Journal - North West Kent Family History Society

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NORTH WEST KENT
FAMILY HISTORY
Gang of brickmakers at Lewisham
(Original in the possession of the Lewisham Local History Centre)
reproduced with permission.
March 1985
Vo13 No 9
NORTH WEST KENT FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
(Registered Charity No.282627)
Founded 1978
Member of the Federation of Family History Societies
PRESIDENT
C. L.
C.B.
COMMITTEE
Chainnan
E. K. Roberts
Treasurer
S. P. Valentine
Secretary
Miss J. M.
Journal Editor
Mrs J. V. Stirk
Miss J. Hards
Mrs M. H. Holden
Publicity
S. Bache
Auditors
K. A. Wickham
and
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Mrs R. J. Grose
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The main objects of the Society are to encourage and aid the study of family
history, genealogy and
in S.E. London and N.W. Kent. Enquiries regarding
should be addressed to the
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of the Editor.
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Typesetting by Josephine Birchenough
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NORTH WEST KENT FAMILY HISTORY
Vul 3 No 9, March 1985
Editor
,I
V Slirk, Shodt'
Hou~e, Tryc~well
Lane,
ham. Se,f'noaks, Kent
CONTENTS
Chairman's Review.
Conl'erence Offers of
M'Jl1umental Inscriptions
Index Nnminum
W
reports and note,
Guy Nevill
Rhoda Hall
David Cufley
Howcutt
Gertrude Nunns
- 19th
Pen Portrait;,
Bel1Jamin Benweli
Roben Tween 1/:$09' Hl64)
CockCl"ofl and
enol Heritage 1
98.5
uguen()1 Ancestry
Huguenots in Lee
Burial
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295
300
302
307
Basil B. Benwell
Malcolm Youngs
Fred Rollison
308
309
Arthur Fernee
Josephine Birchenough
Linda Meaclen
312
314
314
315
315
31
Huguenot
11
An
. Jean Alien
Lloyd's
C A Hall
Knowing 1he Area')
Lewisham
Josephme Birchenough
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Book Reviews
319
Queries, l\ew :vlembers, Change of Add,'ess, Profiles
321
Research Aids London Missionary Society
Inside back cover
Federation 01' Family History Societies
Back cover
FUTURE PROGRA;\1ME
for the
of monthly
1985
15 th March
26th April
to
next is
The India Office Records: Mr T, Thomas
Annual General Meeting
(Please note this is the FOURTH
17th
at
21st June
19th
All
Visitors
I Will Make You a Name
Commonwealth War
Graves Commission: Mr S.
Huguenots and
: Mrs J, Tsushima
will be held at
May, see
onwards. so
on our bookstall
Central Library, High Street. Bromley,
start at 7.45 p.m We have the use of
not come
. if you call. and browse
in our
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From the Chairman
A Review
Edmund Roberts
been Chairman for the past two years it is time to review the
progress of our Society. My predecessor, now your President, presided over
the formation of the Society from the start; I have continued largely as he
so ably began.
From the start, the North West Kent
History Society has
increased its membership and at the present time there are 639 members.
Of course, not all live locally: some are overseas, and other live elsewhere in
this country. Even so, one or two overseas members have visited us while
here studying their own family history.
Our excellent numbers do
some problems. When analysed, the
questionnaires recently completed showed that our members have differing
needs; some want more advanced genealogical lectures and articles in the
Journal, while others, often starting family history, seek more elementary
material. Some like discussion
and others do not. We meet in a hall
which seats 200 and attendances are
to the limit.
These matters are of great concern to the members of your Committee,
who are spending a great deal of time considering them.
On another aspect, recording and
is being organised by our
Organiser. In the foreseeable future the need for
recording,
and
is vast. Churchyard monuments have taken up much
time, and others have exercised their talents in library or record office. Some
provide results in manuscript and some on computer. The need for both types
of working is and will continue for a long time to be immense. Certainly
one can hardly use a computer in a churchyard and most archivists prefer
pencil to computer keyboard. So all kinds of help will be appreciated and aid
the ultimate production of indexes. In this way we can help others and also
hope to use the results produced elsewhere.
Keep up the good work, and thank you for your support. Let us know of
any help you can give and of ideas for the future.
EDITOR'S NOTES
*
Several people have conunented that
sometimes have difficulty in
the
in the J oumal; one suggested that we are "trying to
into a
pot". So that the content is reduced as little as VV"i>1l./lv
the clarity of print is improved we have changed the spacing and, to
some extent, the layout so you should fmd the Journal easier to read.
like to write for the Journal,
how you set out the
accumulated from your res'earch()s
how it is illustrated?
Some members may wonder how best to present their material and
welcome ideas.
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*
Contributions are welcome on any relevant sUbject from new and
contributors. Please be encouraged to try writing an article.
SECRETARY'S REPORT
It is encouraging to read from members' letters of
they have received
from other members. This was illustrated in the
Journal when Len
Waghorn thanked those who had
to his appeal for advice on records
of railways. There are so many
types of record to assist us in our
research that individually we cannot know about them all, but
we have the knowledge so can help each other by sharing the information.
An out-of-area member, Frank Kingsman, wrote to me of his frustration
on
that 'Mr. So-and-so gave much information and advice in his
talk.' He appreciated we cannot print the talks in full but felt one useful
would be better than nothing.
Frank, I shall do my best.
In November Dr.
Honorary Research Advisor to The Business
us that many business records have been
Archives Council
but the Historical Manuscripts Commission, Quality
a
of business archives.
London, is
The October and December
were Members'
At the
October
we formed outselves into small groups to discuss particular
of research. In December Mrs. Martin-Loat, Miss J Biggs, Mr Roberts
Mr Valentine told us of a favourite
Mr Boorer updated the
results of his
into the
of a theatre
Mrs Lucas gave us an account of a
ancestor and the
some original
documents; Mr. Easterbrook, intrigued by
an
found a
tree chart in a secret
unfortunately not of his family. A member newly enrolled that
Mr. Diamond, gave extracts from A Young Mans Best Companion, a
of 1751. Other members showed 'heirlooms': the illustrated lid of a sea
chest (Mr Willson), Miss Mullett her grandmother's wedding shoes and Mrs
Severn her grandmother's sewing box made of porcupine quills. Different
methods of
photographs were illustrated by Mr
Mrs
Lovell and Mrs
Meetings of small groups of members in several localities continue to be
popular. If you would like to start a group in your area please let me know.
Details of contacts for
groups are:
Beckenham
Bromley
Orpington
Catford, Penge
Petts Wood
Sidcup
Mr5 Helen Norris
Mrs June Curtis
Mrs Denise Rason
Mrs Stella Szachnowski
Mrs Alan Tompldns
Mrs
Hammond
01-7785533
01-2905675
66-55061
01-7782327
66-27297
01-8574241
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We would like to thank all the members who have signed Deeds of
Covenant for the Society. This is a means by which members can help the
Society, at no extra cost to themselves. Because we are a registered charity
we can claim back from the Inland Revenue tax at the basic rate that the
members will have paid on their SUbscription.
Please note that the Annual General Meeting will be held on the
FOURTH Friday in
- the 26th. Nominations for Officers and other
members of the Committee, with the consent of the nominee, proposed
and seconded, should be sent to me by April 5th 1985. Full details will be
circulated with this Journal.
Location of Civic Centre
Bromley
Please note also
that the
meeting
will be held at
Great Hall, Bromley
Civic
Approx.
Rochester Ave.,
Vz mile
BR13UH
when Mr Michael
Gandy will speak
on Recent
l'
Visitors will be
but
there will be a
charge of SOp
for non-members.
Entrance to car park via Love Lane
Pedestrians' entrance via Rofford Way
-k
Following our venture into a one-day conference last May an enthusiastic
group of
with the
of the Society's
offered to
~, ... "'u,.~ another conference, but with a difference - there will be choice of
for much of the day and opportunity for members to take an active
1985 'Records through Time'
role. Please make a note of 5th
at Beckenham Public Halls.
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PROJECTS
Joanna Hards
Recording of Monumental Inscriptions
Stan Nash and his team will continue recording at Halstead churchyard
when the 'season' begins in March. First recording dates of the year are 23rd
March, 4th May, 25th May and 29th June, all Saturdays, weather permitting.
For
unable to travel to Halstead who would like to record closer to
and I will be
to advise individuals, or small groups, on
how to record and I can arrange for an index to be
when you have
finished. Please speak to me at a meeting or telephone
1 2431.
1841 Census for Wrotham
One of our members, Mr5 Joyce McQueen, has
the Society
a photocopy of the 1841 census return for Wrotham.
members are
working on the
of an index of names which will soon be deposited
in the Society's
Famingham School Children
Mr5 Linda Meaden has recently made an index of Mrs S. B. Black's The
Children
and their
J 800- J 900, containing 131
names of
pupils and residents of
; it is available to
members in the Society's
INTER,l\J ATI ON AL GENEALOGICAL INDEX
Location and availability, by appointment, at any reasonable time:
Mar 15-Apr 18
SHORTLANDS, Mrs CurUs, 01-290 5675
Apr I8-May 17
KESTON MARK, Mr5 Holden, Farnboro' 55961
May 17-June 21
ORPINGTON, Mrs Rason,
55061
Jun 21
19
Mrs
Swanley
I.G.I. Postal Service - Out-of-Area members
Please send full details of name, place, and date with enquiry, also s.a.e.
for reply and an additional loose
Overseas members please
send 3 LR.C's. or equivalent.
