Author Topic: Thatcham Places  (Read 2729 times)

Offline Peter Hyde

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Thatcham Places
« on: Tuesday 18 April 06 03:48 BST (UK) »
Hi everyone:

In trying to locate my HYDE families I need help with locations in Thatcham.

Can someone with knowledge of Thatcham tell me if Turn Field (in the 1841 census); Crown Street (in the 1851 census); and the Tithe Plot number 1099 (1841 Tithe Allocations) are in fact the same place with different names, or totally different places?

Many thanks
Peter Hyde
Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada (sunny, 16 degrees, last snow drift finally melted)
Norfolk (Depwade District)- Nudds, Betts, Bush, Websdale
Berkshire (Thatcham) - Hyde/Hide, Pocock
Cambridgeshire - Wayman, Amory, Preece
Suffolk - Nudds, Steward, Greenleaf
Essex (Colchester) Greenleaf

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Re: Thatcham Places
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 26 May 11 23:50 BST (UK) »
ACCORDING TO THIS LINK CROWN STREET (I KNOW THE PUBS) MAY NOW BE THE HIGH STREET, IN WHICH CASE TURNFIELDS (AS IS CALLED NOW) ARE DIFFERENT PLACES. NOT THAT FAR APART. NO IDEA ABOUT TITHE PLOTS

REGARDS MAYTHREE

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Re: Thatcham Places
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 26 May 11 23:51 BST (UK) »

Offline Wahian

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Re: Thatcham Places
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 16 June 11 20:53 BST (UK) »
I would also say Turn Field and Crown St are different locations. Turn Field appears in 1783 and much later would evolve into Turnfields. In 1921, the owner Arthur Brown, gave it to Thatcham Parish Council to be used as a recreation area for children as it still is along Chapel St.  In the 1600s it had been known as Tunfield possibly suggesting it was a round field perhaps coming from the old English,  Trun. The recreation area seems only a portion of a former larger area making up Turn Field.

Crown St had earlier been also known as West St and Cheap St. In the 1851 Census, part of it now appears as Crown St, named after the Crown Inn, and Cheap St would fall into disuse.  By the latter 1800's it started to become known informally as the High St.  West St makes it's reappearance in the 1896 to 1914 electoral registers. At the start of 1928, it was officially now known as High St.

In 1851, a brief check shows Hydes living almost opposite Turn Field on Chapel St.  If any of those living in Broad St are yours, today it's The Broadway which adjoins the High St.  The 1841 plot numbers around this area ( Broadway/High St) were in the 1200 series numbers.

So, i think at least these two are different places, though not that far from each other.


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Re: Thatcham Places
« Reply #4 on: Friday 17 June 11 08:58 BST (UK) »
Wow Maythree and Wahian - many thanks for discovering my 5 year old post!  And thanks for the new information.  And yes, any HYDE/HIDE in Thatcham is a relative of some sort.
Peter Hyde
now living in South Australia
Norfolk (Depwade District)- Nudds, Betts, Bush, Websdale
Berkshire (Thatcham) - Hyde/Hide, Pocock
Cambridgeshire - Wayman, Amory, Preece
Suffolk - Nudds, Steward, Greenleaf
Essex (Colchester) Greenleaf