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Title: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: ninkynoo on Thursday 09 October 08 10:04 BST (UK)
Hi
I am attempting a project on Great Clacton.
As many of you who have connections with this area know ,Clacton -on-Sea was' born'  in 1872. Before that ,there was just Great Clacton ,a village 2 miles inland from the coast.This was a time of tremendous growth in this area and must have affected the local population who had led a Rural existence before the holiday town grew.
I am trying to build a snapshot in time of how our ancestors lived before Clacton came into being.
Having researched my own family back to the 1600's in Great Clacton (and still living here myself) ,I have often been frustrated at how little information there is available for the Genealogist to look at( I do thank goodness for Norman Jacobs and Kenneth Walker who have put together a few very interesting books ,but the emphasis is mainly on Clacton -on- Sea after 1872).We have a fantastic Local History Room at the Library ,but info for pre 1871 is scarce.Unless you visit Essex Record Office at Chelmsford ,there is not a lot of local information.
I have collated all the inhabitants of Great Clacton in the 1871 census and would love to hear from anyone who has connections with Great Clacton .
All the information that I gather will be put together and a copy left with the Local History Group to share with anyone with an interest in the area.Another Rootschatter has suggested that I build a web site so anyone who cannot get to Clacton can look on-line.I will attempt to do this as soon as I gather enough information.
So ,what I would like is stories ,photos ,anecdotes ect about the Last of the Great Clactonians.Anything ,no matter how small would be welcome .
Can you help?
Many Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Regards
Lin

Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: dob on Saturday 18 October 08 19:56 BST (UK)
Hi Lin my family came from Gt Oakley and my GGGradfather was married in Little Clacton. They were both born 1806. Colin
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: ninkynoo on Sunday 19 October 08 19:24 BST (UK)
Hi Colin and Welcome to Rootschat .
I hope you like what you find here.Everyone is so helpful.
Were your ancestors in the Great Clacton Area around 1871 ?.
I still live in this area and am happy to try and find out anything if you need it.
Who were your Gt Gt Gt Grandparents?.
Lin
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: dob on Sunday 19 October 08 21:25 BST (UK)
Hi Lin well My GGGrandfather was John Sargeant who married Sophia Bloomfield at Gt Clacton 5th Jan 1827 Ess vol 38G Here is an extract from my F HIst notes

John's parents are as yet uncertain but there is certainly a Sargeant family in Great Oakley back to the early 18th century. There is a  William and Mary Sargeant who from 1769 produced a number of children Daniel 1777, James 1775 and John 1771 could all be candidates  to be John's father  There are 2 John Sargeants who died in Tendring pre 1851 who could be related to this John. ie June 1839 page 12 vol 197 and Mar 1840 vol 12 page 211. A lot of the Sargeants named their sons John.  This |John died 1869. The birth details of John and Sarahs children are taken from the Parish Record as follows. Baptisms Gt Oakley DP47/1/9 Essex Record Office.
Subsequently they were all found on the Census documents.. Present at home at the time of the  1861 Census was John's wife Sophia, John, son 29 Ag Lab and James 15 also Ag Lab both born in Gt Oakley. In the 1851 Census John was 45 born in Gt Bromley Essex. Sophia  his wife was 45 born Gt Clacton Essex. Son John was 29 Ag Lab born Gt Oakley. Hannah 17 was at home born Gt Oakley, William 12 at home born Gt Oakley,George at home Gt Oakley,James 5 at home Gt Oakley. Sophia 2 at home born Gt Oakley. The death details of John shows him to have died in 1869 and his age as 66 which makes his date of birth as 1803.  His Baptism appears to be at the age of 3. His details of death says it was an abcess of the prostrate most likely today we would refer to it as cancer. The name on the certificate is as ever different ie Serjeant the name suffering a great deal from interpretation by everyone.

