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Topic: Oxon places that used to be in Berks. Long Wittenham (Read 273 times)
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Keith Sherwood
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Hi, Everyone,
I'm a little confused about where I should be looking for certain details about the POOL(E) family, who for at least 50 years (and probably longer) were in Long Wittenham. Would records be kept in the Berkshire Record Office or the Oxfordshire Record Office? And when did Long Wittenham become part of Oxfordshire...?
I have a John POOLE, probably the one baptised 03-07-1814 in Dorchester, Oxon (according to several Censuses). His parents may well be the Francis POOLE aged 70 and Margaret aged 60 in the 1841 Census in Long Wittenham. His father is certainly given as Francis on his marriage certificate in 1838 in Long Wittenham.
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HarryW
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Keith,
The changes took place in 1974 when the county boundaries were amended. The Berkshire Records Office has the Wittenham PRs - see here
http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/familyhistory/parish.asp?parish=&search=wittenham
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Harry
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Keith Sherwood
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Harry,
Thanks so much for that. Looks like I'll be taking to trip to the Berkshire Record Office to study their Transcripts for Long Wittenham some time in the near future, searching for more details on the POOLE faily...
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Keith Sherwood
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Jill,
Thanks so much for that information - I don't think that one was included in the IGI batch number I looked at for Long Wittenham, and does indeed fit very nicely with Francis POOLE, aged about 70, in the 1841 Census for the place.
So it's the Oxfordshire FHS that's making it available, rather than the Berks. I'll have a look on their website to see how much they're asking...
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KN
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Keith
Long Wittenham burials for Poole(e) from the Berkshire Burial Index.
Pool, James 20 Dec 1896 aged 66, abode LW
Pool, Mary 26 Sept 1891 aged 72, abode LW
Poole Ann, 1 July 1916, aged 86, abode LW
Poole, John 18 Jan 1902 aged 87, abode LW
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Weaving, Lay, Daly, Walker, Kimber, Embling - Berkshire & Oxfordshire Wood - Worcester, Hampshire, Wiltshire Stone - Barnwood, Gloucestershire All census information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Keith Sherwood
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Wow, KN!
A couple ot those may well be husband and wife John and Mary POOLE; the burial age for John exactly fits his 1814 baptism, and I'll check his wife Mary now.
Many thanks,
keith
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