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Saturday, July 25, 2009 15:46 PM |
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| Name | Alex Chambers | |
| Comment | Hi | |
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Saturday, April 04, 2009 17:57 PM |
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| Name | Ray Mears | |
| Comment | The website | |
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My names Ray Mears |
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:05 AM |
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| Name | Sue Roberts | |
| Comment | Senior School provision for Broughton | |
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Hi there
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Thursday, February 26, 2009 15:09hrs |
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| Name | Arthur Williams | |
| Comment | Village Memories | |
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Hi Elaine I spent all my school holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Howard
at the old yeoman house in the high street when it was a council depot.
I had cousin Christine, I spent many a happy hour at the blacksmiths shop with
Mr. George James his 2 sons Frank and Eric I used to pump the bellows when they shod the horses also
I went with Frank to wind the clock . |
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Monday, February 02nd, 2009 10:05hrs |
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| Name | Waltraud Nau | |
| Comment | The Old Bakehouse | |
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Hello, |
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Tuesday, January 27th 2009 21.38hrs |
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| Name | Jennifer D | |
| Comment | Research On Broughton In Industrial Revolution | |
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Hi, Due to the age of this young lady,
Any information will be sent to her via the
Webmaster. |
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Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 21.00hrs |
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| Name | Peter Lewis, | |
| Comment | Charles James | |
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'''''''During Family research I saw a plaque in St Andrew's Church referring to Charles James ( b 1880 d 1928.) I believe placed there by his sister Edith to commemorate his work. For those who may like to know a little of the reason for this plaque to Charles James ( my mother's uncle ), I would like to offer the following information. Charles was born in Earls Barton but appears to have lived much of his life in Holly House, in Church St, Broughton, almost opposite the church. He was the son of William James and Mary Shatford m 1875…. having a brother William and sister Edith ( later Walker ). After schooling in Wellingborough, Charles studied at University College London and after emigrating to the USA in the early 1900’s became Head of the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of New Hampshire NE., achieving world acclaim for his work. A potted history can be seen on the following website relating to his work in separation of rare earths.''''''' http://acswebcontent.acs.org/landmarks/landmarks/rareearth/james.html i. Charles James also wrote the 3.5 page definitive article on Rare Earths for the 1927 14th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica…for which he was paid £10.45p ( in current currency )! ii. A reference to his ‘laboratory at Kettering’ I believe, refers to a lab. built in the grounds of Pytchley Grange, owned by himself and his brother 1911 – 1916 / 1917. Charles James’ daughter, Doctor Marion James b 1918, followed her father’s and Mother’s academic footsteps becoming Professor of History at the same university, and still lives in New Hampshire. A few years ago Marion visited Broughton and, with the kind help of Kate Hurford, was able to visit Holly House and its grounds. Any local connections to this family line which any readers may have would be greatly appreciated. Regards Peter Lewis, Northampton, UK |
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Sunday, October 12, 2008 9:42 AM |
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| Name | Andrew Wood | |
| Comment | High Street, Broughton, 1851 | |
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Dear Elaine I'm sorry to trouble you, but I do find the Broughton Village website a very good one and have enjoyed navigating it. I've been trying to establish where in the High Street my great grandfather x 3, Thomas Wood, had his beer-shop between about 1840 and 1852, and hoping that someone local to Broughton can help me. He held the licence courtesy of the 1830 Beer Act. I have been to the village and taken photographs of some properties which may have been the location of his beer-house and below is an excerpt from my notes: “The Location of Tom’s Beer-house? I had access to all of the census information from 1841 to 1881, a 1900 map of the village and knew that he lived on the High Street. One of the problems was that in 1851 enumerators rarely used street numbers; number 1 was were they began, adding one digit for each property as they passed through the village, consequently there was no consistency of house numbering during the 40 year period. What I had to do was to see if there was any pattern