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I have just realised that park church began in 1832 I remember this from when we celebrated an anniversary in the 90s the church did not begin in Murray street but started in a large building in park street. The building is now an Iceland and not many people know that the buildings original purpose was that of the church.

I have attached an image of the building.

It must have had a large congregation as it's a big old building!

Hi there you are very likely to be connected to the family of the fashion designer Vivienne Westwood who was born a Swire

I can see she has John Swire in her tree

Martha Rosser nee Hancorne is in my tree also. I am presuming that they wee buried apart as he may have had something to do with her death.


↑ The following is an extract from the contemporary diary of William Thomas -

"16 February 1765 - Was buried in Cowbridge, two months before her time with her two children, being twins, in her womb, and she was delivered by a surgeon, of about 45 years of age, a first cousin of Madam Jones of Fonmon, for she was either daughter or grandaughter of the late Revd. Mr. Thomas Hancorne, Rector of St. Donats, deceased. She was wife to William Rosser, late of Burthin, Shopkeeper, now Keeper of Cowbridge's House of Correction. She dy'd from his abuseing her as the report goes, and he was before Mr. Bruce, a Justice of the Peace, in her case, but was cleared by the Surgeon etc."
ref.: The Diary of William Thomas, 1762-1795 by R. T. W. Denning, William Thomas
Review author: Sara Smith
The English Historical Review, Vol. 113, No. 451 (Apr., 1998), pp. 482-483?

Hi there Emberry Charles is also my ancestor. I would love to get in touch so we can help each other xx
Lisa x