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Brent Eleigh Help Please !
« on: Saturday 19 July 08 09:42 BST (UK) »

Hi there,
Just a quick note wondering if some kind soul can help me ?
Does anyone live near Brent Eliegh and could take a quick look around the churhcyard ?
I am looking for the monumental Inscription for Rev Longden and family -

Rev. Robert Knight LONGDEN
Rector of Brent Eleigh 1860 to 1892.
died 19 July 1895
buried 22 July 1895

his wife -
Ann Maria Alicia LONGDEN
buried at Brent Eleigh 8th March  1898

Any help very much appreciated  Smiley Smiley
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Re: Brent eleigh help please !
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 19 July 08 14:19 BST (UK) »

I live in the next but one village to Brent Eleigh (Milden is between us)   Cheesy

I will be going to the SLHC offices in Ipswich on Monday and may be able to call in on the way home in the afternoon.

Will check if husband John will be needing the digi-camera if not, I will try and find monuments and take photographs.

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« Reply #2 on: Saturday 19 July 08 15:05 BST (UK) »

I live in the next but one village to Brent Eleigh (Milden is between us)   Cheesy

I will be going to the SLHC offices in Ipswich on Monday and may be able to call in on the way home in the afternoon.

Will check if husband John will be needing the digi-camera if not, I will try and find monuments and take photographs.

SM ...


That's brilliant - I expect they have one large plot (or several grouped together with luck !)
Here are the names I know so far -

Rev. Robert Knight LONGDEN born 1818
Rector of Brent Eleigh 1860 to  1892.
Died 19 July 1895. Buried 22 July 1895

his wife -
Ann Maria Alicia LONGDEN born about 1841
Buried at Brent Eleigh 8th March 1898

Their two children
Francis Errington LONGDEN
born  Sept 1871 - buried Brent Eleigh 1881

Kate Alica LONGDEN born Apr 1879
buried Brent Eleigh 27th Feb 1896

There may also be a stillborn baby girl surnamed LONGDEN ?? But have'nt got a  first name as yet .

Many thanks for all your kind offer of help  Smiley Smiley Smiley Smiley

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Re: Brent eleigh help please !
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 19 July 08 15:53 BST (UK) »

No problem, will see what I can find for you.
I thought a little while ago that as the sun is shining bright and we have a wonderful big blue sky it's a shame I can't fit it in today  Sad

Husband is away on an annual motorbike ride that he organises in memory of a dear friend - and I know he has the camera.

I can picture them now - probably at Snape Maltings, or The Ramsholt Arms scaring the diners who are probably thinking they are a lot of people looking for trouble - then they remove their crash hats to reveal their ages and order orange juice  Grin

Hope to have some good news for you next week  Wink

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SUFFOLK - Pendle, Stygall, Pipe, Fruer, Bridges, Fisk, Bellamy, Sparham
DERBY - Bridges and Frost (originally from Framlingham/Parham Suffolk)
NOTTINGHAM - Lambert and Selby
BERKSHIRE/then Hammersmith/Barnes LND - Fulker
LONDON/MDX - Murray, Clancy, Broker, Hoskins, Wilson, Sale

Gt-Grandfather Michael Wilson was born in Cork, lived Fulham London - arrived Boston USA 1889 - what happened next?
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« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 22 July 08 11:09 BST (UK) »

No problem, will see what I can find for you.
I thought a little while ago that as the sun is shining bright and we have a wonderful big blue sky it's a shame I can't fit it in today  Sad

Husband is away on an annual motorbike ride that he organises in memory of a dear friend - and I know he has the camera.

I can picture them now - probably at Snape Maltings, or The Ramsholt Arms scaring the diners who are probably thinking they are a lot of people looking for trouble - then they remove their crash hats to reveal their ages and order orange juice  Grin

Hope to have some good news for you next week  Wink

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Hi Pat,
Just a quick note - could you give me the name and address of the local weekly newspaper that covers Brent eliegh ?

Any luck with the monumental inscriptions ??

Look forward to hearing from you  Smiley Smiley
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« Reply #5 on: Monday 28 July 08 16:32 BST (UK) »

http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/brent.html

Just checked Simon's site to see if any instructions regarding opening times.
Hope to go along tomorrow afternoon.

Apologies for the delay.

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Every time I find an ancestor, I have to find two more !

SUFFOLK - Pendle, Stygall, Pipe, Fruer, Bridges, Fisk, Bellamy, Sparham
DERBY - Bridges and Frost (originally from Framlingham/Parham Suffolk)
NOTTINGHAM - Lambert and Selby
BERKSHIRE/then Hammersmith/Barnes LND - Fulker
LONDON/MDX - Murray, Clancy, Broker, Hoskins, Wilson, Sale

Gt-Grandfather Michael Wilson was born in Cork, lived Fulham London - arrived Boston USA 1889 - what happened next?
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« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 30 July 08 15:15 BST (UK) »

My second attempt to get these photographs on the web site  Roll Eyes

If you can let me have your home email in a PM I will forward a few more to you.

