Hi Anne again, A tilt was a coarse heavy cloth with water resistant qualities made in blanket factories. Check the site www.oxfordshirecotswolds.org and see item 23, West End Blanket Factory. There are also a couple of good pictures of the blanket drying techniques. Debbie -----Original Message----- From: sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of smuggler Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:30 PM To: SFHG@rootsweb.com Subject: [SFHG] Unusual Occupation - Assistance sought Hello I have found an ancestor listed with an occupation of "Tilting Blanket Maker". I have two "Old Occupation" books neither of which have this occupation listed. I have done a "Google" search without success. Is anyone aware of the nature of a "Tilting Blanket". With thanks Anne Wiltshire smuggler@iinet.net.au Runaway Bay QLD Australia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Anne, I found this on line in an old article about farming communities in Sussex. "Godalming and the neighbourhood had its patent fleecy hosiery, its works for wool-combing, for blankets, tilts, and collar-cloths." Now to find out what a "tilt" was... Debbie -----Original Message----- From: sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of smuggler Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:30 PM To: SFHG@rootsweb.com Subject: [SFHG] Unusual Occupation - Assistance sought Hello I have found an ancestor listed with an occupation of "Tilting Blanket Maker". I have two "Old Occupation" books neither of which have this occupation listed. I have done a "Google" search without success. Is anyone aware of the nature of a "Tilting Blanket". With thanks Anne Wiltshire smuggler@iinet.net.au Runaway Bay QLD Australia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I know of one Morefruit who was male. Document PAR372/33/5 at the East Sussex Record Office (on microfilm XA 30/188) is an apprenticeship indenture dated 2 July 1635 that I had transcribed into modern spelling by Hilary Marshall, whom I contacted through the website of AGRA, the Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives. It records that Morefruite Walkett was apprenticed to Richard Waters "until the said Morefruite Walkett shall accomplish his full age of four and twenty years". Mike Waters -----Original Message----- From: sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rod Blaker Sent: 05 March 2008 14:33 To: sfhg-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SFHG] Quakers ? Hi folks I will be back to you shortly about the reading list for social history of England and parts thereof. In 1615 John Blaker married Freegift Luffe and amongst other commonplace birth names, three were named Thankfull, Morefruite and Preserve. I've now come upon a fourth, Fayntnot, I think of the same issue. Two questions: 1. are these names of Quaker origin ? 2. is there anyway of telling the males from the females ? Perhaps another matter ? The first ancestor I have been able to identify with certainly was an Arthur born about 1540 in Cuckfield. At some stage Cuckfield was known as Kokefeld; my friend with a German English dictionay tells me that that means Cuckoos; in other words, a field of Cuckoo birds. Are there Cuckoo birds in Cuckfield today ? Am I being led on between Morefruite and Cuckoos ? Rod ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Non con-formist records are held at East Sussex Record Office in Lewes. I had a quick look at their short guid to holdigns but it doesn't give details fo which records or time periods butt hey would be your first stop. The IGI has many earlier ecords and BMD Registers website has those held by National Archives but a search of their site didn't show any results - they might not have 20C records though. Sorry this isn't a more definite answer but hope it helps a bit Helen 4583 On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 05:56:48 +0000 (GMT), "Sonia McConville" <soniamcconville@yahoo.co.uk> said: > Hi all, > > I am trying to find out whether my father's > christening is listed anywhere. His name was Herbert > Ivor James and > he was born in Brighton in 1915, and I think was > christened in one of the Wesleyan chapels in Brighton. > His grandmother lived in Terminus Street, so I would > imagine the chapel to be close by. > Does anyone know where Wesleyan records from 1915 or > 1916 would be kept? > Do hope someone can point me in the right direction, > > Sonia McConville > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try > it > now. > http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

