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Offline Rewcastle

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Re: The Face of Britain
« Reply #9 on: Monday 16 April 07 01:23 BST (UK) »
To busy watching The Lost World Of Mitchell And Kenyan on BBC4.
I could sit for hours watching it and always spot something in the footage i missed before.


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Re: The Face of Britain
« Reply #10 on: Monday 16 April 07 15:49 BST (UK) »
There is a book to go with this series. Face of Britain by Robin McKie.

Web site www.simonsays.co.uk

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Re: The Face of Britain
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 19 April 07 22:31 BST (UK) »
Just watched this (I taped it).

I really enjoyed it.

I've never been quite sure about what place all this DNA stuff has in family history. After all, being told that you may have pootled up the road from West Africa 30,000 years ago isn't exactly the 1851 census, is it?!  ::)

However, this prog was intelligent and informative and, also, fun.

I see they're doing my part of the country next week - Eastern England. I'll get my horned helmet and offerings to Odin ready now! Although, I don't think I'd make a very good volunteer as my great grandparents came from 7 different counties! But then, if my greatx10,000 grandparents came from West Africa - you see? can't quite grasp the significance!!

However, I do quite grasp (I wish!) the significance of the presenter Neil Oliver. Don't know why, but I find him very - shall we say - very... Scottish!
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Baptism nowhere to be found. Possibly in a nonconformist church near ALMONDBURY or HUDDERSFIELD.

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Re: The Face of Britain
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 19 April 07 22:44 BST (UK) »
I would love to have my DNA tested and be told what strains I may have - only it's pretty certain I should have Celtic as my grandfather and his parents were Irish.  On my dad's side there's a strong French "presence".  As we're Phillipses I always thought there'd be Welsh but not found any yet.   :(
Connell (Mayo & Lancs 19th/20th c) Culling (Norfolk & London 19th c) Diss (Essex) Giesen (UK only 19th/20th c) Hackney (London) Henbest (Kent & Sussex) Hughes (Mayo to Burnley, Lancs & Edward, Parachute Regiment 40s, 50s) Lister (London) Maltby (Marylebone) Mayo (Glos) Nials Noquet (Huguenot) Phillips (S London) Poulain (France & London) Rayner (Halstead, Essex) Pratt (Kent & Sussex) Redfearn (London) Silk Speller (Rodings, Essex) Thompson (S London) Thurley Trundle Wade Westley

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Re: The Face of Britain
« Reply #13 on: Friday 20 April 07 11:58 BST (UK) »
I am not surprised at that, I have Phillips in my immediate family tree but I am sure theres no Welsh connection, I am pretty sure mine came eastern europe. if ony I can find the evidence.  ::)
this information is Crown Copyright. from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk   London Hall, Thurston Stanley, Phillips, Ayrton, White, Morrish, Smith.    West Ham/Barking Saint,Briggs,   Essex  Barker,   Hampshire  Kill, Kent Spong,   U.S.A Earp, Scotland/Cumbria Templeton, Devon Morrish, Chudley

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Re: The Face of Britain
« Reply #14 on: Friday 20 April 07 16:09 BST (UK) »
Ah but Patrish, if you had poetry in your soul AND a beautiful singing voice like what I have  ;D ;D ;D you would be surprised not to find any Welsh ancestors!  ;D ;D ;D
Connell (Mayo & Lancs 19th/20th c) Culling (Norfolk & London 19th c) Diss (Essex) Giesen (UK only 19th/20th c) Hackney (London) Henbest (Kent & Sussex) Hughes (Mayo to Burnley, Lancs & Edward, Parachute Regiment 40s, 50s) Lister (London) Maltby (Marylebone) Mayo (Glos) Nials Noquet (Huguenot) Phillips (S London) Poulain (France & London) Rayner (Halstead, Essex) Pratt (Kent & Sussex) Redfearn (London) Silk Speller (Rodings, Essex) Thompson (S London) Thurley Trundle Wade Westley

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Re: The Face of Britain
« Reply #15 on: Friday 20 April 07 17:28 BST (UK) »
Well that will be it then  ::) I dont have either of them  ;D ;D
this information is Crown Copyright. from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk   London Hall, Thurston Stanley, Phillips, Ayrton, White, Morrish, Smith.    West Ham/Barking Saint,Briggs,   Essex  Barker,   Hampshire  Kill, Kent Spong,   U.S.A Earp, Scotland/Cumbria Templeton, Devon Morrish, Chudley

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Re: The Face of Britain
« Reply #16 on: Sunday 22 April 07 02:21 BST (UK) »
The only HUGHES connection I've found so far is in Hampshire! Would like to get husband's other HUGHES line out of NZ and into UK.

The program sounds really interesting - hope it comes to Australia!
GRACE, HADLEY, ION,MURFET(T), SIZER, WALTERS, WISE - Tasmania,

BATTY, COLE,  GIBBS, GIBBINS/GIBBONS, GODDARD, GURNEY, HUGHES, JONES, LEE, PENNY, TROWER, WHALE, WILSHAW, WOODCOCK
New Zealand,

LEONARD, ROLLINGS, SIZER/SIZAR and many others - Cambridgeshire


BLACKBURN, CUNNINGHAM, DEAN, DOWGILL, GILL,HAINSWORTH, HUSBANDS, LOWE,  MABBLE, MARSHALL, MOORHOUSE, MYERS, PEARSON,PRESTON,  RAYNER, RILEY, SHOESMITH, SIGSTON, SKINN, TURNER, WARD, WILDMAN, WRIGHT

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Re: The Face of Britain
« Reply #17 on: Sunday 22 April 07 11:53 BST (UK) »
There seems to a strong anti-English theme running through this program, with many of the participants desperately hoping to find that they are anything but English. :)

I was hoping the program would answer the big question as to why we speak the way we do but the programme had nothing new to add to the existing knowledge on this topic.
Sussex: Floate, West
Kent: Tuffee
Cheshire: Gradwell
Lancashire: Gradwell

UK Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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