John E. Johnson, J4A F armdale A venue,
Medway (0634) 402437
KentMEJ 3HU
LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
Mrs Mari Alderman, 12 Bladindon
Bexley, Kent, DA5
writes:
"Re your comments on the
of Parish Registers - recently
visited Glamorgan Record Office to find that they had photocopied a large
number of their Registers and put them on
shelves. I was able to sit next
to them and help myself, which made
much
and the archivist
and staff did not have to fetch anything for me,
photocopies is
not
the same as handling original documents, I
we
to be
the
of
to
them. Microfilms would
last better
photocopies
I am not in favour of
them. I
microfilm harder to read and it would put more pressure on the use of
microfilm readers and require more staff to administer it."
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OFFERS OF HELP
Mrs Rosemary Feltham, 15 Magnolia Way,
Hants. GU13 9JZ, a new
member, offers help with research in Hants., Berks., Surrey, in return for
help in north west Kent. Please send
query with request and offer.
Mrs Rhoda Hall, 208 Kent House
be happy to search the two indexes she
for
also Index of Late
addressed
Hall would
indexes.
Kent BR3 UN would
Index of Miscellanea
names
return for a stamped,
welcome any additions for these
SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS INDEX
and holds an index to some 6,600
of
The
of
societies afflliated
articles that have
Societies.
are from the
to the Federation
F.F.H.S's
and have been index
e.g. family name, locality.
about 1,000 per year.
The number of entries is
to ill"'v"';''''
MONMOUTH SUPPORTERS AND ROYALISTS
M(lgeITIO;[)I and the 'Pitchfork Rebellion' took place in 1685
James II and the Duke of Monmouth's supporters.
of
of the men who took part are known.
Dorset
History
offers to advise any
in tracing their ancestors. Please send details
Mr T. P.
Bm-lands, Marston Road,
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MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS AND THEIR PRESERVATION
Guy Nevill
The practice of commemorating an individual by
means of an inscription, may well go back to the
invention of writing. There is, in the British Museum, a
monumental inscription from the Middle East which
appears to date from the earliest part of the third
millenium B.C. In that same millenium arose some of
the most massive memorials ever constructed, the
pyramids, the largest of which covered some thirteen
acres . In the rare cases where the tombs of this period
were not plundered in antiquity, the wood coffms with
h.ieroglyph inscriptions p~inted on them still survive.
3·stepped cross
Possibly the earliest of the more conventional graveyards was an area
reserved for burial and consecrated by a Pope in A.D. 220. The use for burial
of an area around a church or around a standing stone, which was its forerunner, would have followed the spread of Christianity. The name of
Archbishop Cuthbert (740-760) has been associated with the encouragement
of burial within preserved areas. In 943 a Welsh King prescribed that 'Golte
Acke' should be set aside for burial but there was no legal recognition of a
churchyard even as late as the end of the fourteenth century.
As churches were built in the following centuries, inscribed monuments
would have been set up within them but relatively few survive. The earliest
in the U.K. is the tombstone of Cunorix an Irish mercenary leader, possibly
mid-15th century at Wroxeter Museum.
Burial Grounds Enclosed
Although the enclosure of a yard for burial may date from medieval
times, the lack of the average person's ability to read or write meant that
an inscription would have been a little pointless. Where there was local
stone, there may have been uninscribed churchyard monuments. For example,
over 300 stones came to light at Bakewell in Derbyshire when part of the
church was being worked on. They dated from the 13th century but had
later been used as building blocks for the church. Each one was carved with
a cross and a device representing the trade of the deceased.
Generally, the earliest inscribed monuments found in churchyards date
from the third quarter of the 17th century but any pre-1700 are of historical
interest. It was cheaper, of course, to have a monument in timber and it is
thOUght that there were many. Unfortunately timber is most susceptible to
the ravages of time and few remain.
(l:~~~~;'~.'t:"~~ ~~-.~'- :j
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The fact that tombstones
have been used for such a relatively long time, might lead one to
'IL~. Bedhead Memorial in timber~:t . . wonder why we are not, by now,
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inundated. Part of the reason for this is that
there have been a number of periods of destructhe first was after the reformation when
.
;1
extremists failed to distinguish between
idolatrous objects and straightforward monuments to the dead.
during the Civil
War and the
period, the brass
e'/'/
and lead of the inscribed monuments were
'
Head,
ideal materials for ammunition. But the third
i
\ /"
Foot
the 20th century - is proving to be
\i'l,.
'L, & Body
ar"gt,,~t and if it cannot be controlled, the
•
iJt' Stone
of destruction. This brings us to
the present and the question 'why preserve monumental inscriptions?'
/-;-u
~
~
As a source of information
The reason is that monumental m<,[,Tlf>flrm
information not available anywhere else. For """"H'P'"
the details found in parish registers; not just the
but the
baptism and marriage registers too. Statements and the names on tombstones
can establish the relationship of one person found in a baptism register with
If one is lucky it may well establish a connection
another in a marriage
between
a number of people over three or four
This information is useful to a number of groups of people. First,
family historians who are attempting to build up family trees. In doing so
they discover as much information about their ancestors as possible and
monumental
can be very helpful. The demographer uses it in
his study of
trends, movement and morality, the incidence of
second
and the longevity of the population in a particular area.
Finally, the general historian who is interested not only in particular persons
but also in the interplay between events and demographic
with
men away
a war, was there a higher infant mortality because of the
breadwinner? The inscriptions on monuments may, the,retore
absence of
information to assist in any of these areas of study or rp.~I~;lr(~h
Toward Preservation
What is happening to preserve these
In the late 1970's,
the Federation of Family History Societies
a nationwide project
of inscriptions by family historians. There are many other
for the
groups as well as individuals, recording inscriptions but in North West Kent
possibly the most concentrated efforts are being made
the Woolwich and
District
History Society and the North West
Society. In
context, 'North West Kent' is the old part of Kent where
meets Surrey in the west and the Thames in the north. The area extends as
far as Dartford in the east and Penshurst in the south. The aim of these
in all the graveyards and cemeteries in
societies is to record the
this area.
This work started in 1978 and the first part of the exercise was to find
out what graveyards and cemeteries existed and which ones had been
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recorded. This was easier said than done and even now the task is only partially
It was easy to establish that there were 178 C of E churches by
reference to the diocesan directory, but to find out whether there was a
O"r""p"',,rri for each one could only be done by individual contact or visit. As
as
churches were concerned there was no central
to contact and the
Methodist and other denominations
to be approached. The
cemeteries
easy to locate:
are few in number but some of them are very
To discover which had been recorded, the
of 'Jvu".u.Vf,J.i>.",
Kent Archives Office and local record offices were contacted and
before proposing to record a particular graveyard, contact was
made
the incumbent. If there was no hint that the work had
of the
been done and permission was given to record, then a
was made and a recording team assembled.
Recording RI's
The two family history societies have recorded
Orpington, Charlton, Westerham, Deptford, UlI'Vv""''''''
and Sidcup Baptist church. Nunhead is not, strictly
it lies beyond the old Kent border in
but as the monuments at
Nunhead were being cleared and destroyed, there was a need for emergency
action.
one [or the
Two different methods of recording have been
rescue operation at Nunhead and one for
immediate danger. In the rescue situation the
to be quantity rather than quality. Nunhead was
because of its size it was difficult to maintain and
For these reasons the council decided to clear some
the
first photographed each stone and then removed and
in accordance with legislation for the clearance of cemeteries.
of the
stones had exceedingly clear
and
were an ideal
inscriptions that
method of recording, but there were some 500
were far from clear to read. The North West Kent
History Society
therefore concentrated on
and
at speed before
the stones were taken up and
In the
non-rescue
the rp(',nrri..,o was and is
basis. The
is recorded and the
monument
and
its
decoration
described. The information is then
typed, an index
and a
drawn,
location of
stones. At every
cross checks
of the information are made in an
attempt to reduce the error rate. With
Keston, all the older and therefore
Sides in
panelled
or
stone
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more worn stones were checked with the parish Pedestal
This last check was
monument
so few
in stone
is not proposed to
Techniques of deciphering
Various methods are used to decipher the
'more difficult to read' stones. Sunlight striking
across the surface of the stone is one of the most
effective ways of exposing an inscription. The
problem with this is that it only
once or
twice during the day for anyone
An
alternative is to create the same situation
artificially by using a torch or a mirror. A technique
which utilises a viewing tube is a further alternative.
This method uses an 18" long x 3" diameter
tube which has one end
the face of the
shines in from one
The
the worn
of the
inscription which can be read by
the tube from the other
end. Water can be used for cleaning to expose concealed lettering and with
the differential
rates of the inscribed and non-inscribed
of the
it also
letters. Some people use
or a dirty
wet rag or grass, all of
are rubbed across the surface of the stone to
accentuate the crevices of the inscription. Care is of course taken not to
damage the stone. Cleaning is therefore kept to the absolute minimum.
recorded the
a number of typed
produced
distributed to the local or county record offices, the
of Genealogists and, in the case of the North West Kent Family History
Society, two copies are retained by the society. It is to be hoped that this
will ensure preservation of the information.
