PRICE of Herefordshire

[Puffcat]

I am not sure if all their Records are centralised or not, but Presteigne comes under the Knighton Office and Hay has its own. If not its central at Llandrindod Wells I assume.

If a family lost a baby years ago they would re-use the name, perhaps several time with child mortalilty so high. Someone told me recently that his family had a baby and baptised it William as the 2 year old William was ill and not expected to live, but did and the family ended up with 2 Williams!!

[Puffcat]

A possible link for Shobdon with Kinnersley area.

Shobdon Court had a parterre made in 1860ish by  William Andrews Nesfield. He also did works at Broxwood Court, Nieuport, Garnstone all close to Kinnersley, and other places like Stoke Edith, Willey Hall, all designs on parkland.

Look him up on Google and see if you think this is a possibility.

[Bosuns Call]

Hi Puffcat,

Thank you for the information on both counts.

I've jut done a quick google on William Andrews Nesfield. There are a lot of links and info online. Eat your heart out Capability Brown! Time to do some in-depth reading. Thanks again.

Best wishes,

Bosuns Call

[Puffcat]

Seems that James was not a general gardener tidying up the flower beds but possibly assisting in laying out the grand schemes the wealthy Victorians were having laid out.

[mrsspringfield]

Apologies if this has been mentioned - my sister has sent me the link as we are researching Prices of Kinnersley - a different lot probably.
Have you seen this?
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/Letton/Littlebury1876.html

Jas Price mentioned as Head Gardener at Kinnersley Castle.

[Bosuns Call]

Hi mrsspringfield,

It has already been mentioned but not to worry. An extra pair of eyes and input is always welcome! 

If you are researching the Price's of Kinnersley by any chance are you related to the family of Price's that have very intriguing forenames like 'Pammelia'? If so then I do envy you in some ways. If the surname is more common like ours, it is nice to have an uncommon forename to track down. It at least narrows down the odds of finding the correct Price ancestor.

As you can tell by reading this thread I'm having difficulties just pinning down my great-granddad George Henry and linking him to the rest of my ancestors.

Best wishes,

Bosuns Call

[mrsspringfield]

That's the one! In some ways it's made it easier because it was a family name and is so unusual. On the other hand we've found about 8 spellings so you can't use it to search.
Maybe it will turn out that we are linked in some way.

[Puffcat]

 I noticed it recently as Permelia and was amazed as I have a Permelen, born around 1797 in Worcestershire.
Have never seen the name or anything similar before

[Puffcat]

As mentioned a couple of times, James Price in down in 1876 Littlebury's Directory, but he is also in the Jakeman and Carver Directory of 1890 as head gardener to Reavley at Kinnersley Castle and livng at Hurstley Letton [land also aowned by Reavley as Lord of the Manor].  He must have been an old man by then.
But on the 1895 Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire it is George Price of Hurstley who is down as Head Gardener to Thomas Reavely.

JAmes died aged 87 in December 1890