John's son James William moved to Colchester and became a policeman about 1870. He married  A Jane Starling who died so he re married Henrietta Isberne at Colchester. They then moved to Wanstead and later E london where he got work  in the building trade.Its kind of you to reply. Any clues would be appreciated as I cannot be sure of John's ancestry nor which branch of the Sargeant clan they hail from. Thanks Colin
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: ninkynoo on Monday 20 October 08 08:53 BST (UK)
Thanks for the prompt reply.
I have found some of the Bloomfield family in a book about the swing rioters of 1830.
As there is a couple of pages of it ,I shall PM you and send them on.
I will order the PR s of Great Clacton This week and see what they turn up.
Also found a interesting bit about another of the Bloomfields (I remember going to School with a Bloomfield ,way back in the 60's) ,so will send you that as well.
Lin
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: dob on Monday 20 October 08 09:08 BST (UK)
Thanks Lin and a special thanks to you too for such a prompt reply. I only happened on this sight by pure chance thats great. If I can help you at all I am into the First World War a bit so if you have any relatives you want to trace I might be able to offer pointers. Colin
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: Anne in OZ on Sunday 02 November 08 08:02 GMT (UK)
Hi, I have family named Grimwood and Beer living in Gt Clacton at this time, they where agricultural labourers.
Anne In Oz
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: r973g on Sunday 02 November 08 08:37 GMT (UK)
Hi Lin
I would like to join in on this one as I have interest in the area but go back to the late 1700's to my G'G'Grandfather who married (I think married)a Day in Great Clacton and lived in Weeley which is one of my main interests in the area.
The name Beer is familiar to me as there were families in Brightlingsea, though I can't tell you where they came from.
There was a church connection too about that time as the vicar was elsewhere and appointed rectors to both places.
Hope you don't find this too confusing, I have not done any work on the region for some time.
Ray
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: ninkynoo on Tuesday 04 November 08 09:17 GMT (UK)
Hi ,sorry for the delay in getting back to you.I have been working night shifts ,so have not had the chance to reply.

Anne ,I see your Grimwoods were living St Osyth Road in 1871 .This is now part of St Johns Road  (St Osyth Road of now was not in existence then ,nowadays it is down nearer the town ).In 1871 they were living near Smokey House Farm(which was near the roundabout that is on the St Johns Road /London Road juntion) ,which is now demolished ,but I remember playing in the barns there when I was a child.On one of the walls was a slogan written 'Vote for Round' it was there for at least 90 years.There was also a pond nearby that the children avoided as it was supposedly haunted by a lady on a white horse who would come out the water late at night.I was born  about 100 yards from Smokey House Farm so know the area well.Just up the road is an area called Potash which part of still stands ,that is where my family were in 1871.
The area around where your ancestors lived was developed when the council put London Road in around 1920's.It now sports a huge roundabout and fire station there.Only a few cottages remain .
Did you know there was a large shop in Clacton for a long while called Grimwade and Clarkes ?.I spent many happy hours in there watching the money tubes zip along the wires to the cashiers office ,it's now MacDonalds. :(

I am also aware of the Beer(e) family as they stayed in the area but are found in Little Clacton and Toosey(St Osyth).I shall have to look at them a little more closely.
I have raided all I can from the library (Local History dept) and have amassed quite a lot of material .I shall spend today sifting through it and see what I can find.
Dob ,I will PM you later as I have ,hopefully sorted out how to send you the bits that are relevant to you.
Right ,off to take over the lounge floor with hundreds of bits of paper and try to sort them into some kind of order.I shall put up names of people I discover things about ,I have a death which looks interesting but sad ,and lots on various buildings ect.Then I must get the Parish Records for the area as I now have a micro fiche machine (Hurrah).
Thank You for your interest ,I have the feeling that this project is going to be bigger than I thought.
Lin
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: Peanut on Wednesday 19 November 08 18:07 GMT (UK)
Hi Lin:
Looking for info on Sarah Green b.1813 Great Clacton, dau of William Green.  No other details known.  She had left the village for Bloomsbury, London to work as a domestic servant and never returned to Gt. Clacton.  Many thanks for any help or clues.
Jayne
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: Lady J on Monday 30 March 09 00:14 BST (UK)
Hi:
I'm descended from the Gould family.  Joseph Gould/Gold was born in Messing in the 1700's.  The family then moved to Little Clacton and Great Clacton.  Several of the Goulds were carpenters/joiners.  My gg grandmother, Elizabeth Leggett Gould, ran a beer house in Great Clacton during the 1800s.
My father was born in Dudley Rd. in Clacton-on-Sea, 1901.  He was a master bricklayer. 
During the 1800s, some of the Gould men were mariners.  At least one of these men ended up moving to Harwich.
One my ancestors either lived at, or ran, the Roaring Donkey Pub in Holland.
The other names connected with Gould were Bareham and Butcher and possibly Lazelle.
I'm researching my ancestors and am very interested in the local history there even though I have moved to Canada (50 years ago). 
Any sort of information, no matter how trivial, is of interest to me.