Paved or
granite chip
infill
Headstone
with kerb
the work oflocating
and
inscriptions in
N.W. Kent, some interesting
details have come to light.
These include a cast iron
memorial slab dated from the
and a 20th century
monument in the form of a bed
with bedclothes and a sleeping
couple, all carved in white
marble. This latter memorial
allegedly cost £7000 and always
has fresh flowers on it. When I
saw it there were five dozen red
roses. One of the most informative stones was found at
Nunhead. It mentioned nineteen
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members of a family by name, "m,pring three generations, including four
surnames. Masons' corrections to their
mistakes which have been
exposed by the weather and the
of names such as
thought to be Alice, all combine to form
cameos of the
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allowed
to filter
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monument
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shows
Illustrations by Guy Nevill
Nevill, 40 Beaulieu Ave., London SE26
a member of this Society, was
Organiser 1979-1983, with a particular
interest in monumental inscriptions. This
article is
from a talk given by the
author to the Lewisham Local History
Society, with his kind permission and that of
the Society.
Author's note: Any reader wishing to help the N.W.Kent F.H.8. with any
aspect of recording monumental inscriptions should contact Mr Stan Nash,
11 York Road, Rochester, Kent MEl 3DP. Tel. 0634 813245.
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INDEX NOMINUM, compiled by Rhoda Hall, a member of this Society, of
'In Search of
Old & Curious' by W. T. Vincent, pub.1896,
The
Orpington, Kent).
Mitchell &
Date
Name
of
Place
Page
Figure
40
66
2
2
94
Burial
ABBOTI, Thomas
ALDERTON, Ann
ALDERTON, Thomas
ANDERSON,
Touer?
ANDERSON,
ANDERSON, Henry
....""'UL". Susan
1773
1767
1799
1771
1799
ca 1699
1781
1800
1720
1794
1712
1758
1741
1768
1802
1773
1750
1794
1749/50
1793
1793
1794
1780
1709
1780
BONE, John
BOSELEY, William
BOWER, Henry
BOWER, Sarah
BROWN, Andrew
BROWN,
BUSBEY,
CADE, John
CALLOW,
CHAMPION, Siston
CHARMAN, Ann
CLARK, John
CLARK, Rebecca
CLEVERLY, William
COB, William
COL VILL, George
COL VILL, Robert
CRATE, Joseph
1805
1775
DAVIDGE, John
DAVIDGE, Mary
1772
1704,1707,1709
DEANE, Will (sons of)
1710
DOWLL, William
DRAYTON, Eliza
1770
EARNES, Samuel
EDMEADES, Sarah
1793
ELDER, John
EV ANS, Charles Thomas Henry
1849
1707
EVENS, Ricahrd
F ARRINGTON, John
1717
FINN, John
1813
FIRTH, William
1724
FLEETWOOD, William
1750
1745
FOSTERII, Barbara
1776
FR Y, Richard
FRY, Thomas
1776
GIBSON, Mr. John
1776
GRANS DEN, Richard
1760
GREEN, John
1691
GREEN, Rebekah
GREENHILL, Mary
1717
GREENHILL, William
GRINHILL,1720
HALL, Elizabeth
HARM AN, Richard
HARTMAN, lodoco Bernardo
1752
St. Mary
Newhaven,
Kent
Hartley, Kent
Stirling
High Haistow, Kent
Plumstead, Kent
Thames, Sy.
Bromley, Kent
Wanstead, Essex
Ripiey, Sy.
N~:.vhav~~, Sx.
2
2
87
19
87
13
5
33
44
30
30
B
B
94
14
16
60
74
55
55
1
41
33
7
Kent
Kingsdown, Kent
Plumstead, Kent
WV'J1Wl<.,H.
Wan'~tead, Es~ex
Northoit, Middx.
Bangor, Ireland
44
22
6
6
25
71
81
8
71
35
45
84
81
108
Horton
Longfield,
Ridley, Kent
Old Romney, Kent
Lee, Kent
Lewes, Sx.
Meopham, Kent
Blairgowrie, Perthshire
Bermondsey, SI. lames, Sy.
Le\iV1S11alll. Kent
10
17
38
20
64
5
5
16
88
17
29
44
19
93
106
106
18
31
12
12
14
14
S~ansco~be, Kent
Wilmington, Kent
Lucerne, Switzerland
32
51
15
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HA YNES, Elizabeth (7)
HOLMES, Will
HlJMPHREY, Henry
ISNET, Peter
JACKSON, Mary
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KENNEDY, Stephen
KILLlCK, Thomas
KING, WiIliam
LAMBERT, Thomas
LA YTON, loseph
LAYTON,
LEAKFIELD,
August Esq.
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Hoo, Kent
Heidelberg,
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Dav id Cujley
In the
my ancestors were brickmakers in the Dartford
then Plumstead
Having a
interest in the V"L''''''','I'>
industry it was only natural that I should develop my modern im()wled!!e
of the brick to fmd out more about the Victorian brickfields.
The 1841 Census has Richard Wheatley living at Brickfield Cottages,
Heath Lane, Dartford with his wife Mary and family of three sons and four
daughters. Their whereabouts in 1851 is at present
but in 1861
Census they were at Wickham Lane on the borders
and
Richard was living at 5 Brickfield
with his sons
and Walter.
Henry Wheatley with a wife
Next door at No.4 lived Richard's son
(Mary Ann) and three young sons.
The family stayed in Wickham Lane and in the 1871 Census Richard
and Mary Ann's family had increased to six sons and a daughter, next door in
the Howard household J ames Albert Wheatley lodges. By 1881 the
r..~~,,~,,~o three
Richard and Mary Ann with five sons and
widowed father-in-law Samuel Fletcher. Next door James is living with his
wife Mary Ann and daughter Ann. A short distance away Richard's son,
George, is now living with his
Elizabeth and son, Wllliam
aged
1 year.
The work in the brickfields was seasonal from April to October. The
could not be moulded in frosty conditions, nor could the raw bricks
weather. It was, therefore,
that the
ly in rainy or
vu""",,,,...ers worked as
as possible to make a living.
long summer
with only a
days would see the yards working from dawn to about 8.00
was brought out to the bm;k:tlleld,s.
half hour break for food,
The brickfields were usually wherever the clay deposits were
close to the new building works. For London this meant the bnl:ktielcls
slowly moved ahead of the expanding built
areas. Unless the brickrnakers
were lucky they had to mix the clay with
ashes or sand to give it the
right plasticity. The area (roughly
the present A2
down to
Sittingbourne was famous for its Stock
and apart from
the chalk
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from local workings,
also used the ash of London waste brought down
the river on barges. This waste
had valuables in it - a bonus for
the brick field workers on a 'fInders keepers' basis. The Plumstead brickfields
used a mixture of clay and chalk, which is known as Malm. The extent of the
chalk workings in the
Highway and Wickham Lane area has caused
in more recent
with the collapse of the old underground
workings.
was first mixed in a pugmill to form an even paste. Pugmills,
by
were first introduced into the brickfields during
Once the clay came out of the pugmill it was collected
children and
to the moulders' tables. The children aged from nine
years, and sometimes younger, were
to the fields to help supplement
the family's
The health of these youngsters was not helped by having
to carry large lumps of wet and slippery clay clutched to their bodies as
staggered from mill to moulder, especially on cold mornings.
llVI.HUllL); table the clay was kneaded into the
brick
done by a woman who passed it on to the moulder.
This was
mould was formed with a stockboard
to the table and a loose foursided box placed over it. The mould was sanded before the moulder raised
the clay above his head and dashed it into the mould. The excess clay was
then trimmed off before the raw brick was turned out of the mould. The
process would then start again with the mould being sanded. The excess
clay was kneaded back into the next rough shape.
304
The raw brick was taken away on a pallet by a boy to be stacked to dry.
The stacks were covered with straw to protect them. The drying took about
bricks could be burnt in clamps. A good team
a month. Once dry the
of brickmakers could
3,000 bricks in a day for which they would earn
approximately 4
per thousand.
caused the size of bricks to be
to
The taxing of bricks (1
saw
avoid tax, because a large brick paid the same tax as a small brick.
the revised taxing system which charged twice the duty for bricks larger than
10 x 5 x 3 inches, this tended to standardize the size to the more modern
dimensions of 9 x 4~ x 3 inches (230 x 115 x 75 mm). Duty in 1821 was
paid on 913 million
10
later the number had risen to 1,153
were being manufactured annually. It is
million and by 1840 1
estimated that by 1
the total output was 2,000 million with the London
brickmakers contributing 130 million with the London brickmakers
130 million bricks. (Ref. Building Materials by Kenneth Hudson,
The hard life of the brickfield workers was probably more tolerable
after a few drinks. The payment of wages was normally done in the local beer
house, with its obvious bad influence on the child workers. John Woodforde's
book Bricks to Build a House states on its opening page "Brickflelds were
because of the np"pnprll
formerly a concern of
behaviour that went on in them;
occupations were thought meaner than
brickmaking and few kinds of workmen rougher than those who followed it".
The brickmaker was portrayed by writers of the period as 'brutish', 'rollickand 'troublesome'.
The seasonal nature of the work and the reliance of the
the children to help to earn money meant that schooling
non-attendance during the summer. Whatever the child learnt in the winter
was probably forgotten over the summer. The close contact of the children
with the other workers, which did not help to improve their behaviour and
their language, became the subject of attention by the social reformers of the
period. These reformers published works which eventually lead to legislation
to regulate the use of child labour.
