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Having posted this photograph of what appeared to be thatched cottages, taken from near the Church in Hanbury, someone told me that it was one dwelling...
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/17392500
Looking into the history I noticed that on the maps of around 1880 this dwelling seems to be the site of a vicarage. Does anyone from the area know if I am on the the right track?
The other strange thing is that the Church of St. Werberg is marked as St. James. Was the name changed and then changed back?
Regards Peter
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Hi Peter,
I have found this link which gives a brief history of the church and some lovely photographs of the interior.
http://www.themcs.org/churches/Hanbury%20-%20St%20Werburgh.html
This link shows you a lithogram of Hanbury Church and Parsonage in 1791
http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?txtKeywords=Hanbury&lstContext=&lstResourceType=&lstExhibitionType=&chkPu
Type in Hanbury on the search section and it is on page 2
Cathy ;D ;D
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Churches don't normally change their dedication. It must be a mistake by the cartographer. The ancient parish church is St. Werburg
Stan
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Thanks Cathy for the links.
Stan I agree about the cartographer and here is a link to the 1888 OS Map showing St James…
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/mapsheet.aspx?compid=55137&sheetid=8229&ox=0&oy=0&zm=1&czm=10&x=220&y=426
Why I asked was the entry below for Hanbury on British History online..
Hanbury (St. James)
HANBURY (St. James), a parish, in the union of Burton-upon-Trent, N. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford; comprising the townships of Coton, Draycott-in-the-Clay, Fauld, Hanbury, Hanbury-Woodend, and Marchington-Woodlands, and the chapelries of Marchington and Newborough; the whole containing 2483 inhabitants, of whom 114 are in the township of Hanbury, 6¾ miles (N. W. by W.) from Burton. This parish is very extensive, being upwards of five miles square. The living is a vicarage not in charge, in the gift of the Bishop of Lichfield: the tithes have been commuted for £862, of which £510 are paid to the bishop, and £352 to the vicar, who has also a glebe of 20 acres. The church, principally in the later English style, with a Norman font, was repewed, and the north aisle rebuilt, in 1824. Marchington and Newborough form separate incumbencies. A school is endowed with about £24 per annum, and there are several bequests for the poor. In the year 680, the Saxon princess, St. Werburgh, became abbess of a nunnery founded here by her brother Ethelred, King of Mercia: she was buried in this convent; but in 876 her remains were removed to Chester, where an elegant shrine was erected to her memory. No vestige of the nunnery is now visible.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51003&strquery=st%20james%20hanbury#s7
Regards Peter
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I don't understand the British History Online entry, as in the Directories the church is dedicated to St. Werburgh. See also http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Hanbury/index.html#ChurchHistory
Stan
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I don't understand the British History Online entry, as in the Directories the church is dedicated to St. Werburgh. See also http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Hanbury/index.html#ChurchHistory
Stan
Stan, I am glad that you do not understand it, because it, and the OS map had got me tearing my hair out!
Regards Peter
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I have ancesters, back to 1700's in Hanbury, all of their bmd records
state St Werbeghs Church.
I am sure the reference to 'St James' Hanbury must be wrong.
The cottages could possibly have been the vicarage in times past, but
there is also a very nice detatched house nearby that could also have
been a possibility also. I have been looking for the post office, that was,
but no luck either!
Regards
Alyson123
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Hi, I believe my ancestor William Richardson of Checkley married Sarah Moore on 15th November 1791 at Hanbury. It has been a matter of elimination but I think they moved to Ashbourne and then into Derby. I saw your interest in Richardson, Checkley and wondered if this could be the same family and if you might have any further information. Thanks.
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Hi Almond Tree,
I do have a William Richardson in my tree born 1772 Checkley, his parents
were Samuel Richardson and Mary Marsh. Samuel and Mary are my
6x Gt Grandparents and had 13 children, along with William, my 5x G.father
Samuel.
Excited to see if we have a match?!?
Alyson123
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Yes we do have a match! A lot of the work I have done has been by process of elimination but I believe that Samuel was descended from John Richardson of Farley, Alton. This is based mostly on Wills. I would be very interested if you have the same information or can correct where I might have gone wrong.
John married Isabelle Gollen on 04.05.1596 at Ellastone. His Will (1617) shows that he had property in Farley and Ipstones. My line of descent moved from Ipstones to Checkley with Charles Richardson's who married Bennet Ball. Happy to send my Tree to compare
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Almondtree,
So as not to hijack this thread with our Richardson's! will pm
you with my private e-mail.
Alyson123