I'm glad to see someone is taking such an interest in this area.

Lady J
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: ninkynoo on Monday 30 March 09 23:24 BST (UK)
Hi
Haven't been on Rootschat a lot of late as I have been working nights  :(

Oh those are familiar names .Especially Bareham and Layzell .They are in my tree. Small world .If I recall rightly ,one of the Barehams was a Swing Rioter have to double check him and let you know .
Still busy collating as much as I can lay my hands on.The pile is growing nicely . I have had some surprises along the way.
The Roaring Donkey is still there ,I drove past it today. Somewhere I have an article written for the local paper in the 80's about it's history ,I'll have a look for it .
There were 4 pubs in Gt Clacton . Now there are 3 ,The Ship ,The Queens  and The Plough ,I grew up a few hundred yards from them .

If you would like any pictures then please feel free to PM me and I will do my best to find houses, maps ,news items ect.Can also look in the street directories in Library.

Dudley Road would have been quite new when  your father was born ,and I would lay money he had a connection with Zachariah Fairclough who has a book written about him called Bricks and Rollers.My Gt Aunt married into this family.
There are quite a few books about the area still available by Norman Jacobs and Kenneth Walker .Both are very good authors .Norman is involved with the Clacton History Group who run a  History Room at The Library a couple of mornings a week.
I guess I am a bit passionate about this town though my interests lay mainly with Great Clacton. Also lucky in the fact that I still live in the same town that my ancesters lived over 400 years ago ,I don't think the wanderlust gene exists in me somehow. ;D
Let me know what you need and I'll do my best.
From Lin
in Sunny Clacton

Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: Lady J on Tuesday 31 March 09 00:58 BST (UK)
Hi Lin,
 the Faircloughs are very familier to me. I lived on Key Rd, growing up and old Mrs Fairclough lived across the road and a married daughter lived next door. My grandfather Gould moved to Warwick Rd. I cannot remember the number but it was the only detached house and had another lot attached, so I would not be surprised if he did have a connection with Zach. His grandmother was Elizabeth Leggett who ran the beerhouse. I have seen it called The Apple Tree. Her husband Joseph was a Drillman and Farmer of three acres. I have only seen the address as The Street, the same with my Lt C Goulds, so I don't know exactly where they lived.
My husband's family are also from Gt Clacton. his grandmother was a Dove, the Fishmongers. She was Matilda and married William Long, he was a Gas Fitter, a very sought after trade at that time I think. They lived on Ann Rd, opposite  Grooms orphanage.
         Lady J
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: Arquebus on Monday 04 May 09 15:59 BST (UK)
It would appear from my records, that I have links to Zachariah Fairclough, as his son Ernest Zachariah Fairclough married Ellen (Nellie) Winifred Howe (my Gt Aunt, as far as I can ascertain)....I have quite a large amount of info on the Howe family if it is any help.