You may not be proud of the
of person your ancestors were, nor
of the way he and his children lived.
can be
that his bricks were
used to construct
canals and buildings, some of which still survive.
(Mr D Cufley, 55 Broomhill Road, Dart/ord)
Notes on
Ownership of Brickfields
Dartford Brh:kfi,~lds
1838 Owner: Richard Leigh, son of
d.1772 & Elizabeth
(sis ter r. 1l,61"''' ut
Occupier: Mr. Dawson
(Keyes History of Dartford)
3 plots (ure!(C!fY':SI
Dawson,
of
Gregory's Brickfield, Wick ham Lane;
90ft entrance shaft to chalk workings
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South Metropolitan Brick & Lime Co. Ltd.
1880 Incorpora tion
Directors: George Barth,
Sadler Long and
Location:
in
Fletcher, Robert Lonergan,
Whale.
on the high road leading from
15 acres.
and loss of one life in 1955.
n_,,.,_ •• _'_
Brick & Tile Works
Road, Plumstead Common (exact dates uncertain)
(Greenwich Local History Library at Woodlands holds most of these records)
SIGN HERE PLEASE
Froncis Howcutt
Most of us who have traced back to the 19th
or beyond will
have come across the marks made by ancestors and
who were
illiterate. The proportion of the population able to write their names has
over time and from place to
Although generally literacy
being unusual to almost universal, one can find individuals
whose parents had both been literate but who could not write themselves.
This article
sources of evidence for
and ways of
the results.
Parish
and Bishops Transcripts
Since 1754, marriage registers in England and Wales have called for the
signatures or marks both of the bride and groom and of witnesses. With very
few exceptions, this requirement has been complied with,
that the
of anyone married from then onwards should have been recorded all we need do is to locate the marriage. The source must, however, be treated
with caution.
the
seems to have been
down by a person to conceal
of their lack of education. Conversely,
a literate partner may have used an 'x' so as not to embarrass their illiterate
spouse. Moreover, in certain cases, an adult may have learned to write only
after getting married.
Bishops
nN'rint~ and, frequently in the 17th
themselves were authenticated each year by the
the churchwardens as well as the minister. In many
churchwardens
changed each year, so the chances of finding evidence of literacy in this way
are good for the more substantial male householders of the village.
Wills and Inventories
Until the 19th
wills were
made when the testator
was very ill often within a
days of
a result, the 'x' may say
more about the person's state of health than education. Witnesses two or
more per will - were recruited from relatives and neighbours. As a result,
their writings can be plentiful and reliable evidence of literacy.
Inventories of the
and chattels of the deceased were usually
signed
the
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Marriage licence bonds
These would
be signed
the
of course, relate to only a small proportion of
Property deeds
Legal documents connected with the sale, letting and mortgage of land
are being deposited in increasing numbers at record offices and, if provided
with a names'
can be reasonably accessible. The signatures included
on them would only
drawn from a minority of the population.
Locating the evidence
Most of the documents mentioned above are likely to have been
at the appropriate county record office. The Public Record Office
is a less fruitful possibility for this purpose; many records there, such as
Hearth Tax
were local in origin but have been
and contain
little in the way
identifiable handwriting;
census schedules are
in the handwriting of the enumerator, not of the
Indirect Evidence
Before the nineteenth century, there were few occupations for which
literacy was an essential skill. The clergy, lawyers and schoolmasters spring
most readily to mind. But these were, of course, people likely to generate
direct evidence of literacy in any case. Even quite substantial farmers
be illiterate in the eighteenth century and one should certainly not assume
that artisans or those who had been
would necessarily have been
able to write in that era. The presence of a parish schoolmaster or resident
clergyman must have influenced the extent of literacy among village children.
Local studies would probably demonstrate a variety of literacy rates by
locality as well as over time. The only analysis which I have undertaken - of
marriages at Naseby, Northamptonshire between 1754 and 1812 - shows
that 60% of grooms but only 40% of brides
their names.
Mid-nineteenth century census schedules make it clear that the majority
of children were by then 'scholars' for at least part of their youth and
therefore presumably taught at least to write their own names. The 1870
Education Act was intended to fill the gaps in an already extensive
wstem it did not invent mass education.
Presentation
IJvl'UU'''' on the condition of the documents and the
of the
relevant
office, it is
to assemble quite a full collection of
photocopies of family signatures
some of the latter being rather more
elaborate than the conventional 'x'. These may then be framed or mounted
in albums,
with an accompanying picture of the family home or
Individuals
on family trees or tables of forebears can be
colour-coded to
or otherwise to write their
the spread of education down the
In that case, it may
best
use three colours, allowing one for those where the available evidence is only
inconclusive.
was Public Relations Officer for
Rd., London SE27 OPD
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JOHN
OF INGRES,
MP for Rochester 1768-1
Gertrude Nunns
The 'Mr. Calcraft' noted in the Swanscombe registers
Elaine Wiltshire
was 'John Calcraft of Ingres in the County of Kent,
who represented
death in 1772.1
Rochester in Parliament from some time in 1768 until
He was not,
a native of Kent, having been baptised in Grantham on
first son of John Calcraft the town clerk. Nor had
7 September 1
Rochester been his first
from 1766 to 1768 he had been the
Member for Calne. 2
He had, however, bought Lord Bessborough's estate of
in 1760
added to his landholding by
up land
and
the next few
and property in the
Among the estates
was the
manor of Foots
John Calcraft bought of the sons of Edward
Townsend in January 1765. (Note: This family is not to be confused with
the Townshends - later Sydneys of Scadbury and Frognal). In May 1788
his
another John, sold Foots Cray to Charles Stuart Minshaw and among
Calcrafts
the
writings' of that estate were references to three
mentioned in the Registry of the Prerogative Court at Canterbury.
'late of the parish of SLMarylebone
The will of Thomas Calcraft
in the county of Middlesex, one of
Generals of H.M. Forces,
deceased' was proved in March 1783
the oath of Cecilia Calcraft his
widow and one of his executors. In October 1799 the will of Cecil
Calcraft 'formerly of the parish of St.
Hanover Square .... late
of St. Marylebone' was proved
the oath of her
and
the
executrix Cecill\1ary Elizabeth Calcraft, 3f.'JJtl3L'vl
Notes
1.
2.
3.
originally belonged to Dartford Priory: see Hasted. vol. H. The Ingress
shown on
current OS map (sheet 177) was built in 1832-3 from
Old
Bridge.
& Brooke: The History of Parliament: The Commons. Members
HMSO (available at Westminster City Library reference section,
London SWl).
information is from KAO U.855 T.l.4.
1851 Census Index of Kent: YoU Thanet Registration District compiled
G. M. Swin field , L.H.G., pub. Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies,
Canterbury, Kent. 48pp. price £1.75p +
p&p.
Searches: SOp + s.a.e. for 10 entries of a particular surname. £1.00 + s.a.e.
for all entries of a particular family.
Canterbury, Kent.
Apply to Institute of Heraldic &
AH Saints Cemetery, Nunhead
Mrs Janet Miller, 27 St.
Road, Brockley, London SE4 2ED is
to search the index she has compiled of Surnames from the DayIOrder
for All Saints
Nunhead, Sept 1895-Jan.1896 and send full details
from
for members. It includes a number of 'strays'. Please send
s.a.e.
308
PEN PORTRAITS
It is said to be possible to trace a family history knowing only
one's name and approximate birth date - with a reasonable
amount of luck! Two members, starting with very little information, have been able to trace the history of a particular ancestor
by careful and systematic research in basic records. Malcolm
Youngs may be able to add a little more detail to the portrait in
due course but Basil Benwell is left with a tantalising gap unless
any members can help. A third member, F. Rollison, found a pen
portrait of his ancestor (and of a way of life) already in print.
BENJAMIN BENWELL - Publican and Sinner
Basil B. Benwell
My great-grandfather Benjamin Benwell was born on 21 st July, 1841
in Wilsted Street, St. Pancras, Middlesex, the youngest son of Henry and
Elizabeth's nine children. Of his early life I know very little except that
sometime in the I 850s he went out to Australia. My grandmother always told
the story that he made his money "selling 1/- pies in Australia". My father's
version was that "he was the fIrst man to start 1/- dinners in Sydney or
Melbourne". The latter version seems more feasible as a 1/- for a pie, even if it
were a family pie, was excessive.
He must have made some money by the time he returned to England
in 1863/4 as, on his return he stayed with his brother William (by then
a licensed victualler at the 'Harry VIII', Seven Dials, Great St. Andrew St
(now Monmouth St), London WC, and in 1864 he started his career as a
'publican and sinner' by purchasing the pub from his brother. In 1867 he
married a widow, Helen Pettitt, aged 30, who had three children by her former
marriage. I conclude she was a barmaid in the pub which was probably how
my great-grandfather met her as the address given on her marriage certifIcate
was that of the 'Harry VIII'. Shortly after this he took over the 'Queen's
Head', SEI which he held until 1870. Subsequently he acquired the 'Agricultural Hotel' N.I, 'The Finish', S.E.I., 'The Earl of Derby' S.E. and, finally,
in 1890 'The Bedford Hotel', Balham which his son Benjamin Henry managed
for him. He retired to a substantial three-storey house in Camden Road,
Holloway (now the Grosvenor House Hotel) in 1894 where he died aged 65
309
years in 1906.
