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There are displays on lacemaking in several of the local museums, including at Olney and Buckinghamshire.

Thank you I don’t think I’m going to get up to Buckinghamshire in the very near future but I will bear that in mind. 

Kerry

Hi

Just wondering if anyone knows of a good online source of information about the lace making industry in Bucks, in particular Wendover in the 18th century.  Google is bringing up lots of modern 'buy lace dresses' websites and nothing of any use.

I discovered two families the Atkins and the Dixons who seemed to be lacemen and wondered if I could find out anything about the industry they would have been involved. in

Thank you  Kerry

Hi Diana

I think we may have been in contact at some point over the intervening years since I originally posted this.  I agree with what you say about Hannah.  I’ve recently been looking into Elizabeth Harriet’s occupation of The Three Cups pub near Punnetts Town and discovered that Richard junior, the only child of Hannah and Richard’s marriage that is known about had the tenancy before Elizabeth.  Who did you do your dna test with?  I tested with Living dna but have not been through my matches properly yet.

Kerry

Looking at the internet, Gaius appears to be a name that meant something to the family (at least the Sturt families in America).

Here in Sussex it means something to non conformist families, I have a x2 great grandfather Gaius Diana Winchester!  As the Sturt family seem to use non conformist chapels on and off its not that surprising.  I must check out the death of the son though as I've not seen that record before.

Kerry

Got a bit sidetracked and found a newspaper article from 29 April 1851 stating he was up in Court in Eastbourne for assaulting a grocer in a beer house in Hailsham.  The defendant (Sturt) was said to be a married man with a large family.  He seduced a young girl under the age of 15.  Sturt struck him (Mark Wenham, the grocer) when he went to get him out the privy where he had spent the night with the young girl.  Sturt was guilty and taken to Lewes gaol, Ann followed and paid the fine.  (Silly woman!)

The paper noted he was taken to court only five weeks previous for assaulting his wife, Ann and was sent to gaol for 2 months.  Hmmmm

Kerry