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The Crabb Family of Loders
My name is Lois Cunningham and after researching my family history some of which I already knew and a lot of which I didn't - I have managed to trace back my branch of The Crabb Family back to Loders around 1696. My maternal great-great grandmother married into the Crabb family in the early 1800s and went on to reside in the Channel Islands before moving with the family up to Liverpool where my grandmother was brought up. I will be travelling south in a couple of weeks time for my daughter's wedding near Bath and hope to have time to visit the area and try and find out more of my Crabb family connection.
Haywards of Loders - Family Tree Search
Hello from Australia to Loders,
Researching on-line family Thomas Hayward, m Mary Anne Dodge 1808 November in Sherborne church. Already one gggg cousin Jill Hayward left an entry but has not made contact. Another gggg cousin Ingrid Wilson in Wallingford, Berkshire has made contact via this website.
Thomas's son John went to farm in Englefield, Berkshire and is my great-grandfather. Unfortunately my research has come to a stop at Thomas of Loders. So any local inhabitant with local historical knowledge is sought to keep the trail hot. Where did Thomas live/farm/socialise/go to market/go to school/go to church/get baptised/confirmed/buried? What were his interests/sports, who were his parents etc? Somebody knows - it is just a matter of finding them and seeing if they would like to contribute to the family tree.
Loders is on my list when I visit England some time in the future. In the meantime, if you can help, it will be greatly appreciated. Some people have great knowledge of the history of their village... Read more
Haywards of Loders
Wondering if anyone knows of Hayward family, buried in the churchyard surrounds, that farmed in the Loders area back to at least 1750 or further back. Any info for family tree welcome.
Haywards of Loders
John (1813) moved to Berkshire. Thomas (1787), Robert (1759) and John(1738) are all connected to Loders by being born, baptised, married and buried here, or in surrounding villages. Their ancestral home one might say. Still tracing them further via Dorset OPC and BT records. Collecting any photos related to these ancestors of mine and where they lived. Photos bring back happy memories and are good records of events.
Bishop Family Emigrated to New Zealand in 1800s
My husband's Gt Gt Grandmother, Thirzah Bishop was born in Loders in 1839. Her father was John Tidsby Bishop (1806-1861), and her mother was Charlotte Green (1805-1884). The family emigrated to NZ in the mid 1800s. In 2006, whilst visiting England from New Zealand, my husband, daughter and I visted Uploders, not being aware of the Loders connection at that time. We were interested in Uploders because of a horse brass I had which said "Ye olde forge Uploders". We were staying in Lyme Regis, and accidentally found Uploders. Now we will have to go back and visit Loders on our next trip! Is anyone out there connected to the Bishop Family too? They are in the 1841 census for Loders. We did find a cottage in Uploders with a plaque saying it was "Smith's Cottage" so maybe that was the old forge, who knows?
Memories of Dorset
Triggering Memories.
We were clearing the last furniture from my mother's bungalow a few weeks ago. A heartbreaking task, having lost her in April. Behind the last set of drawers, on the floor, I found an old sepia photograph. It showed a group of children with some adults, outside a building which must have been a chapel or a school. From the clothes they wore, the photo would have been taken in the early 1920s.
Later, I searched the internet for clues, looking especially at the areas where my mother grew up - Salway Ash in particular. So I found the Francis Frith site.
There were no clues for Salway Ash, but I came to the Pymore site. One photo. Surely it couldn't be! Yet it was - the cottage my grandparents lived in when we were young! The memories flooded back.
We lived in the Midlands for some years, although I was born in Walditch. We were so lucky in that we were able to... Read more
Oh Arrr
eve udil ann robert barnes were married he was the first toy boy they were really happy driveing their 25d david broun i lived there untill 1968. george widden used to catch badgers and eat them. there were many strange people in bothenhampton the likes of colin webb mr gordon holt and grinter the buglers etc i moved to canada where there are people but none as nice as the people from bothenhampton
In Memory of F.A. Brake, Born 1895
This is where we played as kids - all eight of us! Our grandad was born in one of the houses on the bottom left-hand side. He lived there all his life and my father plus my eldest brother, sister and my nephew was born in the same house. Five generations lived there for over 100 years. It was sold out of the family in 2002. My grandparent and parents where also married in the St Swithins Church.
A lot has changed sadly, a lot more houses built.
Convent of The Visitation
I was born in 1950 and attended the convent as a boarder, leaving in 1958. I travelled by train with my mother from New Street station Birmingham to Paddington station London where the convent nuns met up with us and the other schoolchildren for the journey to Bridport station. We used to have long country walks during the summer and I can remember going to a place covered in long fern vegetation in which we played. The regime at the convent was very strict and the education standard extremely high. French and Latin were taught well before the 11 plus age. I still have a couple of the bills for my upkeep that were sent to my mother. I also have a couple of photo's of myself taken during my time at the Convent. One of them shows my class mates and I in the classroom being taught by Sister Edith I believe. Our clothes had our name and number attached, mine were Cash's name tapes with the number 4.... Read more
The Convent
My father died the year after I was born and his employer Burton's, provided for myself and my three brothers to attend private schools, which is how I came from London to the Convent at the age of 4. I followed my brother Colin who had been boarded there for a number of years. Even today I still have nightmares about the place and the horrible way the nuns treated the children. We were required to remain in our seats even if we needed to go to the toilet. Subsequently many kids soiled themselves or urinated where they sat and were brutally punnished for doing so. At bedtime the nuns checked underwear to look for mistakes that might have been otherwise overlooked. In my 3 years of residence I remember slaps across the head and face; rulers across my knuckles; and yes, I remember the cow on the railings who groaned in pain, his eyes wide open as he waited for death to come to him. I remember arrogant priest... Read more
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