and discover any notable landmarks. The 1851, census returns give very little information, but the occupation ‘victualler’ was a bit of a giveaway and there were three on the High Street. One of them, Henry Baines, was identified by Mike Brown of the Brewery History Society as being the licensee of the Three Tuns, which was shown as (11) High Street; Thomas and his wife resided seven properties north, at (18) High Street. As explained, these numbers were not actually house numbers, for example in 1861, 1871 and 1881 the Tree Tuns was shown as 20, 14 and 63 High Street respectively. What I did notice was that a schoolmistress, Elizabeth Alderman, was shown as living two properties south of the Three Tuns in all census returns, except in 1871, when she was at 11, three numbers from the Three Tuns; clearly the enumerator criss-crossed the road on that occasion. In 1851, Thomas had been seven properties north of the Three Tuns. Armed with the census information and my 1900 map I visited Broughton to establish from which building Tom had operated his beer-house. My first discovery was that the Three Tuns is now a private house, but considerately named after the original hostelry. Taking into consideration fairly obvious property conversions, I found what I’m quite sure was Tom’s home, built during the early part of the 19th century; the property may have been subject to alteration/conversion over the years, but it does fit all of the criteria. Later census returns showed that there was a grocer and draper living five properties north of the Three Tuns and two doors south of Thomas’ house is a shop front.” I have written an article, based on the 1830 Beer Act, linking it to Thomas and Broughton and it has been accepted by the National Archives' genealogical magazine, Ancestors, for publication in the April 2009 issue. Whilst I’ve had a number of pieces of work published, only one relates to Broughton; it is mainly about enclosure and allotments and cites the Broughton poor land allotments, which were awarded at enclosure. My great grandparents x 2 were Broughton poor land allotment holders. If you think that anyone would be interested, I could e-mail you a copy I'm sorry to burden you with this, but if you can't help I'd be grateful if you could pass it on to anyone who might be interested. Andrew Wood Stockton on Tees |
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Sunday, July 20, 2008 3:42 AM |
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| Name | Joan McKinlay | |
| Comment | My Grandfather was from Broughton | |
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Hello My grandfather was William P Thompson from Broughton. He and his wife Ellen (Short) immigrated to Canada around 1907. His family lived on High Street but think it has been torn down. The Thompson family owned the meat shop and bakery. I have pictures of High Street with these shops. My grandparents were married in the Anglican Church. I know Grandpa had brothers and sisters. One sister played the organ at the church. My great grandparents I believe are buried there. I would love to know any family members names. Hopefully we will visit this village when we are in England. Yours Joan McKinlay Peterborough Ontario Canada |
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Saturday, July 12, 2008 10:11 PM |
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| Name | Irene Stevenson | |
| Comment | Former Broughton Residents | |
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I grew up in Broughton, my great g/father was George spider
Turland who many knew of . my g/mother Flo Reynolds and mother Joan Reynolds, was
Irene McNally. my query is does anyone have any photos or know of great g/dad spider whose wife was
Mary Dawkins of Rothwell .any thing of the Turland's would be appreciated |
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Friday, May 30, 2008 08:12 AM |
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| Name | John Reeves | |
| Comment | To any one who knows me | |
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My name is John Reeves I used to live at 12 Church St from 1935 to1942 I now live on Merseyside, is there anyone who remembers me? It is such a long time ago and the only names I can remember are Dennis Panther & Peter Eaton , who were at school with me. I am new to this internet lark & I only came onto this web site just recently its nice to read it, it brings back fond memories Keep up the good work webmaster
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 13:07 PM |
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| Name | Anne Robins | |
| Comment | Coronation 1911 Broughton photograph | |
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In looking through family photos we discovered a Post Card with a photo of what looks to be around 30 house/ estate workers taken on to commemorate this event, and
labelled Coronation 1911, Broughton. We think we can recognise a Robins family member in it - he was married in Broughton a few years prior to this date. Does anyone know if there was a large country house/estate nearby which would have had that number of staff? Or can anyone suggest what group this could be? |
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Saturday, May 24, 2008 18:10 PM |
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| Name | Andrew Wood | |
| Comment | Broughton High Street | |
