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Emmarine
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Thanks David,
Is it possible that this house was built as early as the 1850's?
I found no photo at all online, but don't worry about a photo. Next time if you go by the house , perhaps you could observe the colour and the size of the bricks. It may not be the house I am searching for.
Do you have ancestors in this area?
regards,
Chris
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behindthefrogs
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I went to have a look at the Warr Clinic this morning and I am not sure that I am much wiser.
The Warr Clinic is in a house called North Brook House. I walked down the side and it is bigger than I thought. There appear to be about ten good size sash windows upstairs. Maybe some rooms have two windows. Apart from the front, the building is rendered in creamy yellow and while one can see the brickwork through it the age is difficult to work out.
South Brook is behind a high fence and high gates and much more difficult to see. The house itself is in pretty well original condition and I would describe it as built rather than designed. It is probably slightly smaller than NBH. The brickwork at the front uses slightly larger bricks than NBH, the windows are of different sizes to each other and the woodwork under the roof is applied where it is needed rather than symmetrically.
The front of NBH has been designed to match and this makes it very difficult to estimate the actual age of this part of what was obviously once a single building. SB has a slate roof and the ridge is lead, NBH use matching modern tiles and has a tiled ridge.
It is difficult to tell how much of NBH is recent refurbishment and how much is the original extension. My guess is that SB is probably mid 19th century and NBH early 20th.
At the back there is a further dwelling called "The Stables" which looks as though it could be as old as the original but I couldn't get very close.
Carey Road is just the other side of the railway bridge and is obviously a road which has gradually been developed away from the Finchhampstead Road parallel with the railway. The row of older cottages look a little newer than the railway bridge which I know was constructed in the early 1850s.
With regard to your question, I have no ancestors in the town but I have lived here for thirty years.
David
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Living in Berkshire. From Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES ARE IN SURNAME INTERESTS, LINK AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Coupland, 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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Emmarine
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Dear David,
I see there is an antique shop near there that has Brook in its name. Are you familiar with it?
thanks again
Chris
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Emmarine
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Hi again,
I just realised there is another whole page of postings that I missed. You certainly gave a wonderfully comprehensive description of the house that i will send to my family in Australia. About how many yards or meters is it from any section of Carey Rd?
Even if it is not the correct house, its fun to search!
Chris
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behindthefrogs
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I'll give you some idea of the distances involved. It is about a quarter of a mile down Denmark Street (Down Street in the 1850s) due south from the town hall in the centre of Wokingham to Carey Road. Within about 30 yards of passing Carey Road you go under a low railway bridge and it's about another 100 yards to the Brook houses on the left.
Immediately opposite on the right hand side is small warehouse type shopping area with a Majestic Wine Shop opposite the entrance to SBH. This area used to be occupied by the "Pin and Bowl" Public House and behind it up an entrance by the railway bridge Wokingham Town Football Club Ground. This is now a new housing estate.
A further fifty yards on the left after passing a garage and one other house on the left and new housing on the right you cross the bridge over the Embrook beyond which is a small new roundabout and a large Tesco Superstore.
With regard to your antique shop I have no idea. There isn't one in town and the shops in Denmark Street stop half way to the railway bridge. In what is by then Finchhampstead Road, there is only one shop on the left, which sells lighting and is in what looks like converted chapel just before Carey Road, opposite the new swimming pool and a drive in but fire gutted Burger King (in the last two months).
If you can give me the full name of the antique shop I will find out for you.
David
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Living in Berkshire. From Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES ARE IN SURNAME INTERESTS, LINK AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Coupland, 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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That is the house to which I was referring. As I said that entrance is now blocked by large wooden gates and a fence on top of the wall making it is almost impossible to see. The original house is a lot older than I thought it was. What I previously referred to as the front was the side facing onto the road.
David
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Living in Berkshire. From Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES ARE IN SURNAME INTERESTS, LINK AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Coupland, 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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Emmarine
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Hi,
Profound thanks to both of you. I feel that this is most likely the home of the Twycross family. I am excited to see the photograph of the house, especially since you say it is no longer visible from the road.
However although I registered on this website, I cannot seem to make it work.
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I didn't register I just typed "Southbrook" in the "quick search" and then clicked "more"
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Living in Berkshire. From Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES ARE IN SURNAME INTERESTS, LINK AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Coupland, 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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Emmarine
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I tried both of those ideas, no result . On my web page it says "submit" rahter than "more". I am in the United States.
Thanks, will keep trying, can you copy photo onto roots page?
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Did you click "submit"? That brings up a small picture and then you click "more"
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Living in Berkshire. From Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES ARE IN SURNAME INTERESTS, LINK AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Coupland, 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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Emmarine
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Hi,
I keep trying, but The Brook turned up 1500 results, whereas Finchampstead Rd turned up no results. Apparently though, the house has been listed as historic , otherwise it would not be on the site.
However what is historic in the US or Australia is recent history in England!
Are you able to attach an image, or doesnt that "images of England " allow that?
Is there a URL you can send?
thanks a lot.
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Try "southbrook". It should bring up three results
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Living in Berkshire. From Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES ARE IN SURNAME INTERESTS, LINK AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Coupland, 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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