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Travelling People / Re: Looking for relatives of Wisdom Smith (Headington Quarry)
« on: Tuesday 17 May 16 22:23 BST (UK)  »
Hi there, another relative here!, my great grandfather was Charles Smith son of Prudence Smith (Headington Quarry)
All the best
Steve

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Devon / Re: Tinney Moor (Tines, Tineo) Bridgerule/Pyworthy
« on: Wednesday 22 August 12 21:00 BST (UK)  »
Hello Priscilla,
Yes, you will find that any search engine only skims the top of websites (meta tags or those pages that are indexed) I have also tried some deep web search engines, and searched ancestry, british newspapers online etc.

What I am actually looking for is historical pictures or stories that people may have in their own collections/memories, as to date still only approximately 10% of library content is online on the web.

Yes I have spent quite some time on genuki (as I am also a contributor to digitising parish records - largely the tithe records), but many thanks for your reply, and good luck with your research.
Kindst Regards
Steve

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Oxfordshire / Re: Watts Yard. Oxford
« on: Thursday 16 August 12 20:12 BST (UK)  »
Hi Guys
Watts Yard rings bells for some reason. I researched one of my family lines (Crappers of St Giles and Summertown) a number of years ago, and spent weeks in the Oxford archives/local history library.
I'll dig out my notes and have a search. There was always mention of Crappers Yard (underneath Keble college), I'll look up Watts Yard.

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Devon / Tinney Moor (Tines, Tineo) Bridgerule/Pyworthy
« on: Thursday 16 August 12 19:50 BST (UK)  »
Would anyone have any information or recollections of the above property in the hamlet of Tinney (now Pyworthy, at one point Bridgerule)

Any photos, memories etc

(I have all the census and Bridgerule parish records)

Any information appreciated
Kind regards

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Devon / Re: Pyworthy parish records
« on: Thursday 16 August 12 19:47 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
I know the Sanguins lived at our neighbouring farm 1891-1906 if I can assist do shout.
Would anyone have access to the Pyworthy parish records?

Lastly - if anyone has any information related to the hamlet of Tinney in Bridgerule/Pyworthy (properties - Tinney Moor or Tines or Tineo, Tinney Farm, etc - please drop me a line)

Kind regards

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Gloucestershire Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Giles (bapt Ampney Crucis) and Dorothy Gardner Census 1851 onwards please.
« on: Sunday 17 January 10 22:38 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Robin
I think its "White Horse Arms" rather than "Whitehouse farm"
He was the Innkeeper there, in Mitcheldean.
Giles is my GGGG Grandfather (as discovered yesterday!),
hope this helps!
Steve

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Oxfordshire / Re: Leafield (Fieldtown) Larner c1795-1804
« on: Wednesday 18 March 09 23:12 GMT (UK)  »
Aha!! Hello pete! It's Steve. Yes you and I are the only ones with this interest I think! I have quite a bit of info on the Earls now, just waiting to make that link cousin.

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The Common Room / Re: Francis Norris (male) born c 1760
« on: Wednesday 18 March 09 23:10 GMT (UK)  »
It certainly is!
I have examined most of the records over the past 15 years, and there is one logical conclusion. The nearby gentry Lord Norris (and earlier Norreys), had a tradition of using the names Francis and Henry, it could be our man is an illegit off shoot. Something my grandmother also mentioned years ago, is that she recalled family at a large country house nearby, I think this was Weston manor. The seat of the Norris family. It is equally possible that Francis adopted teh surname of his landlord ofcourse.

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The Common Room / Re: Francis Norris (male) born c 1760
« on: Tuesday 17 March 09 22:14 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Borri! Looks like we have both been searching for the same man. I have been looking for probables since the early 1990s, and no success yet.
Hearth tax I have tried, they wont help, although, over the many years, there is one interesting connection, which I will go into later. The original marriage record is in the Oxford Archives, and shows both Francis and Ann (nee Stuart) signing (with an X), in 1787, and as you say prior to that the trail goes very cold.

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