In his
from bequests to the children, he made
friends and to
Ross, his manservant, and Florence and Minnie H'M'V'~"1
his maid servants. The
of his family were left to the daughters
have
now disappeared. However, my wife has a gold chain that
Helen was
in a photo I have of her taken at the end of the 19th
the most intriguing part of my gre~at-gr2ln<ltat,ner
of which know
Did he emigrate to
or was he
Did he make
or provide "1/- dinners" - and where? I wonder if
any of our
members can provide any information?
ROBERTTWEEN (1809-1864)
Ma/colm
Before I started on family history about three
ago all I knew was
that my grandmother's maiden name was Tween;
was Susan Elizabeth
who married Mr. Edwards. Following the standard textbook route
my grandmother's marriage certificate, from which I learned her
name and occupation, her age and where she was living, then,
and forth between birth and marriage certificates and census
was
able to establish the birth or baptism dates of Robert Tween's children and
locate his places of work. It was only after I had discovered
about
Robert that the 'In Memoriam' card and photograph I already had, could be
identified.
Essex on 22nd January 1809,
Robert Tween was baptised at High
the son of Robert Tween and his wife Prudence
Waylett). A girl, Mary,
other
born in 1812, was apparently their
in 1
seems to have
The father Robert, also born in
spent all his life there. He was
a farm worker but at the age of
21 he inherited the large sum
£1
the estate of his great-uncle,
a farmer also named Robert
who had died in 1796. He died in 1845
and Prudence ten
later.
The younger
became a miller
the age of 22 he married Susan
a
The marriage was "by banns with consent
first child in August of the same
no
for the
The first two
baptised at
in 1833 and
bu t in the
described
as 'a miller of Harlow' and 'a
So he had
on his travels as a
various parts of Essex and
to
Robert and Susan had 11
all
whom survived into adult life.
Their places of birth and the census records
to locate Robert's work
places.
Essex:
Easter
1833
bapt.l835
Aythorpe
Ann b.1837
310
Suffolk:
SpringfieId
Alfred Waiter b.1839
With am
Isaac Chandler b .1841
Robert
b.1843
Sarah Ann,
846
Arthur William, b.1849
Woodbridge
Susan
b.l852
b.l855
Laura
b.l859
So it seems that Robert worked as a miller at Harlow for a short time, then
at Aythorpe Reding from about 1835 to 1
at
(near
Chelmsford) until about 1840, at Witham for about ten
1850 and,
finally, into Suffolk at Wood bridge until his death in 1
at
At the time of the 1841 census he was
Witham, with his wife and five eldest children.
Witham but at MaIdon Road. There were then six
with
Mary Ann who was 14 and an 'assistant at home', to Arthur William.
and Elizabeth Ann had left home by that time.
Robert and his
had moved to Manby's Quay, Woodbridge by 1861,
the six younger children at home with Robert George (17) described as a
Mary Ann is living as a servant in the household of Mr Samuel
Joll of Seckford Street, Woodbridge.
The address of Manby's Quay, together with the survival of a photograph
of the building, provide
evidence that Robert was employed at
the Woodbridge Tide Mill.
still
well restored, on the River Deben.
It worked through the movements of the tide and the men's working hours
varied with the tides.'"
Robert died at Wood bridge on 15th May 1864 at the age of 55. A surviving
'In Memoriam' card contains the lines:'Afflictions sore long time I bore,
Physicians were in vain,
Till God was pleased to give me ease,
And freed me from my pain'.
His death certificate shows that he died at Mill Quay of pulmonary
the informant was Frances Smith of Boat Yard, Woodbddge.
His widow, Susan, survived until February 1878 to the age of 63. In the
1871 census she was shown living at Brook Street, Woodbridge, the 'widow
of a miller'. Three children were living at home: Arthur WilIiam, who had
won a
to Woodbridge School, was 21 and described as a railway
booking
Elizabeth was 18, a
and Laura Jane 11 years
old. After Susan's death none of the children stayed in Wood bridge for any
length of time and the name of Tween has not survived in the area.
'" see 'The Tide Mill, Woodbridge' published by the Friends of Wood bridge Tide Mill,
1977.
311
Malcolm
36 Willersley
Sidcup, Kent DA15
a member of
the Society, was a member of the committee that organised our first one-day
COCKCROFT and BARKLEY: Carriers of Flamborough
Fred Rollison
great,
grandmother (on my mother's
of
Barkley, so it was a pleasant surprise to find an
I knew
article about the family and their trade as carriers in Flamborough. Some
extracts are included here.
The village carrier with his horse and cart
goods and even
was an
member of the village community, but was
as
as the one man able to keep one up to date on national events and
local gossip, especially on his return from Hull, York, or Bridlington.
The first carrier to be so described in the parish register is Samuel Barkley
who married Hannah Cockcroft in 1836. But we know that some of the
Cockcrofts had been in the business even before 1800,
donkeys with
panniers, long before the days of light carts and vans.
Roads were dark and footpads common in the last years of the 18th
century when William and Hannah Cockcroft were operating, and Flamborough was also a happy hunting ground for the press gangs always on the
lookout for
young seamen. Hannah was apparently no weakling and
always carried a stout stick with which to
anyone planning a naval
career for William.
William and Hannah were followed by their daughter Elizabeth, who
carried on the family business for fifty years, and in turn followed by the
Samuel and Hannah mentioned earlier. Samuel died young, in 1893, but his
spouse who was
a character, known as
Hannah' survived him by
many years and carried on with her son J ohnnie who drove the pony while
his mother sat at the back of the little covered cart: they called daily at
Crofts Farm to collect butter and
for sale in
Hannah was
over 90
old when she was
off her bicycle
died as a result.
other son, Crofton, was blind but he nevertheless contrived to
find his way around and deliver the smaller parcels. At St. George's School
for the Blind in London he learnt to sing, and performed several times before
years;
the Royal
He sang in the Primitive Methodist choir for
the Cockcroft
Pew' was
a feature of the 'Prims'.
- a
son, was the father of John Anthony
'Sam the
to Australia where one day he noticed an old
(Jack); he
of rubbish;
it over, he found himself
lying on a
framed photograph of - the Barkley pony and cart!
After the death of her parents, Miss Sarah Barkley continued in the
family tradition for a further 17 years.
Long distance carriers were listed in local directories with details of
dates and times of calling; also in the History, Directory and Gazeteer of the
County
York. Another member of the family, John Cockcroft married
in 1810; Bayes, Pockley & Son (York) were listed as long
Elizabeth
distance carriers the 1831 Directory of Hull.
312
Extracts from 'Flamborough Carriers' in A History of Flamborough by
pub. Riding Publishing Co., DriffieJd, 1971, with acl{nowledgements to
publishers.
(Mr F. Rollison,
Brearley,
author and
Queenswood Road. Blackfen, Sidcup. Kent.)
HUGUENOT
HERITAGE
1685-1985
1985 marks the three-hundredth
of the revocation of the
Edict of Nantes. This ended the toleration
allowed to the
Protestants of France and resulted in the exodus of hundreds of
thousands of refugees to other parts of Europe and across the seas.
Many thousands came to Britain and Ireland following an earlier
migration in the reign of Elizabeth I,
to the enrichment of
the nation.
HUGUENOT ANCESTRY
Arthur Fernee
With more recent mass movements of the world's popUlation occupying
minds, the earlier
of the Huguenots tend to be
'Huguenot' is the generic name given to French Protestants, particularly
to the followers of the doctrines and form of government laid down by Jean
Calvin in the 16th century. Persecuted
the establishment of the Gallican
Church which owed its loyalties to the
rather than to the
church beneficies were frequently conferred in
on
of
the King
the followers of the Reformed
were put to death in
barbarous fashion, condemned to the galleys, the women confined in convents,
and children wrested from their parents to be
educated as Catholics.
The massacres of Vassy, St. Bartholomew and the dragonnades live on in the
memory of French Protestants.
As a result of persecution,
for about 300 years, it is estimated that
possibly 2,000,000 Huguenots left
to seek religious freedom in other
parts of Europe, the Americas and South Africa, taking with them their skills
and sometimes their money and tools. Usually they were quite happy to
escape or just to get their children out of France.
with its
connection with France, was a natural
for many or a staging post to the Americas. Edward VI gave, by Royal
Charter, the Dutch and French 'strangers' the use of the Church of the Austin
Friars with a form of
and government drawn up by John
a Polish bishop turned Reformer. The Walloons (or French) did not get on
with the Dutch and took over the Church of the Hospital of St.Anthony in
313
Threadneedle
and this became the senior church of all the Frenchspeaking congregations in the British Isles. The two churches were closed in
to be re-opened in the
the reign of Mary I, and the congregations
reign of Elizabeth I. Threadneedle Street was
in the Great Fire of
London in
moved to
in 1841 and to Soho
in
With the increase in the number of
other
congregations were established in
(in the Under croft of the
Cathedral),
Thorpe-Ie-Soken,
Southampton, etc.