Al.
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: ninkynoo on Tuesday 05 May 09 09:30 BST (UK)
Hi Arquebus
Have you got the book Bricks and Rollers about the Fairclough Family ,it is available from The Clacton History Group.A very good read.
I am vaguely related to them as my Gt Aunt Elizabeth Pratt married George Nelson Fairclough.
Clacton owes a lot to the Faircloughs and most of the houses the family built are still here.
I also lived 3 doors down from some of the family when I was young.
There are also some quite splendid gravestones at Clacton cemetery for the family.
Zacs main Steam Roller ,The Clacton Queen is still in the town ,having undergone a big restoration project ,it's nice to see her at carnivals and shows.I also hear her whistle peeping most weekends as the yard where she is kept is just up the road.
I am now on the final 10 pages of the transcription and have collected quite a bit of info (even managed to rescue a few old newspaper cuttings  and assorted bits off e bay ie indentetures and leases).
What started out as a little project has now grown into a box big enough to fit me into.So thinl this may take a little longer than anticipated.
I will be in touch via PM when I get a chance.
Thanks for contacting me
Lin
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: Arquebus on Tuesday 05 May 09 20:47 BST (UK)
S'OK...when you are ready.

Al.
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: shirley11 on Tuesday 02 June 09 12:24 BST (UK)
Hi Lin,
 I was wondering if you had come across Rebecca Angier Richardson in the research you have done so far. She was born in 1741 in Great Oakley, Essex, she married Thomas Turpin on 21.6.1757 in Kirby le Soken, Essex & she died in 1823 in Great Clacton, Essex. Any information or help would be fantastic.
Thank you in advance,
Shirley
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: mikefromessex on Monday 22 June 09 11:58 BST (UK)
Guess what!  My GGGrandmother was also Elizabeth Leggett Gould, her son, Frederick Gould being my GGrandfather.  He was a mariner and I attach a photo of him and one of his brother Joseph.  In fact, until recent times my family has always been associated with the Little Clacton/Wivenhoe/Brightlingsea area.  Whilst not a mariner, my Grandfather, Arthur Harlow, worked in the Wivenhoe shipyard for many of his earlier years and always had close contacts with fishing and sailing in the River Colne and associated coastal parts.

Like many families, in recent years we have moved away from the Essex area (to Cornwall) but I still have a strong affinity N E Essex.  Might still move back that way!


Hi:
I'm descended from the Gould family.  Joseph Gould/Gold was born in Messing in the 1700's.  The family then moved to Little Clacton and Great Clacton.  Several of the Goulds were carpenters/joiners.  My gg grandmother, Elizabeth Leggett Gould, ran a beer house in Great Clacton during the 1800s.
My father was born in Dudley Rd. in Clacton-on-Sea, 1901.  He was a master bricklayer. 
During the 1800s, some of the Gould men were mariners.  At least one of these men ended up moving to Harwich.
One my ancestors either lived at, or ran, the Roaring Donkey Pub in Holland.
The other names connected with Gould were Bareham and Butcher and possibly Lazelle.
I'm researching my ancestors and am very interested in the local history there even though I have moved to Canada (50 years ago). 
Any sort of information, no matter how trivial, is of interest to me.

I'm glad to see someone is taking such an interest in this area.

Lady J
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: Lady J on Tuesday 23 June 09 00:37 BST (UK)
Hello Mike, thanks for the message. Have we been in contact through Genes Re-united ?    Joan
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: mikefromessex on Tuesday 23 June 09 09:44 BST (UK)
G'morning Joan

Yes we have communed via Genes Reunited.  I have reached the point where I have to return to Essex and do some research there to get more Gould information.  Any more tit bits that I do get I will be pleased to share with you.  Please keep in touch.

