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B.E.
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Angela,
My wife and I went for a traipse around Lymington last weekend to see what we could see. Ended up not learning a lot about the Snooks, but spent too much on the market stalls in the High Street!
You might be able to shed some light on the shady parts...
1. We found Bath Road down by the the estuary. Any idea how different it was in the mid-19th century? Was it lined with houses on both sides (unlike nowadays)? Were there hovels as well as villas?
2. I couldn't find Bridge St, only Bridge Rd. Do you reckon they're one and the same thoroughfare? Was a move from Bridge St/Rd to Bath Rd a sign of improvement or desperation?
3. We tried gravestone-deciphering in the churchyard, but it's all got a bit overgrown and most of the inscriptions over 100 years old have all but weathered away to nothing. Do you know anything about the availability of plot registers/maps of the churchyard?
4. A pivotal figure in the family history (Walter Charles Snook) described himself as a "yacht steward". Any idea what this might actually have meant in Lymington in the 1880s (his brothers were invariably just "mariners")?
Cheers,
Brian
PS: I'm not aware of any Snooks in Lymington today - but then my wife tells me I'm not aware of very much at all!
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Angela123
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i have a rubbish day at work today i will see what i can find for you.
The snook i know ethier lives in Pennington or Milford will find him and find out
Angela
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B.E.
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Making a bit of progress on this one, but I'd appreciate some help on the 1901 census...
Walter Charles Snook was on his tod at a Southampton hotel.
Walter Martell and William Henry George Snook were with the Broomfields at Boldre.
Annie Perkins was dead (1899).
But where were Annie Maud Snook (b.1886) and Agnes Emily Perkins Snook (b.1893) on census night?
We *think* they may have been living with Priscilla Broomfield (nee Perkins?) and her husband at the Wheatsheaf pub in Lymington. So, please could any of you answer any of the following questions:
1. Can you find AM and AEP Snook in 1901?
2. Can you find Priscilla Perkins anywhere - is she the sister of Edward George Perkins?
3. What, if any, was the relationship between the Broomfields of Boldre and the Broomfields of the Wheatsheaf?
Thanks,
Brian
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bearkat
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There is one SNOOK and one SNOOKS living in Beaulieu Rails the parish of Boldre in 1817. If you get back just a little bit further you might find a connection to one of these families.
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Middx - Vaus, Roberts, Eversfield, Inman, Star, Holbeck, Wyatt, Bickford, Smith, Redwood
South Stoneham, Hants - Small, Hammerton, Grist, Fryer, Trodd
Beaulieu/Boldre, Hants - Woodford, Croutear, Beck, Bendell, Keeping, Harding
Kent - Bayly, Borer, Mitchell, Plane, Vernon, Farrance, Chapman, Medhurst, Lomax, Wyatt
Devon - Tope, Bickford, Foster
YKS - Quirk, McGuire, Benn
Nott/Derbs - Slack
Hert - Barnes
L'pool- Plumbe
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Well, our story starts at the moment with Henry Snook, b.1824 in Beaulieu. He later transferred his empire to Lymington, which is where most of the action takes place. Where exactly is Beaulieu Rails (it certainly hadn't occurred to me that Beaulieu might be inside Boldre parish)? And what's the first name and DOB of the Snook you've found in 1817?
Cheers,
Brian
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Little Nell
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Henry Snook baptised 27 Feb 1824 Beaulieu, parents William & Ann
Possible siblings (i.e. all have the same parents listed):
Elisabeth 1 Feb 1818
Sarah 24 Jan 1819
George 2 Sep 1821
William 29 Mar 1825
Moses 2 Dec 1832
Alfred 1 Jul 1838
Nell
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Beaulieu Rails was a settlement that ran along the Beaulieu Manor ditch and formed the boundary between East Boldre and Beaulieu parishes.
The family is listed as follows:
William and Ann SNOOKS
Elizabeth Jan 1817
Sarah Dec 1818
Ann (29 Oct 1798) was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (nee Hurle) PICKET
siblings:
Sarah (8 Jan 1785)
Henry (21 Jun 1794)
Elizabeth (18 June 1801)
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Middx - Vaus, Roberts, Eversfield, Inman, Star, Holbeck, Wyatt, Bickford, Smith, Redwood
South Stoneham, Hants - Small, Hammerton, Grist, Fryer, Trodd
Beaulieu/Boldre, Hants - Woodford, Croutear, Beck, Bendell, Keeping, Harding
Kent - Bayly, Borer, Mitchell, Plane, Vernon, Farrance, Chapman, Medhurst, Lomax, Wyatt
Devon - Tope, Bickford, Foster
YKS - Quirk, McGuire, Benn
Nott/Derbs - Slack
Hert - Barnes
L'pool- Plumbe
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B.E.
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Nell, Bearkat,
I'm liking this new information very much indeed (even if it hasn't yet answered the question I originally asked!). Any more names and dates going backwards?
