wrote: > We were asked to date a photograph of The Lamb Inn at Ewelme. The inn > was demolished to make way for a runway at RAF Benson the building of > which started in 1937. Dating to 1928/9 was fairly easy from the hats > the ladies were wearing and the cars standing outside the inn. But we > cannot determine where exactly the inn stood and that is bugging us. > > The 1901 census tells us that it was in Ewelme Street - possibly what > is now called High Street and was named The Street not many years ago. > In the 1911 census a pub called The Lamb and Flag appears in Brook > Street, Benson but not in Ewelme. > > Using Google maps one can see that the northern ends of the runways at > RAF Benson are close to Benson Road which connects with Ewelme and its > extension into Benson is called Brook Street. > > Any news of this inn would be much appreciated. > > Regards, > Mike and Annette. > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.927 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/4916 - Release Date: 04/05/12 08:10:00 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html > > ------------------------------- > 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 >