If it helps any, I have a large number of ancestors with the unusual names mentioned like Thankful, Hopeful, etc. Mine seemed to have lived mostly In Braintree, Massachusetts, America and were from Barnstaple, Dorset England. The earliest I see their names are c1615 in Barnstaple and from 1633 - 1800 in Massachusetts or The Massachusetts Bay Colony, which was very very Puritan. The following brief explanation and name lists was found in a Google search. Puritan Names Although many C16th and C17th Protestants were content with Bible-sanctioned names, the more extreme Puritans did not consider even these pure enough. They invented their own abstract 'virtue' or 'slogan' names, some of which entered the common stock. Most of these could be used for either sex but the few modern survivals (Charity, Joy, Mercy etc.) are usually feminine. Virtues Abstinence Accepted Amity Arise Ashes Assurance Belief Charity Clemency Comfort Confidence Constancy Constant Continent Delivery Desire Diffidence Diligence Discipline Discretion Donation Dust Eart Earth Elected Experience Faith Faithful Fear Felicity Forsaken Fortune Given Godly Grace Gracious Handmaid Helpless Honesty Honour Hope Hopeful Humble Humiliation Humility Increased Joy Just Justice Lament Lamentation Love Meek Mercy Obedience Patience Peaceable Perseverance Piety Providence Prudence Purify Redeemed Reformation Rejoice Remember Renewed Repentance Resolved Return Salvation Steadfast Temperance Thankful Tribulation Troth Truth Verity Virtue Wrestling Slogans Be-courteous Be-faithful Be-thankful Faint-not Faith-my-joy Fear-not Fear-the-Lord Fight-the-good-fight-of-faith Fly-debate Fly-fornication Freegift From-above God-reward Hate-evil Help-on-High Hope-for Hope-still If-Christ-had- not-died-for- thee-thou-hadst- been-damned* Jesus-Christ-came- into-the-world- to-save Job-raked-out-of-the-ashes Joy-again Kill-sin Learn-wisdom Love-well Make-peace More-fruit More-trial Much-mercy No-merit Praise-God Safe-deliverance Safe-on-high Search-the-scriptures Seek-wisdom Sin-deny Small-hope Sorry-for-sin Stand-fast-on-high The-Lord-is-near The-peace-of-God Weep-not What-God-will Zeal-for-the-Lord Zeal-of-the-land Hope this helps. Donna TILLINGHURST Casey If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. Pearl Buck

I viewed an apartment at Aldingbourne House in the 1990s for my parents who, while it was impressive inside, decided it was too noisy outside because of the close proximity to the A27. I believe it is all private apartments now, and there was another for sale in 2006. On the sale brochure were some historical details, so it might be worth searching estate agents' details for that - sorry, I can't remember which agent it was. Tony 9967 Petersfield On 05/03/2008, Marion Woolgar <listmail2008@btinternet.com> wrote: > > Aldingbourne House is an imposing building, built in the Regency style, > that > can be seen across fields northwards from the A27 between Tangmere & > Fontwell. It was once the home of Lady Molyneux Howard and more recently > it > was a sanatorium, specialising in the care of mentally handicapped young > adults (I think). I am not sure what it is used for today, but I think > that > at least part of it has been converted into apartments. I seem to > remember > seeing a developers board up alongside the road 2/3 years ago. > > Best wishes > > Marion Woolgar > Bognor Regis, West Sussex > SFHG NO: 3323 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Aldingbourne House is an imposing building, built in the Regency style, that can be seen across fields northwards from the A27 between Tangmere & Fontwell. It was once the home of Lady Molyneux Howard and more recently it was a sanatorium, specialising in the care of mentally handicapped young adults (I think). I am not sure what it is used for today, but I think that at least part of it has been converted into apartments. I seem to remember seeing a developers board up alongside the road 2/3 years ago. Best wishes Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex SFHG NO: 3323

