Hello Jan, Thanks for taking the time to fill me in on the "Whitington" communities . Now whether or not the name for the people came from the towns is another question but I guess you can hope....a bit too far "Liverpool" ........... yes. When you speak of 13 towns ,I can only mention that in the whole of Canada I have only found "one" place called Whittington " and that was here in our province of Ontario. It was located about 125 miles north of the " big place " Toronto , outside a small community of Orangeville , Ontario. The size was only a population of 70 -150 people when it was at it largest. I guess you could call it a "hamlet". It was started by a Robert Bowfields who purchased some property from a farmer named Thomas Whitten back in 1857 or so in the Township of Amaranth in Wellington County in Ontario. The price of the land was $25.00 ( about 10 pounds... now)The land also had a few buildings on it. Apparently Robert Bowsfield had a dream "which was inspired by the "from rags to riches story" of Dick Whittington and His Cat in the Lord Mayor of London fable. The rest of this story is blab, blab, blab. The hamlet did have a Postoffice , from October 1,1861 until 1913 but the community slowly moved away by the 1920's. Today if you find the place you'll only find a large historical marker outlining the little town's short existence. You see, England has more Whittington towns than Canada ever had. Thanks again for your letter and good luck to you with the "looking". R.Keith Whittington ----- Original Message ----- From: Jan Craig <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 7:26 AM Subject: Re: Liverpool Whittingtons.......possible connection to W.Sussex branch???????? > Hi Keith, > > Sorry I haven't got back to you sooner (I've had a bad migraine this week). > I'm afraid there is not likely to be any connection between your W. Sussex > Whittingtons and my Lancashire Whittingtons. They are about 250 miles > apart. Roughly the population of Canada in between! > > The surname Whittington comes from the place name Whittington, which is > quite common in England. There are 13 in my gazetteer: > > 1) Gloucestershire - about 4 miles SE of Cheltenham > 2) Lancashire - 2 miles SW of Kirby Lonsdale ( I suspect this is where mine > came from) > 3) Shropshire - about 2 miles ENE of Oswestry > 4) Staffordshire - 2 miles SE of Lichfield > 5) Warwickshire - 1 miles NW of Atherstone > 6) Worcestershire - about 2 miles SE of Worcester > 7) Norfolk - about 9 miles NE of Brandon > 8) Staffordshire - 3 miles SW of of Stourbridge > 9) Derbyshire - about 2 miles N of Chesterfield > 10) Whittington and Newbold - near Chesterfield > 11) Northumberland - Whittington, Great; 6 miles NE of Hexham > 12) Northumberland - Whittington, Little; 6 miles NE of Hexham > 13) Derbyshire - Whittington, Old; in Chesterfield municipal borough > > I can't work out from this where your West Sussex Whittingtons are likely to > have come from; they are all some way away so it's difficult to say which > might be most likely. > Possibly Gloucestershire is nearest. > > Jan Craig > Ashton, Chester > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: KeithWhittington <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 11:15 PM > Subject: Re: Liverpool Whittingtons.......possible connection to W.Sussex > branch???????? > > > > Hi Jan, > > Good I finally found someone else researching Whittingtons in England. > > All I have found on Rootsweb.. are people who are looking for > Whittingtons > > in the U.S.A. > > Well, your group is in Lancshire ...( being a Canadian) I am not > > familiar with the English geography ...how far from W. Sussex? .. Maybe a > > bit too far north.!!!!!! > > If you can trace your branch southward to W.Sussex then maybe we can > > "play ball" together. > > > > R.Keith Whittington > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jan Craig <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 5:15 PM > > Subject: Liverpool Whittingtons > > > > > > > Edward WHITTINGTON, joiner, married Elizabeth ELTON at St. Nicholas, > > > Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 19 dec 1802. > > > Thier Children were: > > > 1) Margaret Jane, born 1803, married Henry HANLEY > > > 2) Elizabeth, born 1806, married William ALLPORT > > > 3) John, born 1809, a joiner, unmarried and living in Liverpool in 1851 > > > 4) William Frederick, born 1812, a joiner, unmarried and living in > > Liverpool > > > in 1851 > > > 5) Hannah, born 1816, no further information > > > 6) Harriet, born 1818, married John McCABE in 1838 in Liverpool > > > 7) Eleanor, born 1823, a stay-maker, unmarried and living in Liverpool > in > > > 1851 > > > > > > I would love to make contact with anyone researching this family. > > > > > > Jan Craig, > > > Ashton, Chester, England > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WHITTINGTON Mailing List ==== > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > > Post a brief family history .... let's see if we're cousins > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WHITTINGTON Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > > your heritage! > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > > > > > > ==== WHITTINGTON Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >