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linmey
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My great grandfather owned a windmill at Keysoe. Does anyone have any idea how I could find any information on this? I have tried Googleing but nothing on there.
I believe the mill fell into disuse and eventually fell down probably in the 1950s or later. I would like to find out if this was for his own use or a money making enterprise or both as well as finding out when it was built.
Many thanks for your help. Linmey.
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Reynolds, Woodham, Payne, Wilmott, Hart, Richardson, Packwood, Tandy, Dexter - Bedfordshire. Chamberlain and Wagstaff- Hunts. Freeman, Cheney, Cox- Northants. Burns, Muter, Cobban, Hossack, Strachan, Moonlight. Lanarkshire, Ross and Cromarty and Kincardineshire. Garvey- Ireland. Census Information Is Crown Copyright From-- www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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behindthefrogs
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Try going to:
http://www.a2a.org.uk/
and typing
Keysoe NEAR20 windmill into the search
This brings up amongst other documents a sale of the windmill in 1941 which includes a description of it.
David
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Living in Berkshire. Origin Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES CAN BE FOUND IN SURNAME INTERESTS AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Williams, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley. Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse Census Info is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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behindthefrogs
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I have just rerun my search with no problem. If you just use "Kelsoe Windmill" the danger is that the text brought back terminates earlier and you may miss the next sentence which may refer to just "the Windmill" Don't put a space between NEAR and 20 and you must use capitals.
This form of search in a2a is completely necessary when you don't expect to find the two words together.
David
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Living in Berkshire. Origin Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES CAN BE FOUND IN SURNAME INTERESTS AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Williams, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley. Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse Census Info is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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behindthefrogs
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You are not upsetting me Sandy or treading on my toes. I am very gratefull for the help you have given me in the past
I just thought it was worth while explaining why I did it the complicated way while your easier way seemed to work. a2a is one of my favourite sites and it is surprising what information you can drag out of it about people and places when google has previously revealed nothing.
David
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Living in Berkshire. Origin Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES CAN BE FOUND IN SURNAME INTERESTS AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Williams, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley. Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse Census Info is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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linmey
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Thank you all very much for your help. I need to check out a few dates with members of the family as to when the windmill was owned by my G grandfather. I couldnt find a mention of it in the Beds Windmills site but that may be bacause there is literally nothing left of it and there hasnt been for many years.
Best wishes and many thanks. Linda.
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Reynolds, Woodham, Payne, Wilmott, Hart, Richardson, Packwood, Tandy, Dexter - Bedfordshire. Chamberlain and Wagstaff- Hunts. Freeman, Cheney, Cox- Northants. Burns, Muter, Cobban, Hossack, Strachan, Moonlight. Lanarkshire, Ross and Cromarty and Kincardineshire. Garvey- Ireland. Census Information Is Crown Copyright From-- www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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linmey
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Hello cathy,
Thanks for that, very interesting. I am not sure of the exact dates that my g grandfather owned the mill, but I
checked out the sites that were suggested above and it seems it was sold in ? 1936 and 1941. I think it would have been my g grandfather who sold it in 1936 as I think that is when he retired from farming and moved into Bedford. At least I now have some idea of how old the mill was, or at least that it was there in 1803. I think I may order a copy of the muster lists if they are available to non members.
Thanks cathy. Best wishes Linda.
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linmey
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Thanks for that Cathy. His name was William Reynolds and he lived at Rectory Farm, Swineshead. I will have a look on the sites you suggest. Do farms appear in the directory? I am determined to track him down.
Best wishes, Linda.
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Reynolds, Woodham, Payne, Wilmott, Hart, Richardson, Packwood, Tandy, Dexter - Bedfordshire. Chamberlain and Wagstaff- Hunts. Freeman, Cheney, Cox- Northants. Burns, Muter, Cobban, Hossack, Strachan, Moonlight. Lanarkshire, Ross and Cromarty and Kincardineshire. Garvey- Ireland. Census Information Is Crown Copyright From-- www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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