Ogbourne St George,Wiltshire

[Raylen]

Hello to everyone

Can someone please tell me if Ogbourne St George,Wiltshire is anywhere near Baydon please.

I have Charles Tuck married to Sarah.  (Maiden name,date and place of marriage not confirmed.)
They had children Thomas-b1751, John-b1753, Stephen-b1760, William-b1766 and Mary-b1761 who were all born in Baydon.
I have found a marriage for Charles Tuck to Sarah Strowd in 1751 at Ogbourne St George,Wiltshire and was wondering if someone could confirm that this marriage produced the children I have listed.

Thanks for any help or advice,
Raylen

[Ewan]

Hello Raylen

Baydon is approximately 30 miles north east (ish) from Ogbourne St George. 

I am afraid this is all I can help you with, hope it helps.

Ewan

[Raylen]

Thank you Ewan for your reply.

At least I seem to be in the right area with this family. 

Hopefully someone can confirm the births of the children for me now 

Raylen

[LizzieW]

Raylen

Sorry I have to disagree with Ewan.  I used to live in Swindon which is only a few miles from Ogbourne St George and it is only about 10 miles from Baydon.  I tried  to attach a map to show you but I wasn't successful.  However, basically, today, you have to drive round 3 sides of a square to get between the two villages, but I'm sure in the 1700s it would have been possible to walk straight over the fields, probably 2-3 miles.  Ogbourne is a village with desirable properties, large houses, thatched cottages etc.  Baydon is on the edge of the Berkshire horse racing villages, although still in Wiltshire.

Liz

[Raylen]

Hello Liz,

Thanks for that information.
It gives me hope that I am on the right track with this family

Raylen

[Ian 47]

Hello Raylen,
I hope you get to read this as I have juped onto the end of a very old post.
Have you been able to verify the Tuck / Strowd connection? I am a decendent of the Baydon Tucks, Charles Tuck 1824-1893 was my gggrandfather.
I have found many Stroud's in the Baydon parish registers. I think the connection very likely despite the different spellings.
Ian

[Raylen]

Welcome Ian!

It seems we are related.
Charles Tuck  1824 - 15/4/1893 is my GGG Grandfather 

I have to admit I've not done a lot of work on this side of the family
for a while now but 2011 is the time to get back  to it.

I'd be glad to make contact with you to see where you fit into
the tree, so I have sent an IM (instant message) to you
with my email address.

Look forward to hearing from you

Raylen

[kojak]

Hi Folks,

Agree with Liz. The defined villages we know Baydon and Ogbourne St George are relatively close to each other today - about 6 miles by the road we have to use today, but in years gone by there would have bene a more direct route across country shortening the distance to about 5 miles or so.

Here's a map showing how close the two villages are to each other.

Kojak

[youngtug]

What you may not notice from the maps is how hilly it is