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Offline james52

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What does it mean to be "of the Park"?
« on: Thursday 24 August 17 09:19 BST (UK) »
I found another thing I hope someone can explain from the Orlingbury register.  I noticed a few instances where someone was referred to as "of ye park".

Example:
"Burials...
1717
(Oct?) ye 19. Old Thomas Bass of ye Park was buried"

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Re: What does it mean to be "of the Park"?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 24 August 17 10:35 BST (UK) »
Presumably he lived in the Park, ie grounds of Orlingbury  Hall. The old OS map shows parkland to the south east of Orlingbury.

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Re: What does it mean to be "of the Park"?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 26 August 17 12:41 BST (UK) »
You're welcome.

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Re: What does it mean to be "of the Park"?
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 26 August 17 12:55 BST (UK) »
You're welcome.

Good to see your help was acknowledged Mike  :-\


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Re: What does it mean to be "of the Park"?
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 26 August 17 14:20 BST (UK) »
Pardon me, and belated thanks Mike. Been busy with work (and trying to decipher parish registers with Latin forms of first names).

Your mention of old OS maps inspired me to do some searching for old maps, and to the west of the village (but within parish boundaries) there are a couple of abandoned villages, including Wythemail, with a area marked as Wythemail Park, so I guess that's a likely source of the term.

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Re: What does it mean to be "of the Park"?
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 26 August 17 18:35 BST (UK) »
Pardon me, and belated thanks Mike. Been busy with work (and trying to decipher parish registers with Latin forms of first names).

Your mention of old OS maps inspired me to do some searching for old maps, and to the west of the village (but within parish boundaries) there are a couple of abandoned villages, including Wythemail, with a area marked as Wythemail Park, so I guess that's a likely source of the term.

Great - that sounds a likely location.  Old maps are a really good source for matching names of disappeared locations.

Mike

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Re: What does it mean to be "of the Park"?
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 29 August 17 23:16 BST (UK) »
Love your Spanish Mike! Been off the vino and in the water for a few days while taking antibiotics. Aiming to get back to the former state by the weekend. Phew!