Nostalgic memories of Wallingford's local history

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any news of robert james hayward of uxmore farm ipsden berskshire and john hayward from dorsetshire and thomas hayward from somersetshire married mary ann dodge of sherbourne dorsetshire appreciated (1808).any photos also
Hi Ingrid Wilson again, You can find more info on the Hayward family tree if you visit LODERS in Dorset on this site.  Thanks for contact via this site. I have yet to visit Wallingford - it is on my list to visit if I ever get back to the UK again. yoga-prakash saraswati lunarorange20022@yahoo.com.au--new email sfrancesten@gmail.com--new email 27 10 09 hi ingrid wilson again-think you met my brother george in uk we are 2nd cousins i think--like hear from you sometime
Hi Ingrid Wilson, pleased this site put us in contact re Hayward family tree. Contact me at  lunarorange2002@yahoo.com.au and I can send info for free. I have brother George in the UK who is up-to-date with UIK cousins more than me, and be pleased to help. He knows some of your relies etc. yoga prakash saraswati
Hi Ingrid Wilson, Apologise reply to your query - windows - Francis Frith site got problems connecting, my reply cancelled several times. If I can contact you direct I can give you info about the Hayward family tree free, so far as I have got. You are welcome to assist with further research. yoga-prakash saraswati lunarorange20022@yahoo.com.au--new email sfrancesten@gmail.com---new email aussieworldpolitics.blogspot.com
I arrived in Wallingford as a 10 year old boy with my sister and mother on a cold winter February night. We had been bombed out from our house in Dagenham just a few days before and my brother, who was stationed at Benson with the army, had arranged for us to take a room in The Lamb, I believe it was, to get us out of London and away from the bombs. It did not take mother long to get us ...see more
John Hayward (1813) came from Loders in Dorset and settled in this area  of Wallingford, of Benson, Bradfield, Englefield and married local girl Mary Anne Kitchen.  His son Robert James eventually farmed Uxmore Farm at Ipsden, near Stoke Row in Berks/Oxon.  I am collecting a photographic record of the Hayward family in these areas for a family tree.