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Somerset / Re: I Might Be Able to Help with Ancestors Living in Taunton 1820's to 1830's
« on: Saturday 05 February 11 12:55 GMT (UK)  »
Les,

Thanks for the welcome.  I am sorry to say I haven't read the book from cover to cover as my interest lies mostly in Taunton Deane, not Taunton itself.  But it is a fascinating book.  I had hoped that RICHARDS the blacksmith mentioned on page 6 might have been my ancestor Peter Richards from Trull.  But Pigot's Directory 1830 has him listed as Thomas RICHARDS.

Another book I find very useful is Robin Bush's "Somerset : The Complete Guide".  He concludes his entry on Bishops Hull with a note on Rumwell, which contains this comment related to my previous posting:

"Also on the A38 a steakhouse preserves the name of Stone Gallows ; with Ilchester, one of the two principal execution sites in the county, in use by c. 1575 until 1810 and chiefly remembered for the notorious day on 15 April 1801 when nine men were hanged together for theft."

Clearly it had lost its deterrent value by the 1820s/1830s.

Keep up the good work!

Peter

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Somerset / Re: I Might Be Able to Help with Ancestors Living in Taunton 1820's to 1830's
« on: Saturday 05 February 11 10:29 GMT (UK)  »
Les,

I've only just joined the forum and picked up this thread.  In a posting in January 2009 you mentioned rightly that the book does not cover BISHOPS HULL, but there is an interesting foonote on page 49 of the 1992 edition mentioning RUMWELL, which is in the parish of BISHOPS HULL:

"Sixty years ago it was dangerous to go very far into the suburbs at night, as robberies with violence were very common.  The following places had a bad reputation, namely Quaker's Burying Ground, Rumwell, and the low road by Fairwater.  Of course this was before the canal and railway were constructed, and before there were any police, or the suburbs lit with gas.  Doctors and others, who were obliged to go into the country at night, never stirred without a bludgeon or a life protector.  These life protectors were made of twisted whalebone, and loaded with lead at each end."

Since reading this I tend to keep quiet about my Rumwell ancestors!

Regards, Peter

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Somerset / Re: Emma CREEDY
« on: Thursday 13 January 11 16:45 GMT (UK)  »
Boneman,

Just discovered this thread.  Are you still interested in Emma Creedy, baptised on 1 March 1826, and her parents?  If so, I have information.

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