The Huguenots who came to Kent settled
in Canterbury,
small groups settled also
Some details of these settlements can be found in
Kent Archaeological Society; a complete set is in
in the Cinque Ports and
the Thames-side Ports.
the publications of the
the Orpington Library.
the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, there were at
regatil)nS in the London area and as many in other
of
England. Some
these had a very short life and little is known of
their records have disappeared, others continued with
cOlruneglltiC)n
into this
for instance
and Edinburgh only
last war. There are now only three
Reformed churches in '-'''I' ..... 'u
in Soho
at Canterbury (in the Black Prince Chantry of the Cathedral
where Huguenot Services are still held at 3 pm on Sundays), and in Brighton
which was founded in 1861.
of the churches are extant, particularly those on deposit
Office, the
Society of London has published
trans(;nt:'UC!fl together
the Actes (or Minutes) du Consistoire
of Threadneedle
the records of the French Hospital La Providence at
Rochester and associated
and the Spitalfields
'La Soupe'.
Well
they are a useful
to
families
occasionally
provide leads to English
A
set of the Publications and
Proceedings of the Society is available at
Guildhall Library, as well as at
some other libraries in the London area.
attached themselves to one of their churches on arriving
one
either
to the Established Church or
search has to be made in
bodies, so
as in the various
registers of
The main sources of research in London are the
Society's Library
and that of the Consistoire of Soho Square, for both which membership of
the
research will be undertaken for a fee; also
Dr
Library.
This article is reprinted from Vol.2 nO.5 of this Journal, augmented
notes written by the author, with kind permission of Mrs. Ferm!e.
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HUGUENOTS IN LEE
Josephine Birchenough
names, particularly French ones, crop up throughout the Lee
records. is assumed that many of these families were Huguenots, as by the
time they settled in
or came there for other reasons, their names had
been anglicised.
One of the earliest was the Jamineau family - Daniel signed an original
Lee Centre) on
lease of a property in the village (near the site of the
7th March 1719. In the usual way of these things, the name becomes
'Jaminean' and 'Jeminean', the two girls Mary Magdalen and Susanna married
in Lee under their anglicized names, Mary Magdalen's husband also had a
French name, Isaac Desbordes.
The presence of the grave of the Wagner/Teulon
in the Lee church·
recent Journals.
yard has
been commented upon several times
One leading Huguenot
that established itself in Lee and lived there
for two or three generations was the Papillons. They presented a problem to
the village worthies who wrote up the various local documents, and they can
as 'Pumpillion' which is sometimes shortened to 'Pillion' and other
This family is at
researched
to
the
nec:essary background information for a projected
a set of
{,prtT'''''' letter written
the ladies of the
to
brother.
Two interesting points, though reference is made to a wedding at Lee on
24 July 1746. What is not mentioned, though, is that both parties to that
particular
also had French names, and the husband "strayed" from
Spittle Square, in the Liberty of Norton
an area heavily
by
(Spitalfields to you).
were James Dalbiac and Marianne Devisme.
One particularly amusing letter in
. Obviously their brother had
suggested that they resurrect their
At the risk of irritating all the
purists, may I quote one sentence - "we had a very fme diner du Boeuf
boilli du Veau & du Porc, des Poulet Roti &c . , , we had un Jambe de
l'Agneau and Ducks pour Soupir went to Couch and rose the next matin
about
dejeune, went on board the
yacht entre
&
huil". The
was not proceeded with!
Not Huguenots, but other interesting French residents of this village were
M. Grimani, a refugee from the French Revolution, who set
a ladies'
school in this
(in a house which still
and Abbe le
who
appears to have been
lived here in the middle of the 19th century.
L"l'."Hl<OU as a lodger at one time, the occupier of the house in which he lived
appearing in the Lee Rate books as the 'French woman',
BURIAL
noted by L inda Meaden
From Shoreham Parish Records
Sept.22 1772
A little French connection
Maris Merlieu, alias Marlow, formerly of Rochelle in France.
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HUGUENOT HERITAGE
will commemorate these Huguenot refugees and their achievements by a
series of events
1985.
24th and 25th September Historical Conference
Britain & the Huguenots
at The Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace,
London SWl Y 5AG
from late April
A major Huguenot Exhibition at the Museum of
London.
International Week
Thurs. 26 September
FrL 27 September
Sat. 28 September
Service at St Paul's Cathedral;
River
ending with guided
(service in
Visit to
(La
Sun. 29 September
Mon. 30 September
Tues. 1 October
Wed. 2 October
service at
House,
(lecture, Maison Francaise: service)
Other Events
Battersea
Local
Librarian proposes a
exhibition
each of 12 libraries in his area,
involving The Wandsworth Society.
houses should be open for
International Week.
The Huguenot Heritage Trail will link local activities and exhibitions in
throughout the British Isles including some of the original Walloon/Huguenot
centres of Canterbury, Norwich and Southampton.
Further details from The Director,
3 Dean Farrar St., London
addressed envelope.
AN ORIGINAL BOWLER?
lean Alien
There is more to keeping an index of hatters than just recording the details
of the hatters concerned. Already a
is
of movement between
three main centres
Stockport,
and
London
in
these areas.
movement between the Christie Hat factories
to emerge is the likely
connection; it was they who
beaver skins for beaver hats.
had the secret of
Just
a
arrived from a Mrs Diana Hawkes in which it was
suggested that a hatter was responsible for the
of the name Bowler.
Mrs. Hawkes's mother's maiden name was BOWLER and derived from a great,
316
great uncle. When Lord Derby went to him, his hatter, in StJames's to ask
for a casual hat for
and country wear the hatter designed the 'Derby'.
It is still so called in
States but now, in England, called the Bowler
of the
uncle (a Huguenot refugee)
the fact that the
was originally BEAULIEU!
Mrs. Hawkes lost her family papers in a house move. Can anyone help with
Woodgable, 19 Parkhill Road,
Beaulieu/Bowler? clo Mrs Jean
Kent.
Book Review
The French Connection by Patrick Delaforce. Vol.1 of Family
Press,
Holborn, London WCl V 6QA, 222pp.
Research, pub.
price £4.95.
The romantic story of the Delaforce family over the last five hundred
with notes on useful
years is told through a series of anecdotes
sources - but this
seemed a little
at times. The author
was particularly fortunate to have many family papers
from 1781 but
his own research has also been considerable.
The Delaforces became Protestant and Huguenot and emigrated to England
in 1550 and 1685, which aspect will be of particular interest to those with
Huguenot ancestors. Despite being the
of one family this book is of
interest as members of this family were silk weavers, wine merchants,
I!Sll1m)n~:ers and diplomats, pawnbrokers and secret
some 500 sources
are
here for the U.K. alone and others for
Canada and
J. v.s.
Australia. Unfortunately there is no index.
Mr Delaforce has kindly donated a copy of his book to the
'5
library.
THE CRYSTAL PALACE FOUNDATION
Established in 1979 the Crystal Palace Foundation is
the
. its aim is to promote
authority on matters concerning the Crystal
pu blic amenities of the
memory of the Palace as well as work to enhance
site and its historic connections. Various events are organised for members
and for the public, the C.P.F. publishes a quarterly magazine, called Crystal
Palace Matters, and is preparing to open the Crystal Palace Museum at
Hill.
For
infonnation and details of membership please send a
addressed envelope to the Secretary, Crystal Palace Foundation, 84 "nIPTIF'V
London SE19 2AH or telephone 01-6508534.
The Spring exhibition at The Manor House, Old
SEl3, will
feature the
Palace and Sir
Grove, the musicologist and
of the
Palace
resident of Sydenham .
sometime
317
LLOYD'S MARINE COLLECTION
Mr C. A. Hall, Assistant Keeper at the Guildhall
Alderman bury, London £C2P 2£1, has been kind enough to write a
account of Lloyd's Marine Collection as the note in the
(VoU No.7) needs clarification to avoid UUJ;~tU,tlo
understanding. We are indebted to Mr. Hall for the
Marine Collection was Uv~'V"''';U
the marine records of the
and manuscript material
source of information on ships and their movements
At the core of the Collection are three
in 1979. It
and includes
an unrivalled
250 years.
and one in
and it is this to which your
The first is L1oyd's List, together with its
note refers. The List itself is a
movements and
casualties (ie wrecks etc) are
runs from the first
surviving issue, which dates from
741 (by the modern calendar),
to August 1974. There is a series of annual indexes (on microfIlm) covering
the period 1838 to 1927, continued by a card index for more recent
references, and in addition some of the
century volumes are
indexed for casualties only.
The second, LIoyd's Register of Shipping, is an annual1ist of ships, giving
details of tonnage, date and place of building, owner, captain etc. The earliest
surviving issue dates from 1764.
The third source is probably the one most used by family historians. LIoyd's
"Captains' Registers" are a series of
volumes in which the careers
of British master mariners active between
and 1948 are recorded.
The Collection does not include
other than the
guide is expected to be
m,«pnaPT
or crew lists, personnel records
or insurance records. A detailed
INDEX OF MISCELLANEA
Mrs Rhoda
208 Kent House Road, Beckenham,
Kent BR3 UN,
index to
found inside the
old badges and medals etc.
covers of books, on .,,,,,,nIPr<
She would welcome " .."u,"... ,,~ to her index as these inscriptions may throw
light on the owners.
MJJSICIANS
Miss M. Mullett, 273 Eltham
London SE9 has a copy of National
Musicians pub.1896; it gives, in most "131'<U""'"3,
date of birth, a short history of career, a portrait
abode
She will be happy to send details and a photocopy of the
at time of
relevant portrait in return for a s.a.e., and lOp for each portrait.
