Lindsell/Linsell/Lynsell surname

[littlemak]

when I looked before I (very) vaguely wondered Lexden - only other clue is possibly in Essex -

Hi Sue I have been taking another look myself and I do not think it is Lexden simply because he did his E's ans A's quite clearly, but looking at the way he made his R's in the word servant I am now thinking it could start Lur++++++ and maybe what I have been thinking is a D is not It could be ?urclen or ?urolen what do you think?
Carol

[findem]

Hi,

I'm wondering if the place name is Quendon, Essex

The first letter looks similar to the numeral 2, I've noted the capital/upper case letter Q in peoples handwriting looking very much like the numeral 2.

Quendon is a stone's throw to the west of the M11 and about 4 or 5 miles north of Bishops Stortford,

Regards

[SueK50]

Could be it findem - every time I've looked at it I've "seen" something different - this morning wondered maybe Laindon - but the dot on his "i's" was so correct everywhere else - I was wondering about a Q for the first letter and thought the place in Essex was Querdon - but with a letter wrong I obviously didn't find it with a google search and hadn't got around to getting the road atlases with indexes out

See what Carol reckons

Cheers
Sue

[littlemak]

It could be, funnily enough it was one place my Brother mentioned he thought it could be. What registration district would that come under? Maybe I might yet find her birth certificate
Thankyou all for your help and input  so far, watch this space.
Carol

[SueK50]

Saffron Walden - (from http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/places/regindex1-3.pdf)

Good Luck
Sue

[littlemak]

Thankyou Sue for all your help Now to find that elusive reference
Carol

[Mark1973]

Hello all,

Just found this thread too, my Mum was a Lindsell, i have them back to 1773 in Bocking, my branch moved to Ashington, Northumberland in the early 1870's. I have done lots of research of the Lindsell's in the Bocking, Braintree area.

Mark

[Wigsey]

Hi

I am a novice at this (just joined) and refer back to your message re Lindsell back in October of last year!!!  Lizzie Broyd was married to a William (Bill) Lindsell and their daughter Rosie (Rosamund) was my Dad's cousin.  Rosie and Reg lived in a village called Offwell, near Honiton.  I assume your Mum's Grandmother was Nancy. 

I have a very basic Family Tree in my possession with the names of Oakes, Rance and Grimes on so you may be able to .fill in a few blanks that I have.

Wigsey

[crystalight]

Hello and welcome Wigsey,

How exciting  we must be cousins of some sort. You are correct but Nancy (christened as Annie Nancy Oakes always known as Nancy) was my Grandmother not my mothers (she was her mother!)

Thank you I could not think of the name of the village near Honiton.

I would love to see how our trees match up - The names Oakes, Rance and Grimes all fit. Perhaps we can work backwards from the Grimes?

I think you need a couple more posts on Rootschat before I can 'pm' you  - when I can I will send my email address.

Crystal