BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 5 Episode #8: Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

[scotmum]

His father was apparently born in 1932 but FreeBMD doesn't like hyphenated names so it is not easily possible to search for other L-Bs to try and ascertain whence the hyphen arose.

Possibly linked with the FreeBMD entry for a Trefor Llewellyn M BOWEN at   Merthyr T  reference 11a 896

[VillageDuckpond]

I found last night's programme the least interesting of the latest series I am sorry to say.

And like so many others I would love to know more about their Llewellyn-Bowen roots. If I remember rightly his paternal grandfather was a ships chandler in Newport but where is the Welsh surname connection?

There will be a new series in the new year apparently.

[suey]

I was also disappointed that he didn't get out a huge roll of paper and crayon and take a rubbing of the grave stone. It's the first thing I would have thought of, if I'd been so lucky to have found one!

Pipkim 

Many churches don't allow the practice of brass and or any other rubbings nowadays.
I'm pretty sure someone will have either taken stills or at least a full transcription of that stone!

Suey

[pipkim]

Many churches don't allow the practice of brass and or any other rubbings nowadays.
I'm pretty sure someone will have either taken stills or at least a full transcription of that stone!

Suey

I'm in dream mode now  wouldn't it be nice if all the gravestones were cataloged in image format, saved as an archive, then we could all just walk in a get a paper copy of a brass rubbing without getting near paper an crayons.

Actually I would have liked to have seen the full inscription on the grave stone/memorial plaque, just from a graphic point of view.

Pipkim 

[Nick29]

Well, I've often thought about the feasibility of starting up a site which catalogues gravestones from graveyards around the country (even the world).  When I visit a small graveyard, I photograph every gravestone in it, for future reference, and I often upload pictures of gravestones to my Ancestry tree.  It would be great to have a national (or even international) site catalogueing photos of gravestones.  However, the logistics of such an enterprise, and who would actually fund it, is always the stumbling block.  I know that there are sites already with photos of local gravestones in some areas, but it would be great to have an archive, particularly since many stones will be unreadable in another 20 years, because the upkeep of some graveyards is so poor.

[jc26red]

Nick, I think there are several sites already that have tried to start up an online MI database. Content is very limited.

[Petros]

Looks like the hyphen is a recent affectation

http://www.glenysgriffiths.com/bio/
indicates that Lawrences great grandfather was Ifor Bowen, whom FReeBMD indicates to have a mother by the name of Llewellyn, and doesn;t show Trefor's name as hyphenated

[Trees]

The On Line parish Clerks often include photos of head stones with transcriptions but they rely on us ordinary folk to supply the m I have contributed mine for Beaford and St Giles in the Wood Devon but I admit I only take photographs of the family stones as usually time on visits to family areas is too precious to allow more than what is need for personal research or specifically requested hunts from fellow researchers. It would be a great project for local FHS though wouldn't it I could find time to do our local church
Trees

[stonechat]

I thought it was a good program without the exotics destinations( apart fro the unnecessary visit to the U Boat archives)

(Only saw it last night on video)