storrs of wistow.

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hello.hoping some-one can help me. have rung and e-mailed all saints church wistow to no avail.so hence trying here.
have samuel storrborn 1738 died 25th dec 1816.is buried in the family plot ther. is there any writings on the stone.
also james storr born 1797 died 9th dec 1856, was for thirty years the village sexton. is there any records in the church .walls. or a stone.
was married to a jane brown.
last  willam storr born 1827 wistow.married sarah ann jackson. willam died june  1889.
he was also the village sexton.wonder if any--thing was written about him.
cannot get to yorkshire at present. would lie photo.s if stones are still standing.e.t.c.
 yours in hope
                            mike

[hadenmaiden]

I don't have my car today -presently sharing with offspring!!  Will pop over and chack for you in the next few days.

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hello. thank you everso much. hate to bother anybody.
but countless e-mails and phone calls .has recieved no answers .at all .so thanks itch2stitch.
                        mike

[PenelopeSpider]

Hi. I have lots of ancestry in Wistow, going back to at least the 1630s right into the 20thC... including the Thompsons and Goltons - no Storrs but they do appear as witnesses on wedding certs once or twice.

One of my ancestors, Richard Golton, was also Wistow sexton - I think at a date before your's - and there is no gravestone for him but he is recorded as sexton in the parish records.  Ironically, sextons rarely seem to have a gravestone themselves often as they're drawn from the ranks of poorer parishioners. (Some of my Goltons are down as 'paupers' in the parish records).

The Storrs were an extremely well established old yeoman farming family.  There is still a Mr Storr in Cawoody. (he has the wood yard opposite and just down from Cawood Castle). He and I are probably the only true locals left round here as it's all incomers now! PM me if you are ever in the area and I will tell you where he can be found!

Can get over and have a look later in the week if no=one else can, for your MIs...as my husband is working this weekend so no car. I only live a couple of villages away.   If you look on the 'Access to Archives' and go into 'East Riding' you will find loads of Storr refs no doubt. A 17thC or 18thC Storr wrote a diary which is fascinating reading and has been published - you may be able to find some info online. He farmed at Scalm Lane which is kind of near Biggin/Cawood way.

Off the top of me head don't recall a Storr M.I but I may be wrong. One of my ancestors was vicar of Wistow 1652-1665 and there is not one trace of him or our family, inside the church. He is not even listed on the list of vicars - as he was appointed by parliament and got rid off when the monarchy came back. That really annoys me!  There is a tomb of the Beverley family inside the church which is also one of my ancestors.  Anyone going, try and track down the keyholder as the church has some of the most interesting things inside of any church round here!

If no-one else gets there I will try later this week.

My Wistow names include: Rawson/Rowson, Beverley, Byard, Thompson, Golton, Glew, Turner, Shillito, and  Richardson Abbot. If any of those ring bells do get in contact!

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hi penelopespider. just in case stitch cannot make it. hoping he can at some stage. your offer is kindly recieved, what being near christmas can understand if too busy.
have contacted kate at hull university.has some items for me is going to photo copy ,but alas some are too fragile to copy.
have some pages of early storr.kindly sent by another storr contact. starts.
of marriage:I samuel storr married mary my wife a church woman.but of been a quaker.my breathern thrust me out.went to hutton bushill and lived in a little house.
 and so it goes on .to long to put all on here.
so thanks again hope to hear from either one of you in some way.
                           mike

[hadenmaiden]

Hi Mike, I finally made it to Wistow today
The graveyard is defnitely still being used, and there are a number of failry recent gravestones, as well as a good number of old ones.  Now, there are quite a few[I'd say 25/30, possibly more] which are so old/weather damaged that the inscriptions are illegible.  Of the older ones which are legible, I found one Storr; John, beloved husband of Mary - the bad news is that the lower part of the inscription isn't there  . I have a picture I can send, but it's too big to post here.
I'm guessing that the older graves that you want wil be amongst the weather beaten ones.
I have another picture  of the exterior of the church, grave of this Storr is in the older part of the graveyard, behind the church.  Church was locked up, so I couldn't get to see anything inside. Sorry I wasn't more help.

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hi jacky. i know the feeling .i went to with my brother .to see
a church .and was locked due to vandals.such a shame.
i  thank you ever so much for trying. do you mind telling me how to get there . from york.am going to selby . need to check things in the library.the selby time records.etc.
but supect it is easier from york,
              mike

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hello jacky.thank you for your effort .in looking out for my storr. have managed to contact the key holder. he said  winds up the clocks.in the church.so am awaiting news .
 from roy.
                           mike

[hadenmaiden]

Mike, Selby to Wistow is easy - there's a bus that goes round all the villages, and drops off near the church.  By car, it's about 10-15 minutes, country road - follow signs from Selby for Wistow and Cawood.  Church is in the middle of the village, can't miss it.