The world-famous SNOOKs of Lymington

[Emsworthy]

Martell/Martill....same difference...!  Have to allow for mis-spellings, accents and the like when it comes to old records....

For example, my line are the Edgley line, but there is a branch with an extra 'e' in the middle - Edgeley - purely because it was recorded like this on a certificate or record entry somewhere along the line!

Regards, Emma

[Angela123]

hi i see your looking at lymington
i live here if i can be of any help
Angela

[Angela123]

And Bridge Street, Station Road/Street and Bath Road are all still here

I do know a 'Snook' but i'm not sure if that can help

Angela

[B.E.]

Angela,
My wife and I went for a traipse around Lymington last weekend to see what we could see. Ended up not learning a lot about the Snooks, but spent too much on the market stalls in the High Street!

You might be able to shed some light on the shady parts...

1. We found Bath Road down by the the estuary. Any idea how different it was in the mid-19th century? Was it lined with houses on both sides (unlike nowadays)? Were there hovels as well as villas?

2. I couldn't find Bridge St, only Bridge Rd. Do you reckon they're one and the same thoroughfare? Was a move from Bridge St/Rd to Bath Rd a sign of improvement or desperation?

3. We tried gravestone-deciphering in the churchyard, but it's all got a bit overgrown and most of the inscriptions over 100 years old have all but weathered away to nothing. Do you know anything about the availability of plot registers/maps of the churchyard?

4. A pivotal figure in the family history (Walter Charles Snook) described himself as a "yacht steward". Any idea what this might actually have meant in Lymington in the 1880s (his brothers were invariably just "mariners")?

Cheers,
Brian

PS: I'm not aware of any Snooks in Lymington today - but then my wife tells me I'm not aware of very much at all!

[Angela123]

i have a rubbish day at work today i will see what i can find for you.

The snook i know ethier lives in Pennington or Milford will find him and find out

Angela

[B.E.]

Making a bit of progress on this one, but I'd appreciate some help on the 1901 census...

Walter Charles Snook was on his tod at a Southampton hotel.
Walter Martell and William Henry George Snook were with the Broomfields at Boldre.
Annie Perkins was dead (1899).

But where were Annie Maud Snook (b.1886) and Agnes Emily Perkins Snook (b.1893) on census night?

We *think* they may have been living with Priscilla Broomfield (nee Perkins?) and her husband at the Wheatsheaf pub in Lymington. So, please could any of you answer any of the following questions:

1. Can you find AM and AEP Snook in 1901?
2. Can you find Priscilla Perkins anywhere - is she the sister of Edward George Perkins?
3. What, if any, was the relationship between the Broomfields of Boldre and the Broomfields of the Wheatsheaf?

Thanks,
Brian

[bearkat]

There is one SNOOK and one SNOOKS living in Beaulieu Rails the parish of Boldre in 1817.  If you get back just a little bit further you might find a connection to one of these families.

[B.E.]

Well, our story starts at the moment with Henry Snook, b.1824 in Beaulieu. He later transferred his empire to Lymington, which is where most of the action takes place. Where exactly is Beaulieu Rails (it certainly hadn't occurred to me that Beaulieu might be inside Boldre parish)? And what's the first name and DOB of the Snook you've found in 1817?
Cheers,
Brian

[Little Nell]

Henry Snook baptised 27 Feb 1824 Beaulieu, parents William & Ann

Possible siblings (i.e. all have the same parents listed):
Elisabeth 1 Feb 1818
Sarah 24 Jan 1819
George 2 Sep 1821
William 29 Mar 1825
Moses 2 Dec 1832
Alfred 1 Jul 1838

Nell