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These have appeared today, actually due in May I think. They're not for beginners! I think a lot of detective work will be needed to find out exactly what a lot of them are, and where they are from.

Ancestry has provided a list of chapels etc with the WYAS references, but they don't appear on the actual records you get to see, just the name of the repository, Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Calderdale etc.

I recognise one of mine whose abode is given as Sowood. It's a chapel record of her expulsion because of immorality in 1850. She's on the 1851 census unmarried with her mother and stepfather, with a one year old daughter. I can't tell at the moment which chapel it is though. I'll have to do some more exploring!

Anne

Not my James Hopton.

James Hopton born 23 Feb 1849 Sea Brook. Father James Hopton labourer, mother Edith Hopton formerly Marshall.

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Anne

Still looking for my Rosina Mickle!

Rose Bickell born 18 May 1862 Staltes. Father Richard Bickell courier, mother Alice Bickell formerly Moses.

Not sure about Bickell, could be Bickele, also middle two letters in the place may not be "lt"

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Anne

Does anyone have access to Hadleigh parish registers?

I have a Thomas Bilcliffe apprenticed to John Owen carpenter in London in 1715.

The record says he is the son of Edmund Bilcliffe of Hadley, Suffolk, a gardener.

The Bilcliffes originate in Yorkshire, with branches in Surrey, London and Lincolnshire at this time, so I'm surprised to see a reference to Suffolk.

Is there any trace of this family in the parish registers?

Thanks

Anne

I have a Sarah Ann Hopton aged 7 and an Adeline Hopton aged 8 in the Pontypool workhouse in 1871. I know their father James Hopton had died aged 44 in 1866. Their mother Elizabeth (nee Powell) was his second wife, born around 1842. I have Sarah's birth certificate.

Adeline disappears from the record after 1871, but Sarah Ann is found on each census up to and including 1901, still in the workhouse, although her age varies by a few years each time. I don't find her in 1911, although there is a Bedwelty death in 1947 for a Sarah Hopton aged 85 who may be her.

I think Adeline must have died in the workhouse, although I can't find a burial. I also can't trace Elizabeth in 1871 or after, and I can't believe she would just have abandoned her two children and changed her name. I wonder if she also died in the workhouse?

The Pontypool workhouse records are in Gwent record office. I wonder if there is some kind person who is planning to visit and could check the admission and death records?

Anne