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I've thoroughly enjoyed viewing this site and I'm hoping that someone might be able to help me in relation to the street numbering of Broughton High Street in 1851. Unfortunately, the houses were only numbered in the consecutive order that the enumerator did the census in 1851 and were not the actual address. My great great grandfather x 3, Thomas Wood, was listed as number 18 High Street, the enumerator worked through the High Street from south to north. By the time of the 1861 census, both Thomas and his wife had died and it would appear that the actual house numbers were used in the census for the first time and they do not correlate with the 1851 numbering. I've done a comparative exercise, checking my ancestors neighbours in both census returns, but many had moved and those that had not do not compare exactly. The difference is about 9, i.e. 8 & 11 in 1851 were 17 & 20 respectively in 1861, but further up the street the difference was increased, number 24 became 34; but the house before 24 in 1851 was not occupied in 1851 and not given a number, that brought the differential back to 9. Consequently, the number of my ancestors house was probably 27 High Street. The Three Tuns was 20 High Street in 1861, does anyone know whether the numbers were consecutive or were evens on one side and odds opposite in 1861? My main interest in trying to find the property is because Thomas was described as a brewer in 1851, which partly confirms folklore that he brewed beer and sold it locally, so his property was probably a beer house, courtesy of the 1830 Beer Act. Any help with this one would be greatly appreciated, as I'm planning to visit the NRO and that area early next month. Andrew Wood Stockton on Tees |
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Monday, March 24, 2008 6:28 PM |
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| Name | Mark Poxon | |
| Comment | History of Pubs in Broughton | |
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I'm interested to know which pubs in Broughton would have been used by cattle drovers in 1841. My wife's 3rd great grandfather was a cattle dealer from Wiltshire who is recorded as stopping in a pub on Broughton High Street at the time of the 1841 census. The pub was run by Joseph and Hannah Amsby (?) at the time. Cattle were driven from South Wales, fattened up in Northamptonshire before going to market in London. Any information that can be provided would be greatly appreciated. Regards Mark Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire |
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 5:12 AM |
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| Name | Janie Overton Varley | |
| Comment | Such a walk down memory lane! | |
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My sister and I spent this evening looking over your website, and I am so pleased we found it. We lived in Broughton for one year, in 1955-1956. We lived in a huge old house, which for the life of me, I cannot remember the name or address of, but which we do have photographs of still. The people who owned it kept cattle and sheep in the fields behind the house, and the young daughter (I think she was a daughter) would come to ride a big white horse. The house was not far from the school, and it seems as though it was on Kettering Road. My father was a USAF military, stationed at Molesworth AFB. We rented this big house with a fireplace in every room. We attended English school there, and I will never forget the shriek the teacher let out when she saw the length of my hemstitch. We enjoyed living in Broughton very much. It was a wonderful experience for us to learn about the English people. I enjoyed your site very much. Janie Overton Varley Vanderbilt, Texas |
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Thursday, January 31, 2008 20:21 PM |
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| Name | Val Wood (nee Rowney). | |
| Comment | Born in Broughton | |
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I was born in Broughton on March 9 1937 to George and Olive Rowney. My grandfather James Rowney [Jim] lived at 31 Cransley Hill with a large garden that looked over the
school. My dad had two sisters who lived in the village until there deaths. My
dad would have been a 100 this year, my mother is nearly 95 and still remembers a lot off the old names. Mother still has a poster from 1948 when I was soloist at the chapel but do not remember
this. So pleased to have found this site. |
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Thursday, January 03, 2008 13:39 PM |
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| Name | Olive Arnold. | |
| Comment | Family Tree | |
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Hello my name is Olive Arnold used to be Olive James Hi to anyone who may vaguely remember me, I haven't lived in the village since I was 19. Anyway, like a lot of other people these days I am trying to compile my family tree. I would love any information and especially any photo's anyone may have. My grandmother and grandfather where Olive and Frank James, Grandpy was at one time the village milkman and had a herd of cows. My mother was Mable James nee Deacon. I would be very interested to hear from anyone, Thanks very much Look forward to hearing from anyone. Regards Olive |
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