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Radnorshire / Re: Meyricks in Presteigne, 1760 onwards
« on: Monday 26 February 18 16:51 GMT (UK)  »
Re Peter Puget was in Presteigne researching on the ground. Blue plaque in broad street right next to where meyricks lived.. He was famous Rear Admiral Sir Peter Puget (1765-1822). Had many daughters so maybe a meyrick male married one. I also have a painting of thomas king meyrick plus a book of a famous local painter who painted edward meyrick images of them in the book. I dont think thomas was born in 1760 I think marriage to Mary King

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Herefordshire / Re: Stephens of Kington
« on: Thursday 27 August 15 22:33 BST (UK)  »
I am descended from Richard stephens son of Thomas. The shop was in 39 church st. I have a n old photo of it as Harts store. I think its a late Victorian re build as old photos show a tudor type building. However the museum has a good picture of kington with stephens store about 100 feet further down street. Stephens continued up until 1970s as grocers in nearby Ludlow where I met Stanton stephens descendant of Thomas a few years ago. Stephens was a great family of Radnorshire & were  mostly solicitors. I think they were grocers first & filled time in back room making umbrellas. This generation still sell books.. Bernard.. my gran was ada stephens

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Herefordshire / Re: Stephens of Kington
« on: Wednesday 05 September 12 22:39 BST (UK)  »
my great great grandad was Richard Stephens Grocer 36 Church street Kington. Have visited area and found shop. It is still a supermarket. Big and original late victorian exterior. I have photos & also view about 1900. I met a decendant stanton stephens in a shop in ludlow. They moved grocers in about 1900 to ludlow 20 miles away.My gran was ada charlotte stephens richard was her grandad.richard married a butchers daughter isabella meyrick from presteigne in marylebone london 1860 & raised children in kington

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Radnorshire / Re: Meyricks in Presteigne, 1760 onwards
« on: Tuesday 23 August 11 19:10 BST (UK)  »
I am descended from marriage of william meyrick & isabella stanton stephens v isabella meyrick b 1836 marrying richard stephens in london in 1865. My gran was ada stephens her gran was isabella stephens. i have just been to presteigne & kington to investigate roots. Found jacobean butchers shop only ceased trading 7 years ago. Thomas king stephens was butcher here 1844 & had mural of himself on wall saw this pic in a book of radnorshire. William meyrick is listed as butcher census 1821. Mystery is that st andrews church graveyard has been cleared but found william meyrick stone saying died 20th Oct 1811 citation " he was butcher of this town & much respected by all who knew him" Lot of big stephens tombs. Traced isabella & richard to kington nxt village he was grocer & a very large victorian shop is still there & now a supermarket. My info shows thom meyrick 1760 kids r william,john,edward stanton, thomas king. edward staton is said in a history book to be in london 1822 as a retail wines spirits merchant. Search shows him in pimlico near pugh in the same trade. Mystery the first lifeboat at burry port near me was by bequest & named edward stanton stephens of pimlico.ed stanton is listed as publican at ornage pub pimlico in abt 1860. I am also looking at connection to aristocrat meyricks of wales & convinced can trace back to Gelly meyrick nr presteigne ,elizabethan adventurer & traitor who relates back to meyricks of bodorgan anglesy 11 century. Bernard

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