318
KNOWING THE AREA'
Josepliille Birchellollgh
SOUTHWARK
This sketch map of the present Metropolitan Borough
o f Lewisham may ass ist members
ROTHERHITHE
I01d""'1
SlIm:>y
bollndOry)
f
nOI
acquainted wi th
[h e a rea 10 ioca.r e the parts in which they are Inlerested
wit hin the area and its surroundings. The o ld parishes
are shown, but not the parishes established in the
19th century. It wi ll be noticed that th e old
parish of SI Nicholas, Deplford, IS now in
the borough of Greenwich . However , photoco pies of the parish registers are held at
TrundlcyS
the Lewisham Local Hist ory Centre,
the origina ls being with the G LC
CO,Jd Blow
GREENWICH
DEPTFORD
(Sf Nicho/as. Depr/oIlJ)
NewCIO~
PECKHAM
Hat c hlm
(5, Paul.
Depl!ordj
Blo!dwaY
Tcleg,rnph Hi.lJ
Broc kky
" Hill y
"
,
Fields
CAM8£RW£LL
Rushey
"G{ecn
11irher
Green
Hon or O~k
Diy the
11111
C:uford
R TtivtlHbou'"r
Fore~l
Hill
LEWISHAM
Uppu Sydenham
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Syd c nh~m
Green
WeUs
SOllr"hwd
BellinsJ13nr
~
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Oo,,-n ham
B~ckrnllJm
PI:;tce
Pellg~
(Bec-kel,IIalll,
BROMLEY
/SlIIuJriclgc Park)
0L--J'h
Sc a le of mdu
Enquiries about the areas show n shou ld be directed in the first ins tance to [h e Lew isham Local History
Centre , at Manor House, Old Road, Lond on SEI3 . Tel no 01-852 5050.
319
BOOK REVIEWS
Keston Parish: A Photograph Album of the Past by Edward Williams; pub.
1984 by Mr Williams, available from 104a Leaves Green Rd., Keston, Kent,
BR2 6DQ. 112 pp hardback; price £6.00 + £1.00 p&p
Members with ancestors who lived in Keston will be interested to see this
book with more than 150 photographs of places and people of Keston
1865-1935, including several maps, one showing the location of the
photographs. The author has lived in Keston all his life, researched locally
himself and used many photographs from his own collection. The 'Album'
includes many families of Keston, and their places of work and homes.
Maureen Holden
Unfortunately there are no page numbers and no index.
Surnames mentioned in the text:
ACKERMAN
ALLARD
ANDREWS
AUGUST
BENWELL
BONES
BOOSEY
BRECKEN
BRIGGS
BRODY
BUCK
BUDGEN
BULLEN
BURTON
CAIRNS
CARTER
CASSIDY (curate)
CECIL Lord
SACKVILLE
CHANDLER
CHAPMAN
CHEAL
CLARK
(Archdeacon)
COLLlNGWOOD
COOKE
COWELL
COX
CRANE
CRASTER
CROWTHER
(Bishop)
DARLING
DERBY Dowager
Countess
DEVOS
DOCK
DODGSON
DOUGLAS
DOVE
DUDIN
DUNMAIL
ELDER
EVANS
FAIRES
FOXWELL
FROUDE
FUNNEL
GARLANT
GATLAND
GOLDING
GOYMER
GREEN
HALETT
HALLSWORTH
HANDS
HARDING
HARRIS
HAWKINS
HEASMAN
HENDY
HERBERT
HILL
HILLS
HORWOOD
HOWDEN
HUTTON
HUXLEY Rev.
KEDWELL
KENNEDY
KEYWOOD
LENNARD Lady
LEWES
L1NTON
LOVELESS
L YNDEN-BELL
MALLAM
MARCH
MARTIN
MASHAM
McCOLM
McROBERTS
MILES
MITCHELL
MOCKFORD
NEAVES
NELSON
NEVARD
NEWMAN
OLIVE
PATTENDEN
PAYNE
PILBEAM
PITT
POCOCK
PREVITE
PRING
PULLUM
PURDY
RIPLEY
ROBERTSON
ROGERS
ROSIER
ROTHWELL
RUMBLE
SALES
SAUNDERS
SAWYER
SCEAL
SCOTT
SESSIONS
SHORTER
SIMPSON
SMITH
SOLOMON
SQUIRES
ST ANHOPE Earl
STANLEY Lord
STAPLES
STONE
SWATTON
TAYLOR
TERRY
TlARKS
TOO KEY
TRIMMER
TULETT
VALENTINE
WARMAN
WARD
WARREN
WELLS
\VHEELERBENNET
WHITBREAD
WHITE
WILBERFORCE
WILLlAMS
WILSON
WILTSHIRE
WINCHCOMBE
WOLFE
WOODING
Photographers of Great Britain
The Royal Photographic Society Historical Group, The Octagon, Milsom St.,
Bath BAI IDN has published a Directory of Photographers for a number of
towns, price 5p for each town and s.a.e. Please send s.a.e. for details of towns
for which directories have been published.
320
Crossroads: A Study of Two Kentish
& Maidstone Road and the Dartford &
""JPl7nnir"
Burgoyne Black pub. Darenth Valley Publications, 33 Tudor Drive,
Kent 1984,
3 illu:;.1 map; price £1.65.
This is a very detailed account of two turnpike roads in north west
Kent: Wrotham-Maidstone and Dartford-Sevenoaks. After a short historical
Acts of Parliament
introduction there is a detailed analysis of the
that enabled these roads to be surveyed, built and
The
of these roads has been deduced from relevant records and
Acts of which there is an almost complete set at
accounts of the
of the two
the Kent Archives
There are accounts of the
due to the
highways, the kind of traffic using it and the eventual
emergence of the railways.
In all the book shows a fascinating
into the history and
character of two roads; it also mentions quite a number of people,
name,
who lived nearby and whose lives were influenced by the development of
these turnpikes, such as landowners, innkeepers, and coachmasters. Alas,
Linda Meaden
there is no index.
Mrs. Black has kindly donated a copy for the
Past Generations
& Kemsing by Margaret
£1.80
History Publications, 36pp.
's library.
pub. Seal & Kemsing
based on details from Memorials inside the two churches of
this booklet
much more in the way of information
to go on from dates and formal research,
listed. It is
from time to time, and learn something more of the intimate dctails of
ancestors. The relationships between the families are somewhat complex but
this has been thoughtfully taken care of by including family trees at the end
of the book. The charming illustra tions and very clear photographs
Wilma
this compact booklet.
The People of the Parish of Seal 1820-1880 by Madeleine
History
price £2.20
pub. Seal &
This well-produced and informative booklet will not only help the
on to
researcher with its wealth of names of Seal people, but also find its
into
past.
many local bookshelves because of thc delightful insight it
There can be few of us who do not remember granny, or another elderly
"In
day ... "; life in Seal in the 1800's is well portrayed
relative,
with many
documents reproduced. There can be no better way
the results of research than in producing this booklet. Wilma Picton
IVInnm'rp!
Stevens has kindly donated a copy of each
these book's library. Copies are on sale at the Society bookstall.
321
QUERIES
BAREFOOT/ Mr. Michael
2 Gatcombe House, Littlehempston,
PARSONS Totnes, Devon TQ9
Further information sought concernWilliam BAREFOOT (or BEARFOOT) who died Lewisham
Oct 1722 leaving money in his Will to his family in Berkshire (this
well documented) and the residue to Mary
PARSONS
Lewisham.
Mrs. Essie Mae
Rt.1 Box 366
79549, seeks birthplace and parentage of John
ancestor from England, b.c.1620, went to
in 1647,
wife Johan (Johannah) possibly Sayer or Sawyer. Would like
to correspond with others researching the Biggs family; have
John
descendants in America. [Not one of mine - sorry.
June
CARNELL/ Mrs. Merna Kidgell, 5 James St., Pakenham 3810
GOLDING Australia asks if anyone knows of a connection between the
GOLDING family of 'Leavers', Goose Green, Hadlow, Kent
and the GOLDING family of Ryarsh, Kent, Hop growers.
Mrs.
gt.gr.father
CARNELL m Sarah
sister of William
of 'Leavers' (1790's).
George
CARNELL (Henry's nephew) m.1854 Mary Ann
Otte GOLDING of Ryarsh
Ryarsh.
HARVEY
Mrs. Betty QUY, 18 Hadden Way, Greenford, Middx. UB6
ODH is trying to locate WilIiam and Ann HARVEY in the 1861
Census Returns. WiIliam HARVEY (b.1808
shoesometimes gunmaker, d.1879) m. Ann
1841 and
Bexley Heath 1871; children born
yet m. from
East London address. Can
anyone help?
STIDOLPH
Mrs. Thelma France, 68 Mairangi Rd., Wellington, New Zealand
seeks information, age, birth, names of wife and children (if
any) of THOMAS STIDOLPH, buried at West Peckham, Kent
27 April 1765; and of same for THOMAS STIDOLPH buried
at
Kent, 19 July 1768. Postage refunded.
WARE
36 Morland Mews, Islington, London
NI IHN,
any information on George WARE,
wife Frances and sons William George (b.1846 New Shoreham,
Sussex) and Thomas Samuel (b.1848 Sydenham).
settled in Sydenham late 1840's, working as porter/clerk on
Sydenham railway station. He later appears in directories
1871-1883 as publican of Railway Tavern, No2 Kirkdale. (Was
the
owned by the railway company and did
remain
in
railway company's employ?)