Headstone in shape of four tiered base, with cross with moulded Ivy leaves falling down the front of the cross
To Revd Robert Knight Longden and his wife Ann

Smaller cross on a three tier base to daughter Kate alicia died 23rd February 1896 only daughter age 16



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Every time I find an ancestor, I have to find two more !

SUFFOLK - Pendle, Stygall, Pipe, Fruer, Bridges, Fisk, Bellamy, Sparham
DERBY - Bridges and Frost (originally from Framlingham/Parham Suffolk)
NOTTINGHAM - Lambert and Selby
BERKSHIRE/then Hammersmith/Barnes LND - Fulker
LONDON/MDX - Murray, Clancy, Broker, Hoskins, Wilson, Sale

Gt-Grandfather Michael Wilson was born in Cork, lived Fulham London - arrived Boston USA 1889 - what happened next?
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Re: Brent Eleigh Help Please !
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 30 July 08 15:18 BST (UK) »

There was no sign of any other Longden graves.

I also looked around inside the church to see if there were any lists of clergy or any memorials - no luck, could not find anything.  Just memorials to benefactors.

Pat ...




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Every time I find an ancestor, I have to find two more !

SUFFOLK - Pendle, Stygall, Pipe, Fruer, Bridges, Fisk, Bellamy, Sparham
DERBY - Bridges and Frost (originally from Framlingham/Parham Suffolk)
NOTTINGHAM - Lambert and Selby
BERKSHIRE/then Hammersmith/Barnes LND - Fulker
LONDON/MDX - Murray, Clancy, Broker, Hoskins, Wilson, Sale

Gt-Grandfather Michael Wilson was born in Cork, lived Fulham London - arrived Boston USA 1889 - what happened next?
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Re: Brent Eleigh Help Please !
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 30 July 08 15:19 BST (UK) »

oooooops!

Did not mean to leave my handbag in shot  Roll Eyes

You may notice that there is quite a gap between the two Longden headstones, there may be another Longden grave between them - you could try writing to the Churchwarden who would have the 'map' of the churchyard.

Pat ...
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Every time I find an ancestor, I have to find two more !

SUFFOLK - Pendle, Stygall, Pipe, Fruer, Bridges, Fisk, Bellamy, Sparham
DERBY - Bridges and Frost (originally from Framlingham/Parham Suffolk)
NOTTINGHAM - Lambert and Selby
BERKSHIRE/then Hammersmith/Barnes LND - Fulker
LONDON/MDX - Murray, Clancy, Broker, Hoskins, Wilson, Sale

Gt-Grandfather Michael Wilson was born in Cork, lived Fulham London - arrived Boston USA 1889 - what happened next?
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Re: Brent Eleigh Help Please !
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 30 July 08 15:40 BST (UK) »

That's brilliant - were there any inscriptions on Rev and Anna's stone ?
We are very interested in tracing dates etc
Many thanks Smiley Smiley Smiley
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« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 30 July 08 15:51 BST (UK) »

I forgot to take a soft bristle brush with me, the headstones are c overed with lichen and dirt.

The wording is very brief on both memorials. On Revd Robert and wife all I could see was names and dates.

However on Kate's it reads In loving memory of Kate Alicia Longden only daughter of Revd Robert Knight Longden.

The wording is on the front of the tiers.

I might be able to pop back - soft bristle brush in hand ?

Pat ...
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Every time I find an ancestor, I have to find two more !

SUFFOLK - Pendle, Stygall, Pipe, Fruer, Bridges, Fisk, Bellamy, Sparham
DERBY - Bridges and Frost (originally from Framlingham/Parham Suffolk)
NOTTINGHAM - Lambert and Selby
BERKSHIRE/then Hammersmith/Barnes LND - Fulker
LONDON/MDX - Murray, Clancy, Broker, Hoskins, Wilson, Sale

Gt-Grandfather Michael Wilson was born in Cork, lived Fulham London - arrived Boston USA 1889 - what happened next?
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Re: Brent Eleigh Help Please !
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 31 July 08 00:32 BST (UK) »

Just found this on a cricketers web site  Undecided


Robert Longden

England

Full name Robert Knight Longden
Born May 27, 1817, Marylebone, London
Died June 19, 1895, Lavenham, Suffolk (aged 78 years 23 days)
Major teams Cambridge University

Brent Eleigh is next to Lavenham.

Off to bed.
Pat ...

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Every time I find an ancestor, I have to find two more !

SUFFOLK - Pendle, Stygall, Pipe, Fruer, Bridges, Fisk, Bellamy, Sparham
DERBY - Bridges and Frost (originally from Framlingham/Parham Suffolk)
NOTTINGHAM - Lambert and Selby
BERKSHIRE/then Hammersmith/Barnes LND - Fulker
LONDON/MDX - Murray, Clancy, Broker, Hoskins, Wilson, Sale

Gt-Grandfather Michael Wilson was born in Cork, lived Fulham London - arrived Boston USA 1889 - what happened next?
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