I still can't find out where Beaulieu Rails is when looking at an 1871 map, even if the parish boundary hasn't moved (probably because I can't identify the Beaulieu Manor ditch either). Could you give me an approximate Grid Reference please - or a description based on today's geography?
And what about my original 1901 question? C'mon, Nell, I was relying on you!!
Cheers,
Brian
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Beaulieu Rails is west of Beaulieu River. On the west it is bordered by Beaulieu Heath. It runs north -south.
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Middx - Vaus, Roberts, Eversfield, Inman, Star, Holbeck, Wyatt, Bickford, Smith, Redwood
South Stoneham, Hants - Small, Hammerton, Grist, Fryer, Trodd
Beaulieu/Boldre, Hants - Woodford, Croutear, Beck, Bendell, Keeping, Harding
Kent - Bayly, Borer, Mitchell, Plane, Vernon, Farrance, Chapman, Medhurst, Lomax, Wyatt
Devon - Tope, Bickford, Foster
YKS - Quirk, McGuire, Benn
Nott/Derbs - Slack
Hert - Barnes
L'pool- Plumbe
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Between today's East Boldre and East End??
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Yes
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Middx - Vaus, Roberts, Eversfield, Inman, Star, Holbeck, Wyatt, Bickford, Smith, Redwood
South Stoneham, Hants - Small, Hammerton, Grist, Fryer, Trodd
Beaulieu/Boldre, Hants - Woodford, Croutear, Beck, Bendell, Keeping, Harding
Kent - Bayly, Borer, Mitchell, Plane, Vernon, Farrance, Chapman, Medhurst, Lomax, Wyatt
Devon - Tope, Bickford, Foster
YKS - Quirk, McGuire, Benn
Nott/Derbs - Slack
Hert - Barnes
L'pool- Plumbe
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Here is the other SNOOK family, also living in Beaulieu Rails.
Mary nee Harris formerley Fielder
with children
Zipporah FIELDER 1789,
Jane SNOOK 3 Jan 1793, Harriett Feb 1794, Frances Feb 1796, WIlliam Feb 1798, Betsey Jun 1803
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Middx - Vaus, Roberts, Eversfield, Inman, Star, Holbeck, Wyatt, Bickford, Smith, Redwood
South Stoneham, Hants - Small, Hammerton, Grist, Fryer, Trodd
Beaulieu/Boldre, Hants - Woodford, Croutear, Beck, Bendell, Keeping, Harding
Kent - Bayly, Borer, Mitchell, Plane, Vernon, Farrance, Chapman, Medhurst, Lomax, Wyatt
Devon - Tope, Bickford, Foster
YKS - Quirk, McGuire, Benn
Nott/Derbs - Slack
Hert - Barnes
L'pool- Plumbe
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OK, thanks - found it now. I was using maximum zoom to read the writing and hadn't previously panned far enouigh south.
Given that most of the houses are by the road (!!) to the west of the boundary and your original description was "Beaulieu Rails parish of Boldre", do you think that Henry Snook's cited birthplace and christening location of "Beaulieu" suggests that he was born in Beaulieu Rails but christened in Bealieu rather than the nearest church in East Boldre?
Just seen your post re the other Snook family. Maybe Jane and William were siblings (though who decided to drop the final "s" from "Snooks" would be anybody's guess!)...
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Ann (29 Oct 1798) was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (nee Hurle) PICKET
siblings:
Sarah (8 Jan 1785)
Henry (21 Jun 1794)
Elizabeth (18 June 1801)
The above Henry was convicted of poaching deer from the forest and sentenced to 6 months imprisonment. 10 April 1881 Hampshire Quarter Sessions.
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Middx - Vaus, Roberts, Eversfield, Inman, Star, Holbeck, Wyatt, Bickford, Smith, Redwood
South Stoneham, Hants - Small, Hammerton, Grist, Fryer, Trodd
Beaulieu/Boldre, Hants - Woodford, Croutear, Beck, Bendell, Keeping, Harding
Kent - Bayly, Borer, Mitchell, Plane, Vernon, Farrance, Chapman, Medhurst, Lomax, Wyatt
Devon - Tope, Bickford, Foster
YKS - Quirk, McGuire, Benn
Nott/Derbs - Slack
Hert - Barnes
L'pool- Plumbe
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The above entry has Ann listed as Anne SNOOKE
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Middx - Vaus, Roberts, Eversfield, Inman, Star, Holbeck, Wyatt, Bickford, Smith, Redwood
South Stoneham, Hants - Small, Hammerton, Grist, Fryer, Trodd
Beaulieu/Boldre, Hants - Woodford, Croutear, Beck, Bendell, Keeping, Harding
Kent - Bayly, Borer, Mitchell, Plane, Vernon, Farrance, Chapman, Medhurst, Lomax, Wyatt
Devon - Tope, Bickford, Foster
YKS - Quirk, McGuire, Benn
Nott/Derbs - Slack
Hert - Barnes
L'pool- Plumbe
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