WILDASH
Mr. Ian Foster, Lee
2 Old Chapel Rd., Crockenhill, Kent
has a diary written in
J. WILD ASH of Hall Place,
Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent. It
this entry for 29th
December: "Hall Place. Was sworn in as a Volunteer
the School Room Leigh. 19 of us joined that night." To
does this refer and can anyone suggest further
n''''rnm" this situation?
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The Editor welcomes QUERIES for insertion in the Journal.
written as
and concisely as possible using standard
for
birth, marriage,
daughter etc. The service is free to members; the
charge for non-members is
per entry.
NEW MEMBERS
The Society is pleased to welcome the following new members:
BAILEY
Mrs J A
15 Maryland Drive, Barming, Maidstone, Kent
ME169EN
BALDOCK
Mrs R
'"'V'"""'6", Bu tts Green, Lockerley, nr,
Hants
OJG
Chislehurst Road, Chisiehurst, Kent
BUST ARD
Mrs C A
BR7
CLAYTON
Mr E & Mr5 C 8 Brangbourne Road, Bromley, Kent
Mr J W
12 Hollingworth Way, Westerham. Kent
COOMBER
Mrs L
32 Hampden Road, Beckenham, Kent. BR3
CRAIG
DAVIS
Mrs E M
RRl Box 366, Snyder. Texas U.8.A. 79549
DENNE
Miss C P
5 Mill Vale, Bromley. Kent. BR2 OEN
Mr F G
56 Summerhouse Drive, Bexley. Kent DA5 2HP
DIAMOND
39 Baston
Hayes, Bromley, Kent
Miss J,
ELLIS
Mr R & Mrs D. BR2 7BD
EVEN DEN
Mrs D
21 Barnard Close, Wallington.
FELTHAM
Mrs RA
15 Magnolia Way, Fleet. Hampshire
9JZ
FOSTER
Mr I
Lee Villa, 2 Old Chapel Road, Crockenhill, Kent
GIMSON
Mr R E
GlanviIle Road, Bromley. Kent BR2 9LW
HANN
Mrs M
End, Longfield Hill, Dartford, Kent
HARRIS
Mrs A
16
Road, Newbury Park, IIford, Essex
IG27EY
54 Greenpark
HART
MrAH
16 Lloyds Way,
Kent
HAZELTON Mrs P
HUGHES
MrA F & 81 St John's Park, London, SE3 7SW
MrsH E
MrsW
3 Brockenhurst Road, Aldershot. Hampshire
LAWES
GUll 3HA
Eltham. London SE9 4TG
LOVELL
Mr I D
207 Court
Mrs A M & Miss E
MERRYWEATHER
Frithwood Cottage,
Stroud,
Mr A
Gloucestershire GL6
MITCHELL Mr R & Mrs D 28
Leigh on Sea. Essex SS9 2TB
P AINE
Mrs W M
Combe Road, Godalming.
QUY
RAPPAPORT
SANDERS
SEVERN Mr
SHARMAN
Mrs B W
18
Way, Greenford. Middx UB6 ODH
Ms H
36 Morland Mews, London NIIHN
Mrs B
Town Yeat, High Nibthwaite, Ulverston. Cumbria
B & Mr5 S M 23 Holland Way, Hayes, Bromley. Kent BR2 7DW
Mr D W & 14 Sylvan Way, Coney Hall, West Wickham, Kent
MrsJ M
157 Duke Street, Scarborough 6019, Australia
SHERIDAN Mrs J
154 Alderwood Road, Avery Hill, Eltham,
SIMMONS
MrA
London SE9
SIMMONS MrCGW
159 Queen Anne Avenue,
SE9
1 Clare Corner, New Eltham.
SIMMONS
MrsS
43 Dennis Road, Gravesend. Kent. DAll 7NN
Mrs K J
SIMS
MrKJ
31 Hillcrest Road, Bromley. Kent
SMITH
STARLING MrGS& 207 Shirley Road, Croydon. Surrey
MrsHK
CRO 8SB
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WOODWARD Mrs E
WOOLWARD Mrs M
152 Kent House Road, Beckenham. Kent
20 South Vale, Upper Norwood, London SE19 3BA
Change of Address
Mrs G Alden-Montague, 19 Longdon Wood, Keston
Mr D Petley·Jones, Tremymawr, Llanfair Caereinion,
Mr A & Mrs M Puttock, 4 Park Meadow Close, Eastington
nr Crediton, Devon
364·B Pont Hills Road, Christchurch
1606 Blueberry Drive, Imperial, MO
Correction
Please note that Mr S. G. Smith of 59 Friar
following
code: BR5 2BW. He is a member of
West Kent
Index. We apologise for the error.
Kent, has the
and holds the
So,e'.,!·"
PROFILES OF MEMBERS
Mrs Joyce Ann BAILEY, 15 lVI>'TV"."'"
9EN. Researching: H"'n"O.c.
HUTSON (Kent), MILLER
Mrs Rosemary E BALDOCK, Roseway Cottall'e.
Romsey, Hants, S05 OJG is interested
WARD (Kent)
Mr Anthony Keith BARRY, 57 Birchwood Avenue, Sidcup, Kent, DA14 4JZ
researching BARRY (Devon & Co. Cork
WATSON (Cambs.), WALL
(Yorks).
(Glos.), RUMBELOW
Mrs Carolynn Madeleine
Chiltern Park, St Albans,
Herts AL4 9JR. POINTER,
(Kent), CHAMBERLAIN
(Lon.), LOVETT (Suffolk), READ
LIGHTON (Norfolk),
WILLIAMS (Wales).
Court, Kardinya 6163, Western
Mr. Norman Phillip CHANDLER, 7
Australia, is the accountant at
University having emigrated from
Dartford, Kent in 1953. He is interested in travel. CHANDLER, SAUNDERS
SELVY (Kent)
Rt.l Box 366, Snyder, Texas 79549 enjoys
Mrs. Essie Mae DA VIS
corresponding
descendants in America, flower gardening
crafts and church work. John BIGGS and William
and arranging, all arts
BIGGS (Kent)
39 Baston Road, Hayes,
Mr Ronald, Mrs
PRICE (Kent),
Kent
7BD.
(Bucks),
PRITCHARD
3~4
1\11' Alan Fraser MERRYWEATHER, Frilhwood Cotlnge,
GL68AE.
Mr Russell and
LEPINE,
Mrs Shn'ley MORRIS,
Eden
BIGGS (Sx,), BIGGS,
(
BUCKINGHAM
Mrs Ada
35 Melville
gardening,
(Devon), WHITING (Lon
Mrs Betty Winifred
18
Morland Mews, Islington London NI lH:'Il,
interested in the hislory
Sydenham and lhe
fluent Russian as well as French,
and
member
the North
WARE, SAWYER (ESx), GREEN
NORTH (Bei'ks)
Vlverston, Cumbria, is
Mrs
and gardening apart from family and local
DEEDY,DAY
23 Holland
Bl'Omley
Kent BR2 7DW,
(Derby.), KING (Yo1'ks,
ELLISON
HUSSELL (Devon), ALLEN (Dorset),
BIR:\lINGHAl'vl
MORTON (Cumberland). GARDNER (Glos), GRIFFITH (Glams,)
(Ind ia)
M1'5 Joan M, SHARMAN, 14 Sylvan Way, West Wick ham, K.mt, sings in the local
Society and is interested in local
and Ihf' lire and works of
KNOTT,
SIMMONS,
HODG:\IAN,
HUNTER (Kent),
), OVER
NASH (Sx)
MI'5 Joan SHERIDAN, 157 Duke
interested in overseas traveL
collects
mementos, MARTYR, McDOUGAL (
McDONALD, 11AT(T)HEW, SMITH (ScoL
Mr Christopher George Westl'OpP SIMMONS,
Kent BR2 OSH, is the Foreign
Council Member of the Kent
prints of the L,B.Bromley MORGAN
and Sx,), WESTROPP (anywhere),
MORGAN (Co,Cork)
Mrs Sally SIMMONS, Clan, Corner, New Eltham, London SE9 2AE is the
of the Eltham Society and is interested in the
or Eltham.
(Devon,
GARTLAND (Lancs), DO DD
), CLARKE
Army, Burma
Kent, DAIl 7NN a librarian.
Mr5
Janet SIM3,
Dennis Rd"
She enjoys
badminton and
SIMS, E(A)DE,
SWAN (Sy),
(Lon,).
(S, Yarks), HAM3HA W,
LAVERACK (E. Yorks.)
Mr Kenneth Johnston S'\lITH, 31 Hillcrest
NW Kent and Metropolitan London local
& Breweries 0 f S, E. London.
and Mrs Hazel Kathleen
CRO 8SB.
PLUMB, BLUCK
HARRIS (Warwick), WALSH,
RANSFORD, HARWOOD (Avon), MITCHELL (Glos), TWITCHEN
(Wilts & Hants)
Mrs Mary WOOLWARD, 20 Southvale,
Norwood, London SE19 3BA
delights in babies, toddlers and trees and enjoys knitting, dressmaking,
cooking and going for rambles.
MARTIN, NICHOLLS,
WILLOUGHBY (Cornwall),
POULTON,
WORKMAN (Glos.)
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