I seem to remember that it was a tuberculosis sanatorium in the 1940s. Gordon Smith (8479) ----- Original Message ----- From: "liz stilwell" <lizstilwell@ntlworld.com> To: <SFHG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 10:34 PM Subject: [SFHG] Aldingbourne House, Aldingbourne >I wonder if anyone can help with my query. > > I have recently taken another look at my grandmothers death certificate > from the 1960's and it appears she died at Aldingbourne House - does > anyone know if it was a Hospital of some kind at that time? > > thank you for any help > > Liz Stilwell > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi folks I will be back to you shortly about the reading list for social history of England and parts thereof. In 1615 John Blaker married Freegift Luffe and amongst other commonplace birth names, three were named Thankfull, Morefruite and Preserve. I've now come upon a fourth, Fayntnot, I think of the same issue. Two questions: 1. are these names of Quaker origin ? 2. is there anyway of telling the males from the females ? Perhaps another matter ? The first ancestor I have been able to identify with certainly was an Arthur born about 1540 in Cuckfield. At some stage Cuckfield was known as Kokefeld; my friend with a German English dictionay tells me that that means Cuckoos; in other words, a field of Cuckoo birds. Are there Cuckoo birds in Cuckfield today ? Am I being led on between Morefruite and Cuckoos ? Rod

Hi You say that this name was recorded in 1615. This would be a little early for a Quaker name, since George Fox wasn't born until 1624, if memory serves me. It would be just a Puritan name in general. One way of telling which gender you are dealing with is to see whether they married anyone with a more conservative name, or, if they died young, to see whether the burial register records them as 'son' or 'daughter' of their parent. Kathleen Rod Blaker <rod.blaker@gmail.com> wrote: Hi folks I will be back to you shortly about the reading list for social history of England and parts thereof. In 1615 John Blaker married Freegift Luffe and amongst other commonplace birth names, three were named Thankfull, Morefruite and Preserve. I've now come upon a fourth, Fayntnot, I think of the same issue. Two questions: 1. are these names of Quaker origin ? 2. is there anyway of telling the males from the females ? Perhaps another matter ? The first ancestor I have been able to identify with certainly was an Arthur born about 1540 in Cuckfield. At some stage Cuckfield was known as Kokefeld; my friend with a German English dictionay tells me that that means Cuckoos; in other words, a field of Cuckoo birds. Are there Cuckoo birds in Cuckfield today ? Am I being led on between Morefruite and Cuckoos ? Rod ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.

Hi all, I am trying to find out whether my father's christening is listed anywhere. His name was Herbert Ivor James and he was born in Brighton in 1915, and I think was christened in one of the Wesleyan chapels in Brighton. His grandmother lived in Terminus Street, so I would imagine the chapel to be close by. Does anyone know where Wesleyan records from 1915 or 1916 would be kept? Do hope someone can point me in the right direction, Sonia McConville ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/

I wonder if anyone can help with my query. I have recently taken another look at my grandmothers death certificate from the 1960's and it appears she died at Aldingbourne House - does anyone know if it was a Hospital of some kind at that time? thank you for any help Liz Stilwell

This web site may provide the informationii that Liz Stilwell is looking for: http://www.arun.gov.uk/cgi-bin/buildpage.pl?mysql=4061 Donna TILLINGHAST Casey Michigan, USA If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. Pearl Buck

Hi Debbie Thanks for that - poor little kids - how did they survive? It must have been hell in those days in spite of the caring few. The children had the heartbrek of parental loss and the kindness couldn't console them. I'm sad now - I was a foster mum which gives me a little more understanding, Thanks Jean n a message dated 04/03/2008 21:09:27 GMT Standard Time, ifm@whidbey.net writes: Hi Jean, I found this good explanation of a nurse child given on RootsWeb by someone: Often, when transcribing 19th-century censuses, I would come across the phrase "Nurse Child" but would not know what was meant. I have discovered that this phrase hides a very tragic story relating to illegitimate or unwanted children. Before the Elizabethan poor law was changed in the 19th-century care of illegitimate children and their mothers was haphazard. The 19th-century poor law changed this and placed the responsibility on the mother. Most times, she was unable to hold a job and to feed the infant. One solution to her problem was the baby farmer. This person would for a small fee, offer to take care of the infant. As soon as the money stopped coming (or before), the infant would be starved to death or just dumped in a convenient place. This procedure continued until the end of the century when horror stories in the newspapers, compelled the government to act. Poor little children! Debbie

