Does Blenheim Estate have an archivist? HB --- On Wed, 20/7/11, Bob <tree@bowler.me.uk> wrote: > From: Bob <tree@bowler.me.uk> > Subject: Re: [OXF] House in Hanborough > To: descent@wildplaces.co.uk, oxfordshire@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, 20 July, 2011, 9:12 > Hi Chris > > If you can get to TNA then the IR58 series - Rates survey - > might help, the > rate books show (in most cases) who was living at a > property circa 1910 to > 1915, this ties up with a large scale map which shows > individual properties. > I have managed to identify a few ancestors houses this way. > Try the TNA labs > site as a starting point - > http://labs.nationalarchives.gov.uk/wordpress/index.php/2010/04/valuation-office-map-finder/ > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Howes" <descent@wildplaces.co.uk> > To: "Oxfordshire genealogy group" <OXFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:12 PM > Subject: [OXF] House in Hanborough > > > >I wonder if any sleuth who knows the area around Long > Hanborough might > >solve > > a puzzle I have, or otherwise anyone might suggest a > different course of > > research. > > > > I am trying to work out exactly which house my great > grandfather Archie > > DUNKLEY occupied in Hanborough in the period between > 1910 and 1918, when > > he > > died. I thought this might be fairly simple, given > that there was a > > census, > > but no. My grandmother Dorothy grew up in the house > and once told me a > > little about it, though at the time I did not think to > ask further about > > its > > exact location. Here's the clues: > > > > 1. Several postcards to the family simply show the > address as 'Hanborough, > > Woodstock'. > > > > 2. Archie was Clerk of Works at Blenheim, working at > Combe Mill, and was > > thus well paid. Dorothy remembered moving into the > house, which she said > > consisted of two cottages 'knocked into one by the > Duke for us', which > > suggests that the house was then in Estate ownership > and also that the > > renovations were recent. > > > > 3. She described the garden as having a lawn for > children to play on, with > > a > > tennis court and bowling green, and gardeners supplied > by the Duke to tend > > them. So, even if not still there now, at that time > there was plenty of > > space around the house. > > > > 4. The 1911 census only gives the address as > 'Hanborough' but it does > > indicate that the house had seven rooms. > > > > 5. The Victoria County History doesn't reveal much > about individual > > houses, > > though it does say that in 1910 the Estate was selling > building plots. It > > hasn't helped with identification > > > > 6. Google Earth has granted a bird's eye view of the > village, but there is > > nothing obvious revealed as a likely candidate other > than, perhaps, the > > Manor House where there are imprints in the lawn and > perhaps some old > > buildings to the west. I'm not convinced ... Nothing > particular yells at > > me > > from the old maps on old-maps.co.uk > > > > Which leaves my question: what would once have had an > address as simple as > > 'Hanborough, Woodstock' (while the 1911 census has > many houses addressed > > as > > this, there are also a number identified by name > and/or street, which > > might > > imply that the simplicity of having no name or street > indicates the main > > street through Hanborough)? > > > > Has anyone any idea which house this might be, or > where to look next for > > information? How might I work out which houses were > being modified (and > > which owned) by the Estate in 1910? > > > > Chris Howes > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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 > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3774 - > Release Date: 07/19/11 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 >