My best wishes

Mike
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: Mamacrystal on Tuesday 21 July 09 17:18 BST (UK)
One of my ancestors was Joseph Allen, son of Samuel, from Great Clacton.
Joseph was born in 1823. Has anyone heard anything about those Allens?
I live in Australia, and am going to visit Colchester in September, just for a couple of days (no car sadly). Can anyone suggest where I might find some records?
Joseph joined the Army and was sent to India, where he married and had family. He never returned to Essex.
Any help would be most appreciated
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Post by: redroses on Saturday 19 June 10 14:47 BST (UK)
Hi Lin

My husband's grandfather (Charles Howard born c 1876) was a lamplighter in Great Clacton in 1911.  He and his mother and brother and sister were in the Union Workhouse in Tendring in 1881.  His mother, Emma Howard born c 1856, later married Noah Bloomfield but I can't find a father or birth registration for Charles or his brother and sister.  Census records say St Lukes, Middlesex (Islington) but no luck so far.

There was Alice Bloomfield also in the Workhouse in 1881.

Regards.
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: lindyloo26 on Saturday 19 June 10 19:14 BST (UK)
I have just found out (via Rootschat) that my Dad had another brother who died aged 2 days in 1897, that I had never heard of.  His name was George ADKINS.

He was born in Castle Road, Clacton and was buried at St John the Baptist, Great Clacton on 15th November 1897.  I am wondering if he was baptised there before he died and also my Aunt Annie Dorothy ADKINS who was born on January 19th 1896.

I had no idea they had lived in Clacton until I started doing family history, as my dad, who was born in 1904, was born in Finchley.  Luckily his baptism is on Ancestry London Baptisms!
Linda
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Post by: AussieBill on Monday 26 July 10 06:00 BST (UK)
Hi
I have just found this thread and hope it is still active.
I am very much a beginer at reasearching family history but my wife is due to have our first child in December and I have suddenly developed an interest in finding out more about where I am from.
I know some of my family lived in Great Claton at this time my GGGrandfather and possibly my GGrandfather (who was born about this time). Their names were both William Benjamin Harman (as is mine) any information on them or directions to find out about them would be much appreciated.
 I was also interested to read on here about people related to the Fairclough family also as my GGrandmother was a Fairclough. Other familys from the Clacton area that I understand I am related to are Austin, Barber, Bradshaw and Johnson.
Thanks in advance for any information.
Bill
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: Boblima on Sunday 01 August 10 14:19 BST (UK)
Hello Ninkynoo,

  Of course, the question you might want to ask is, why was there a sudden expansion of the population in the 1872 time ??  perhaps the coming of the railway perhaps ?? and I believe there is even a road in the area named after the man who was responsible, Peter Bruff ( not to be confused with the well know radio ventriloquist of nearly the same name, with his little mate Archie Andrews )

regards

Boblima
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Post by: AussieDove on Sunday 08 August 10 15:30 BST (UK)
Lady J.

My Great Grand mother was Marion Dove, the fishmonger. Her husband was William. My grandfather was their son Charles.  Any idea of William's origin?
AussieDove
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: danieljames on Saturday 29 January 11 08:48 GMT (UK)
My family originates from both Great Clacton and Little Clacton. One line is from Daniel James, wheelwright, born about 1790 through to Jeremiah James, born about 1830 (connections here to a Cole family). Jeremiah married Sarah Linnett in 1851.

One of their sons was Frank Henry James, born in 1858 who left the village to make a fortune in Lewisham.  Frank married an Emily Hayhoe whose father was Jeremiah Hayhoe, married to Sarah Reed.  Jeremiah's father was Samuel Hayhoe of Kirby, married to Jane Smith.  Samuel was deported to Tasmania for hie part in the Swing riots of December 1830.

Samuel was an agricultural worker but all the other men were carpenters.  Jeremiah James (above) gives Jeremiah Cole, a farmer, as his father on his marriage certificate and I think the 'James' surname is taken through his mother, Hannah, daughter of Daniel James.

I've seen a snippett somewhere that suggests that the James family may have had connections with Clapgate Farm but I'm unsure about this.

Hope this is of interest and I would love to know if this ties in with any other local history.