Hi Jean A 'Nurse Child' is, as I understand it, is either a child who is being looked after by another family - a sort of informal fostering, or it can be a small child who is looking after another younger child or baby - there may have been fees paid to foster parents or to the parents of a chuld who is lokking after others. You may find that the child's family is on the same census. The families may be retlated or friends but not necessarily. In some cases it may also refer to a child given out to a wet-nurse but there doesn't seem to be a 'one case fits all' answer to this. Hope that helps Helen 4583 On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:28:41 EST, JeanAUK@aol.com said: > Hi Everyone > > Can anyone tell me what a Nurse child is relating to a family? If the > child > was very young I'd think it was a nursing baby but the one I am querying > is > age 6. > > I am sure there is such simple explanation. > > Thanks > > Jean in Wiltshire 10774 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Jean, I found this good explanation of a nurse child given on RootsWeb by someone: Often, when transcribing 19th-century censuses, I would come across the phrase "Nurse Child" but would not know what was meant. I have discovered that this phrase hides a very tragic story relating to illegitimate or unwanted children. Before the Elizabethan poor law was changed in the 19th-century care of illegitimate children and their mothers was haphazard. The 19th-century poor law changed this and placed the responsibility on the mother. Most times, she was unable to hold a job and to feed the infant. One solution to her problem was the baby farmer. This person would for a small fee, offer to take care of the infant. As soon as the money stopped coming (or before), the infant would be starved to death or just dumped in a convenient place. This procedure continued until the end of the century when horror stories in the newspapers, compelled the government to act. Poor little children! Debbie

Donna - I had a look for the book you want, at Sx Arch Society Library. They seem to have only a random selection of volumes from English Place-name Society, not including Vol 7. You might find a Public Library has a full set, but I suggest you check first to avoid a wasted journey. Brighton would probably be your best bet. Best wishes - Mike Snatt ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna Casey To: SFHG SxFamHXGrp Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 5:20 PM Subject: [SFHG] English Place-Name Society? Copy of Volume7? My goodness, it is me again with yet another favour. As you may know I am preparing for another research trip to East Sussex. After much googling and library searches (I am 153 miles from the closest library with a copy of this book!) I have been unable to come up with the following information. Wondering if there is anyone who can help me. I am looking for the following publication printed in 1924 by The (Cambridge?) University Press, by the English Place Name Society. The following is the official name as you find it in a library catalogue: English Place-Name society : Survey of English place-names Vol 7, pages 254 & 532 From Volume #7, I need a copy of page 254 which speaks of Tillinghurst Farm and page 532 which speaks of Tillingham Farm. Further, if anyone knows a library in Lewes or Rye which may have a copy of this book Volume 7, I will then go to that library while we are there and get further information and copy further pages if necessary. Thank you to anyone who can help me with these 2 pages of information. If the information is short/brief and you can simply send it typed out in an email that will be very adequate. Appreciate any help I can get so as to make our visit efficient. Donna TILLINGHAST Casey Michigan, USA If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. Pearl Buck ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.2/1304 - Release Date: 29/02/2008 08:18

