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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Norfolk => England => Norfolk Lookup Requests => Topic started by: art.birchell on Wednesday 22 August 07 09:16 BST (UK)
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My 4 x gr grandmother was an Ann Kingswood b 1760 in Lincolnshire and most of that family are to be found there.
However, from the National Archives 1851 census index there are listed a number of Kingwood/Kingswood persons in Norfolk, notably the parish of Walsingham/Wells that are of great interest to my family research. I'm wondering if someone could do a look up of these families or look to see if there are any other Kingwood/Kingswood families in Norfolk. Later census mention some names in Snettisham, Docking.
Amongst the names I've found listed in the index are William Kingswood b 1784/1811 Robert b 1780/1809/1827 and a number of youngsters John, Robert, Ann, Sarah, Jane Martha.
Thanking you in advance for any help.
Best Regards
ART
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1851 HO107/1809/10/13.
william kingwood age. 50. b. wells,norfolk. occ. gardener. head.
ann kingwood age 56. b. north walsham,norfolk. wife
living at white horse road,north walsham,norfolk.
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Art/Wozzle
Had a look at this one as well, but although indexed as KINGWOOD, the first letter of the name looks more like a R, comparing it with the R in Road.
The IGI has a marriage a North Walsham in 1818 for a William RINGWOOD to Ann BAILEY, no KINGWOOD marriages.
Similarly in 1861 there is an Edward and Martha in Wells, again indexed as KINGWOOD, but I am fairly certain it is RINGWOOD.
Ian C
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1851 HO107/1809/10/13.
william kingwood age. 50. b. wells,norfolk. occ. gardener. head.
ann kingwood age 56. b. north walsham,norfolk. wife
living at white horse road,north walsham,norfolk.
Many thanks Wozzle! This is one that isn't listed at the National Archives where the spelling is KINGSWOOD for some of the other names I listed. Yet Wells is only 40 miles from where my Kingswoods lived.
Very Best Regards
ART
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Hi
Had a look at the Norfolk marriage index 1801 - 1837 and there are no Kingwood/Kingswood listed, but there are several Ringwood's
So as Ian C says it looks as if Ringwood has been mis-transcribed :-\
yokel
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Many thanks for all of your help. I'm really disgusted at the National Archives for this huge gaff, especially as ithese census transcripts were put online yesterday. Even a number of entries at LDS are flawed and it would appear that Ringwood is a standard Norfolk name. From what I can see it appears that there are no Kingswoods at all in the area despite being so close to Lincoln.
I really appreciate the information which now ensures I shan't waste any further time on trying to find Kingswoods in Norfolk.
Best Regards
ART