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Berkshire / Re: James Cheyney, Yeoman of Aldworth, Berks
« on: Tuesday 02 March 21 18:33 GMT (UK) »Does anyone know if you have to pay to see Wills in the BRO?
Wills can be viewed on microfilm for free - there is a small charge for printouts.
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Wills can be viewed on microfilm for free - there is a small charge for printouts.
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Berkshire / Re: Burial or Cremation advice
« on: Tuesday 02 March 21 18:29 GMT (UK) »
The BRO lists its PR holdings on its website - the first place to check.
For Wootton they have burial registers up to 1947. This probably means that the next register is still in use - and would include any burials in the years mentioned. Contact the incumbent, or, usually better, a churchwarden to see if they are willing to do a look up, perhaps even allow you to view them when you are in the area. They should also be able to locate graves if they are buried there.
For Wootton they have burial registers up to 1947. This probably means that the next register is still in use - and would include any burials in the years mentioned. Contact the incumbent, or, usually better, a churchwarden to see if they are willing to do a look up, perhaps even allow you to view them when you are in the area. They should also be able to locate graves if they are buried there.
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Berkshire / Re: St.Mary's Hill Street Newbury
« on: Monday 01 February 21 00:59 GMT (UK) »
I saw the newspaper article on Joseph keeping one of the 'lowest houses' in town. The trouble is that there were plenty of candidates for the title. The Coach & Horses was close to its end by 1849 and would probably classify in the lower regions. There is another problem when searching newspapers - there were two Coach & Horses at that time, one in Newbury Borough and one in Speenhamland, but both in Newbury.
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Berkshire / Re: St.Mary's Hill Street Newbury
« on: Friday 29 January 21 00:09 GMT (UK) »
Tuson's Yard would have been a cluster of cottages that had been built in the yard behind a building on the street frontage. There were many such yards in Newbury and they varied from slum accommodation to a few quite nice properties - but the former was more common. In the early 20th century they were seen to be a problem, council house building began and the cottages were largely demolished over the years - especially since WWII as the sites were redeveloped.
A big problem is that the names of the yards changed as the owners or occupiers of the street frontage changed - they had no official names until the 1870s. It would be unusual for a yard to be named after the occupants, but I can't say it is impossible. In 1878 the Borough Council were asked for names to be put on to the first official detailed map which was being surveyed by the Ordnance Survey.
In 1878 there were six yards off St Mary's Hill: Bradley's Yard, Garland's Yard, Pigeon's Yard, Brixton Yard, Miller's Yard & Turk's Yard. Any of these could have been Tuson's Yard in 1848, but I suspect none of them were.
To complicate things further, the point at which St Mary's Hill starts and Cheap Street begins is not static.
The Tuson I most associate with the area is Charles, landlord of the Coach & Horses - usually referred to as Cheap St, but sometimes as St Mary's Hill. Sadly this pub was demolished before 1878, but there was a Coach & Horses Yard, which was absorbed into a new Market Street in 1872. This would seem to be the most obvious 'Tuson's Yard', though Tuson was not yet at the pub when the 1848 County Directory was compiled and I can't prove he was there until 1851. Nevertheless a Tuson family, which includes Charles and his brother Henry, were in the approximate area in 1841.
A big problem is that the names of the yards changed as the owners or occupiers of the street frontage changed - they had no official names until the 1870s. It would be unusual for a yard to be named after the occupants, but I can't say it is impossible. In 1878 the Borough Council were asked for names to be put on to the first official detailed map which was being surveyed by the Ordnance Survey.
In 1878 there were six yards off St Mary's Hill: Bradley's Yard, Garland's Yard, Pigeon's Yard, Brixton Yard, Miller's Yard & Turk's Yard. Any of these could have been Tuson's Yard in 1848, but I suspect none of them were.
To complicate things further, the point at which St Mary's Hill starts and Cheap Street begins is not static.
The Tuson I most associate with the area is Charles, landlord of the Coach & Horses - usually referred to as Cheap St, but sometimes as St Mary's Hill. Sadly this pub was demolished before 1878, but there was a Coach & Horses Yard, which was absorbed into a new Market Street in 1872. This would seem to be the most obvious 'Tuson's Yard', though Tuson was not yet at the pub when the 1848 County Directory was compiled and I can't prove he was there until 1851. Nevertheless a Tuson family, which includes Charles and his brother Henry, were in the approximate area in 1841.
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Berkshire / Re: Berkshire marriage licences
« on: Saturday 26 September 20 12:11 BST (UK) »Hi Galium,
The Wilts FHS produced a CD of Marriage Licence Bonds for the counties of Wilts Dorset & Berks some time ago and I have a copy.
If you care to give me some names I could look to see if any record is there.
I have found some marriages (By Licence) that took place in Berks, especially parishes in the north of the county, now in Oxon, are not listed so I expect they were issued by the local Bishop(s).
Alan
Only one Bishop to worry about in 1760 - Sarum (Salisbury), but most licences were issued by Archdeacons. Try Archdeaconry of Berkshire licences at the BRO.
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Berkshire / Re: Berkshire marriage licences
« on: Saturday 26 September 20 11:55 BST (UK) »It's in the diocese of Oxford.
Not in 1760.
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Berkshire / Re: Craufurd College Maidenhead
« on: Sunday 07 June 20 11:43 BST (UK) »
From 1897 to 1926 it was a boarding school for Jews (see http://www.maidenheadcivicsoc.org.uk/group/2086/Newsletters/NFeb14.pdf). Prior to that it was a prep school, the earliest mention I can find in a quick trawl is multiple items in newspapers from 1847 when an school at Craufurd House, Maidenhead is advertising for pupils. I suspect the name predated the school and was a private residence originally.
The name is so unusual that it must surely come from the Scottish surname of Craufurd - there were a number of notables of that name who may have had a house in the area, but no immediately obvious one.
The name is so unusual that it must surely come from the Scottish surname of Craufurd - there were a number of notables of that name who may have had a house in the area, but no immediately obvious one.
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Berkshire / Re: Hemdean road cemetery (caversham cemetery)
« on: Tuesday 11 February 20 12:22 GMT (UK) »
The map is available online - http://www.reading.gov.uk/media/7529/Caversham-Cemetery/pdf/Caversham_Cemetery_-_Diagram_Plan_of_Grave_Spaces.pdf
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