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Messages - Al in Vane

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Warwickshire / Re: “Stretton Fields, Warwickshire”
« on: Tuesday 10 May 22 12:42 BST (UK)  »
Forgot to add that Stretton House is still extant at that spot next to Watling Street.
Apologies, missed the T out of Stretton in my previous post.

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Warwickshire / Re: “Stretton Fields, Warwickshire”
« on: Monday 09 May 22 12:43 BST (UK)  »
Sretton Fields are roughly to the east of Nuneaton(Chilvers Coton) next to the Watling Street, as Davedrave said it is about two miles from Chilvers Coton.

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Warwickshire Lookup Requests / Re: birth look up
« on: Monday 17 August 20 21:41 BST (UK)  »
Presume you know the children of William and Emma but if not they are
William T June Period 1916
Alfred J March Period 1918
Horace L December Period 1919
Mary L March Period 1921
May L March period 1926
Robert C March Period 1929

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Warwickshire Lookup Requests / Re: Salford-Priors Warwickshire
« on: Thursday 13 August 20 18:10 BST (UK)  »
Just a bit of added info - There are/is monumental inscriptions for the name Forrester at St Matthews Church, Salford Priors

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Northamptonshire Lookup Requests / Re: samuel mellin b 1779
« on: Tuesday 11 August 20 11:17 BST (UK)  »
Prisoners have always been taken during warfare – not just in the 20th century. From the 16th century, as armies grew and weapons became more sophisticated, far more prisoners were taken. In Britain, buildings like Portchester Castle were used to hold them in growing numbers.

Portchester first held prisoners during the Anglo-Dutch wars of the 1660s. But it was its final phase as a prison, during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (1793–1815), that saw the greatest numbers of prisoners at the castle – up to 8,000 at any one time.

Most of the prisoners held at Portchester were French, but there were also many Dutch and Spanish prisoners. Other nationalities included Americans, Danes, Germans and Italians, and Lascars from south-east Asia (Malays). This cosmopolitan mix reflected both the global nature of the war and the international make-up of some national armies. The prisoners also included soldiers’ wives and families, as well as passengers and crew from civilian ships captured by Britain.

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Warwickshire Lookup Requests / Re: Brinklow Walker Request
« on: Monday 08 June 20 11:22 BST (UK)  »


Unless we're saying that John Walker and Mary Woodhouse are Johns parents and his grandparents are John and Mary Walker?


Well that is what I am saying. :)

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Warwickshire Lookup Requests / Re: Brinklow Walker Request
« on: Saturday 06 June 20 20:43 BST (UK)  »
Gone a bit quiet. What do you think gplazzon, do you think that is correct?

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Warwickshire Lookup Requests / Re: Brinklow Walker Request
« on: Wednesday 03 June 20 20:08 BST (UK)  »
Right, may have cracked it. This is what I have from Newbold-On-Avon.

John Walker married Mary Woodhouse 27th May 1765. witnesses John and Mary Walker (probably his parents)

John Walker Bap 1st July 1767 of John and Mary Walker
Other Children
Thomas Bap 13th February 1769
Jane Bap 19th June 1770
Richard Bap 10th October 1771 (This one must have died)
Richard Bap 12th October 1773

Also having children in Newbold around that time were Thomas and Mary Walker and Sam and Hannah Walker, possibly brothers of John.

The year of John's death (73 in 1833) suggests that he was born in 1760 but in my experience one cannot always rely on such dates in those days when most people could not read or write.
The Newbold connection is shown by the fact that both were buried there although they lived in Brinklow.

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Warwickshire Lookup Requests / Re: Brinklow Walker Request
« on: Wednesday 03 June 20 12:00 BST (UK)  »
These are of Walkers buried at Brinklow between 1813 and 1852, may be of some use to you -

Mary nearly 2 - 5 April 1830
John 73        - 25 October 1833
William infant - 19 December 1833
George 4       - 21 December 1844 


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