>My grateful thanks Barbara and Julie for your recommendations and >comments. Some more bedtime reading! Bryan 11480 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 19:30:31 -0000 >From: "Barbara Sanders" <bsandbed@tiscali.co.uk> >Subject: [SFHG] More books >To: "SFHG Rootsweb Mailing List" <SFHG-L@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <001d01c87bd2$b7e8e020$49f0424f@sandersf8404d4> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Two academic books which discuss rural life in the early 1800s are: > >* 'The Village Labourer 1760-1832' by JL & Barbara Hammond (1911); >dated style, not specifically Sussex but v informative. > >* 'Captain Swing' by Eric Hobsbaum & George Rud? (1969); >the rural problems following the Napoleonic Wars, poor harvests, >Corn Laws, mechanisation of farming (thus unemployment for labourers), >and the Enclosure Acts, leading up to the ag labs' uprising known as >the Swing Riots in early 1830s across S England. >Part 1 describes agricultural and village life leading up to the riots. > >The book 'That Near and Distant Place' (which I already mentioned) >has a chapter called 'Reaching Out: 1830-1838' which >is fictional but portrays the way of life and events of the time. > >Also recommend Thomas Hardy novels and short stories - Dorset's not >so far away! >I felt that the life of my Sussex shepherd ancestors was brought to >life by his story 'The Three Strangers'. > >Happy reading! > >Barbara Sanders >Message: 2 >Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 22:25:10 -0000 >From: "Julie Cheesman" <juliec@globalnet.co.uk> >Subject: Re: [SFHG] More books >To: "SFHG Rootsweb Mailing List" <SFHG-L@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <014101c87beb$243911b0$0201a8c0@SFHG> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >The Village Labourer is on-line at: >http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/hammond/village.html > >I'm not sure it's that easy to read it all on-line and it would take a lot >of paper to print out all 11 chapters! I tried looking at it on-line years >ago and didn't get far. > >Julie > -- -Bryan Pannett

I am currently researching the siblings of my 2xGt.Grandmother, Amelia RIDLEY 1846 Balcombe. I have come up against brick walls with some of her 8 siblings and was just wondering whether anyone had any news, partners & family, deaths... of them. These are they : Mary Ann RIDLEY bapt. Balcombe 2 March 1851 (Cuckfield) Edward RIDLEY b. reg. 1855 Cuckfield Alice RIDLEY bapt. 1 March 1857 Cuckfield? Emily RIDLEY b.abt. 1861 - bpt. 3 April 1864 Cuckfield? Emily shows up as a 1 wk old baby on 1861 Census. (Should it help anyone, I have full details on: Amelia RIDLEY 1846 and James COOK (BACKSHALL)1838 George Ridley 1848 who married Fanny SYDENHAM 1851 ; Jane RIDLEY 1853 who married Charles ANSCOMBE 1846 ; Charlotte RIDLEY 1859 who married Alfred BANKS 1859 Albert Edward RIDLEY 1863 who married Mary Ann TAYLOR 1867). Edward RIDLEY & Harriett STEADMAN seemed to be in Balcombe for the births of their first 3 children and then moved on to Lindfield. Any help or ideas greatly appreciated. Many thanks : Jeanette Price Mem. no. 11641.

Thanks Helen that would make sense - I guess could even be a child that is related in some way. Thanks that's made the grey cells come to life Jean In a message dated 04/03/2008 15:54:34 GMT Standard Time, natbrent@fastmail.fm writes: Hi Jean A 'Nurse Child' is, as I understand it, is either a child who is being looked after by another family - a sort of informal fostering, or it can be a small child who is looking after another younger child or baby - there may have been fees paid to foster parents or to the parents of a chuld who is lokking after others. You may find that the child's family is on the same census. The families may be retlated or friends but not necessarily. In some cases it may also refer to a child given out to a wet-nurse but there doesn't seem to be a 'one case fits all' answer to this. Hope that helps Helen 4583 On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:28:41 EST, JeanAUK@aol.com said: > Hi Everyone > > Can anyone tell me what a Nurse child is relating to a family? If the > child > was very young I'd think it was a nursing baby but the one I am querying > is > age 6. > > I am sure there is such simple explanation. > > Thanks > > Jean in Wiltshire 10774 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message