Can you Help

Seeking any information on Roland Emery and his wife Anne Wildgoose
Who farmed and later ran a shop at West Pennard Nr Glastonbury?

Adele Hocking seeks any information which relates to the Emerys the shop or PO at w. Pennard, in order to create a history of West Pennard.

Contact Adele at; 01458 833514
or email: dellie@virtuocity.co.uk

Seeking information on CHAPPELL family of East Brent.

Early members were John CHAPPELL , churchwarden East Brent in 1678 and George CHAPPELL resident East Brent in 1736.

Kym Adrian EDWARDS

9 Flotilla St, Seaford, South Australia 5169

email kedw4008@bigpond.net.au

Thanks

kym edwards

Tom Collings and a bag of corn?

What I would love to know is whether there is any record in East Brent of my great-grandfather, Thomas Collings, the husband of Hannah Bunn. He is supposed to have climbed the tower of the church carrying a sack of corn for a bet and was injured or killed as a result.
Leaving Hannah as a young widow with two sons to support.

Marian Kingham Australia.

contact: jkingham@optusnet.com.au

I am researching the Liants/Lients / Dibble family?

Phoebe Day from Banwell married James Dibble senior in Bleadon 24/06/1815

I have their Burial dates as James age 65 25th September 1858 Bleadon and

Phoebe age78 7th May 1871 Bleadon.

Can anyone tell me anything more about Phoebe DAY
Any information will be welcome

Patricia Philp.

Email:  patricia.philp

The 'Welly' Skittle team 1960's
How many can you name?

Who were the lady and infant outside the Post Office?

Who were these gentlemen and why were they posing in front of the Baptist Chapel?

Can you answer any of these questions?

Who were these people?
Where are they now?
What was the occasion?

Do you have information or photographs of people or events of the past, that you feel we could share?

For instance, we know the Cheddar Valley Dairy was in Mendip Road from 1850's - 1993. And it was a major employer for all those years.

Did you or your family work there?
Do have Photo's or facts and figures?
Do you have a tale to tell?

There must be lots of memorabilia and thoughts hidden away locally.

You tell me and I'll collate and publish the story of this important bit of our village history on the website for future generations.

Check the progress so far here.

Do please contact me.

Many people locally and worldwide are interested in or are researching their family history or ancestral homes.

While there is very little recorded information about Rooksbridge in existence, in some cases we have been able to help in some small way. And this is due to those of you who volunteer your local knowledge and even that little thought or snippet of info that you think might help.

I have been adding the records from the 1841 census for East Brent, Rooksbridge and Edingworth to the name index. Among the images from the enumerators records I've found the following place names somewhere within the parish boundaries!!!

Where was the parish 'Poor House' ?
The Axbridge Poor Law Union came into being in 1836. However we know from the census of 1841 and church records c 1857 that a parish 'Poor House' still existed located somewhere in Rooksbridge.
It must have been more than the average cottage at the time as several families are listed as residing there?

The 'Lamb Inn'??? A William BAKER was the "Publican" and lived there with his family!!

George and Jenny Binning suggest that this could have been located in Church St East Brent.
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'Mill House'???

'Harts Row or Bow'???

I have recently acquired the transcript of the 1891 census for Rooksbridge and East Brent the entries from which are now included on the website.

However some of the entries have thrown up a few questions about the names and location of some of the roads and places in our village! For instance...

Blind Pill Lane?
Is this what we now call Mudgley Lane which the 'Blind Pill Rhine runs beside?

The Lane?
Is this either Mendip Rd (Known locally until the 1960's as 'Factory lane) or is it Rooksbridge Road?

Where was Higges or Higgs Lane?
George and Hannah Emery are listed in Higges Lane and also a Cheese factory. We know that George and Hannah Emery lived next to the Chapel in Gills Lane in the late 1800's and early 1900's and it is believed there was also a small dairy producing Cheese at or close to Bachelors Hall.
However an early 1900s photo shows Gills lane as 'Clare Street'

Does anyone have any suggestions as to where these cottages near a pond might have been?

The photo was among many taken in our area by the Rev. John George Derrick who spent a lot of time living in East Brent.

Can anyone shed any light on these places or offer any suggestions?

If your family, has links with Rooksbridge. Please share with us.

We still have a number of names and places that are being researched.
I and others are particularly keen for information about any of the following names below:

I can put you in touch with the person researching a name or place.

Perhaps you are related, or know someone who is, or you can tell us who lived where in Rooksbridge?
Do you have photo's or can you tell us anything at all about these people?

Now this is the moment I have to own up!

Apart from the satisfaction of helping in a small way, I get my reward from the research these persons have undertaken and are so willing to share with us! Which adds to the accumulation of our knowledge of our village past. And I am indebted to them and acknowledge them above.

If so Contact me

Mike Jones seeks any information relating to the above names, who were believed to have been evacuees at 'Acacia Farm' Tarnock in the 1940's

Sandy Hopper (nee) Ham. Seeks any information relating to the Ham families of East Brent, Rooksbridge, Mark and surrounding villages

Sandford

Hello from Canada!!!

I noticed your web sit about surnames. My 2x great grandfather is James Sandford listed on your site. James Sandford married twice Ann Brown and Mary Ann Young.

Is there a way to contact Chris Elam, who is shown related to James Sandford.

regards,

Todd Sandford email Todd. here

Emery

I have looked up your web site and must say how informative it is, well done. My Gt.X4 Grandmother was Jane Emery who was born 1776 in Farmborough, Somerset. I have not yet researched this branch and therefore have very little information. Can you please tell me if we have a connection and does the name's Lewis and Read from Farmborough show on your records. The Lewis family eventually moved to South Wales.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours Sincerely.

Ken Lewis. email Ken here

So far: This branch of the Emerys appears not to have a close Rooksbridge connection and no reference can be found in the Emery material I have. While I no doubt there are earlier Emery connections. Can you add to this information? (JR)

Duckett ? Can you help?
From: Miles Stephenson Jnr (Georgia USA)

We have an old picture of the homestead of Hester Duckett, Rooksbridge, Somerset that later became the Adam & Eves House in 1977. It is unknown how old the picture is but it was a stately house. Our understanding of the family is that they later came to Canada and settled in the Toronto and Niagara Falls, Ont areas.
Also, try name of Mary Ann Cuff, married to Albert Edward Duckett or Albert George Duckett sometime around 1889.

Ron Greenman by email from I know not where? Asks about the names Greenman, Grunniman or Gunniman in our area? Also he mentions relations connected with.. East Dean? Parish Council at Axbridge. I do not think there was a Parish of East Dean in our area or at least I haven't heard of it! but would be delighted to be proved wrong. email me

Marlyn Truckle-Whattley (nee) Trego now living in Gloucester contacted me requesting news of her family. Especially regards to her Grandparents, Ernest and Edith Bishop (nee Curtis) of "The Lilac's" Burton Row East Brent.
Marlyn is particularly keen to find out The Maiden Name of her Great Grandmother: Catherine Elizabeth Curtis. Catherine was married to William Curtis and in the 1930's they were living at a farm in Middle Street, East Brent.
And she would also like to make contact with Pat Mead or her family. Pat was bridesmaid to Marlyn's mother in1929.
Marlyn is keen to make contact with any members of the Curtis, Bishop, Radford or Sandy families and also the following: Mead and Sprakman.
Update: Thanks to Bill Vile we have managed to put Marlyn in contact with Pat Mead.