Richard
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: RIBOGA on Sunday 13 February 11 18:22 GMT (UK)
Hi,
I've just registered to rootschat, and all this is new to me!
My great-grandfather John Ribbans THORP lived in Great Clacton in 1871 with his family. Five of his children were born there.He was a general shopkeeper.
I am actually looking for the actual date of birth or baptism of his father John THORP, born around 1798 in Thorpe le Soken. As I live in France, I've been trying to get information on the net with SEAX, but unfortunately the register I need to consult isn't available on the net. Could anybody help me ? I would be so grateful.
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: Legiuk on Saturday 08 October 11 00:28 BST (UK)
Dear Lin
Your Great Aunt Elizabeth Pratt is also my great grandmother-do you please have any details of her ancestors?
I would be very grateful.
Thanks a lot
Phil
Title: Re: Great Clacton 1871 ,were your family here?
Post by: ninkynoo on Monday 07 November 11 23:18 GMT (UK)
Thank You for all your replies. I have done all I can for now and printed off quite a bit for the Local history group and passed it on to Norman Jacobs for the History room at the Library. I had to stop for a while due to ill health in the family, so , apologies for not getting back for a while.My daughter has now finished her chemo so I have a bit more free time. All good.
Phil, looks like we are related, I shall pm you details of how to contact me and i can give you quite a bit on our Family. I have most of them going back to the mid 1600's in the local area.
Richard, I am not sure if you have the Swing Rioters book, if not , let me know and I will look him up for you.There are quite a few details about him and his family in there along with physical descriptions ect.
Clacton itself began its existence in 1872 due to the railway , until that time the land was mainly farmland and great Clacton was the main village. I have a few maps showing the progression of the 'new' town.
 I shall get to the local history sectionof the library in the next few weeks and see what i can find out about some of the other queries raised here, please bear with me.
Many many Thanks for all the interest in this item.Thanks you as well for your patience.
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Post by: cjellwood on Friday 17 January 20 13:29 GMT (UK)
Hi,  I live at 52 Coppins Road and have deeds maps etc going back to 1920's when the area was known as Smoaky Farm Estate and of course Smoaky Farm itself.   Yes its spelt like that.  I am looking to bring part of my land back to agri use so if anyone has recollection of the small holding that was here before my sale it would be great to talk to you
Chris
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Post by: BenGould84 on Thursday 14 July 22 11:18 BST (UK)
Hi, I know it’s been years since this thread was replied too. But, I am tracing my ancestry (I’m a Gould) and so far I have got to Julia Ann Gould (a sister of Frederick and Joseph). If anyone reads this in 2022 I’d love to hear from you! Ben



Guess what!  My GGGrandmother was also Elizabeth Leggett Gould, her son, Frederick Gould being my GGrandfather.  He was a mariner and I attach a photo of him and one of his brother Joseph.  In fact, until recent times my family has always been associated with the Little Clacton/Wivenhoe/Brightlingsea area.  Whilst not a mariner, my Grandfather, Arthur Harlow, worked in the Wivenhoe shipyard for many of his earlier years and always had close contacts with fishing and sailing in the River Colne and associated coastal parts.

Like many families, in recent years we have moved away from the Essex area (to Cornwall) but I still have a strong affinity N E Essex.  Might still move back that way!


Hi:
I'm descended from the Gould family.  Joseph Gould/Gold was born in Messing in the 1700's.  The family then moved to Little Clacton and Great Clacton.  Several of the Goulds were carpenters/joiners.  My gg grandmother, Elizabeth Leggett Gould, ran a beer house in Great Clacton during the 1800s.
My father was born in Dudley Rd. in Clacton-on-Sea, 1901.  He was a master bricklayer. 
During the 1800s, some of the Gould men were mariners.  At least one of these men ended up moving to Harwich.
One my ancestors either lived at, or ran, the Roaring Donkey Pub in Holland.
The other names connected with Gould were Bareham and Butcher and possibly Lazelle.
I'm researching my ancestors and am very interested in the local history there even though I have moved to Canada (50 years ago). 
Any sort of information, no matter how trivial, is of interest to me.

I'm glad to see someone is taking such an interest in this area.

Lady J