Hoo in Suffolk

[diddymiller]

Alan - i bought a very useful little book from the SuffolkFHS online:

How to find Suffolk Towns & Villages SFK-HTF/1 Mike Durrant

100 page, A6 size, pocket guide to over 500 Suffolk towns & villages with directions and map references for each entry, together with the Hundred, Union, location of the Union House, church name with no. of bells, diocese, archdeaconry, deanery and notes. Plus Suffolk Registration districts, a locator map and notes on ecclesiastical and civil government.

All for £2

Diddy

[Ruskie]

Yes, you do Percy: 

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp

[percy porter]

Thanks Diddy I have ordered that book and even if it doesn't help me in my search at least it should give me a feel for the area and a background of the times that my earlier folks lived there.

I have looked at those LDS sites Ruskie and will contact them later this week, I am away from home for the first 3 days of the week w*rking, (if you'll excuse the rude word) I try not to do it to often.

Alan NZ

[AbbieC]

Did you find what you needed to know about Hoo?  I live about 4 miles from there and also have ancestors from the village.  Who were you looking for.  Letheringham, Dallinghoo ,Charsfield are churches in the area.

[AbbieC]

Plomesgate in the old area in which Hoo is situated.  The Workhouse called the Plomesgate Union workhouse was in Wickham Market close to Hoo.

[percy porter]

No, not really.  The book helped but probably posed more questions than It answered.

My wife unfortunately was not any were near Hoo in her travels, which turmed out to be more adventurous than was planned so that line never bore fruit.

I would be interested to know of any burials at the church, particularly memorial inscriptions, however as all my ancestors were 'Ag Labs' I doubt if they were in a fancial position to run to headstones.

Regards

Alan NZ

[Suffolk Mawther]

There may well be a 'plan' of the churchyard, often kept in the Vestry at Saints Andrew and Eustachius parish church.

This is always useful when our poor ancestors were not in a position to afford a memorial, at least the 'map' of the churchyard will reveal where they are buried.

Most of the churchyards have a small section for non-conformist burials too, often behind a hedge or wall.

Unfortunately I am still looking for a local history recorder for the parish of Hoo - still a vacancy   

Pat ...

[percy porter]

Thanks Pat, I am not even sure if they are buried there. The last ancestor who lived there died in 1882 and was in the 1881 census as an Ag Lab so can only assume he is buried there some were. His wife lived to 1897 and in the1891 census was living at   'The Brickes', Hoo, Suffolk and described as "Living on own means" so have assumed that she would be buried there as well.
I have not managed to proceed any further back than that generation and all the subsequent members of that line moved to London over a period of years from around 1860-70 and remained there.

Regards

Alan NZ

[AbbieC]

Yes most of my ancestors were also working on the land and no headstones etc.  I can look at the church if you would like.  Can you remind me of who you are looking for?

Sue Suffolk