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O N L I N E M A G A Z I N E #22
November 2017
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The Aerobility registration that tells disabled people that if they want to fly, then “Yes, UCAN”! see page 22
outer cover photo: autumn fungii at Virginia Water by Tony Spencer inner cover photo: pond at the so-called “Yateley Country Park”, off Sandhurst Road 2 around Yateley November 2017
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braving the shave
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daisy chain café
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Weir 2nd generation pump
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mayor’s dinner raises £583.50
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reducing the generation gap
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the chain gang comes to Hart
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autumn in Virginia Water
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common law marriages
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activities & societies
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past people
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essential contacts
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acknowledgements
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Yateley Proud ofYateley Attending Hart Chairman Cllr Gerry Crisp’s Civic Day celebration of the best of Hart District last month, reminds us of what a fantastic area we live in and around Yateley. The two areas visited, Gibraltar Barracks and Blackbushe Airport, can be checked out on page 22. But Cllr Crisp could equally have chosen Yateley Common, or the new facilities at Hampshire Lakes, or Yateley Hall, or Church End Green, etc, etc. We really do live in a great area. On 15 November Hampshire County Council will be considering Blackbushe Airport’s application to deregister the Airport from its current status as Common land. The airport has operated perfectly well for 75 years without taking this drastic step, which would instantly remove the protection of common land laws and turn the airport into a brownfield site ripe for housing.
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BRAVING THE SHAVE
On 11 October, the day after he had run a half marathon to raise money for Macmillans Cancer, 21-year-old George Steed braved the shave and had the 13-inch locks he had been cultivating for about three years shorn off for charity. What better venue to do this than at his workplace in Willow Gardens, part of the Hampshire Lakes retirement village run by Anchor Trust? Of course, this attracted a sizeable audience of residents, who cheered on their encouragement and the trusty scissors and shears of the resident hairdressers. A
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collection was made to supplement the online sponsorship. It was later announced that George raised ÂŁ800.
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Daisy Chain CafĂŠ Officially Launched
The Yateley Daisy Chain CafĂŠ, just launched by the Mayor this month,actually started out in the spring of 2017, with volunteers on hand to help dementia sufferers meet up and socialise while enjoying a lunch and an afternoon tea once a week. Held in the Monteagle Hall, next to the Waitrose, where people can take part in games and converse with friends. Familiar objects, games and conversations give a jolt to dementia sufferers so that they trigger old memories and you can see the joy in the faces as things click and come back. Twiddle boards, which knobs and chains and locks on, are another aid, similar to the activity centres that children learn to play on. around Yateley 2017 November 11
WEIR Launch 2nd generation pump
Unless you had been there before, you wouldn’t know that tucked away in the industrial estate in Vigo Lane (the old County Tractors site) is the factory of Weir Minerals Europe Limited, Wilkinson House, Galway Road, Blackbushe Business Park, Yateley GU46 6GE. Weir Minerals are part of an international corporation with manufacturing and assembly facilities in 70 countries. The reason for me being there, in my role as Mayor, was to help them launch a new pump, the second generation of a WGR pump designed to pump sand and gravel. The latest version of this pump, available in a range of sizes, incorporates fully replaceable rubber liners, which bears the brunt of the abrasion from the sand and gravel, as well as greatly reduce the noise factor, and is now fitted with a drain plug, so that where there is danger of frost, the unit can be drained of liquid when the pumping is switched off at night or between shifts. The pump was designed using Computational Fluid Dynamics simulation and this has enabled reduction of turbulance and therefore provides a significantly improved performance over the first generation of this pump. The computer modelling has enabled the tasks of maintenance to be simplified to minimise downtime. One of the several innovations include the introduction of an expanser gland seal as well as having the option of using a low flow packed gland and the unique D gland seal. 12 around Yateley November 2017
The Warman range of pumps, used in a wide range of applications, has a worldwide reputation for reliability and a number of customers were invited to the launch in Yateley. Speaking to some customers during my visit, I was assured that the pumps they already had were great reliable workhorses that rarely needed anything more than basic maintenance and rarely in need of replacement. All thought that the drain plug, especially where used in European winters, was a useful reintroduction which was omitted from the design of the first generation pump. The pumps were lined with a patented form of cured rubber, called Linatex, developed in the 1920s, which comes in the form of rolls of sheets, manufactured in a state-of-the-art factory in Malaysia. The rolls are then stamped into shape, formed into cylinders and glued, or wound in layers to form extremely stable pipes. There was a surprising amount of hand work as well as the mechanical presses, all providing jobs for local people. All in all an enjoyable demonstration of a factory on our doorstep making a world reknown product in its field.
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The Mayor’s Jazz Night at the historic Yateley Village Hall
Saturday 11 November 2017 at 7pm, carriages at 11.30pm
mellow jazz by
Grandpa Spells £12 each with Fish & Chip Supper (from Oysters) • Raffle (Vegetarian option available on request)
All proceeds will be donated to the Mayor’s Charity Book now. Tickets only available after 1 October from:
Yelabus
Yateley Town Council Yateley Green GU46 7RP Mayor’s Charity 2017-18 14 around Yateley November 2017
Mayor’s Dinner raises £583.50 for Yelabus Held at The Ely on the A30 on 20 October, we enjoyed a spendid 3-course meal in their function room, with background music provided by Pete Millsom and his Wolfdog Disco and lights. The Mayor’s Annual Charity Dinner was held for the first time in some years at The Ely, with around 50 guests in attendance. There were some wonderful raffle prizes generously donated by individuals and businesses in Yateley: Chocolate Hamper, Karen Poll £30 voucher, Rice Chinese Restaurant
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Haircut voucher, Barber Lounge Breakfast for two, Short & Sweet £10 voucher, Simply Hair MOT voucher, Yateley MOT Centre Conditioning treatment & blow-dry, Accents Hair Design £20 gift voucher, It’s All About You Red Wine, Kumon 3 books signed by the author, Tony Spencer Spa gift set, Perfection Angling book signed by the author, Yateley Angling Silver picture frame, Yateley Jewellers MOT voucher, Motoright Ltd 2 dogs’ toys, Firgrove Vets Also contributing to the fundraising, The Ely waived the usual charge for the hiring of the function room and Wolfdog Discos also donated their time providing background music and lights.
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Reducing the Generation Gap
At Willow Gardens, in the retirement village Hampshire Lakes run by the Anchor Trust, they believe that getting old and young people together is beneficial for both. As a grandparent I know very well thsat the presence of young children with their lively enquiring minds, can be a joy, and older people have the time and patience to listen to their enquiries, and come up with some answers. The children come from the Reception class at St Micheal’’s Primary School in Sandhurst. around Yateley 2017 November 17
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DarbyGreen & Frogmore Social Hall
The Darby Green & Frogmore Social Hall, located in Frogmore Road, is a community hall funded by the Millenium Project and the National Lottery. The new hall replaced an old wooden hut that served the surrounding villages for over 60 years. A group of volunterrs and trustees help run and maintain the activities and services offered at the hall. They are a registered charity (No. 301799) and proud to be self supporting, are not run by Hart or Yateley councils, and they want to remain that way. They are always looking for new members to join their committee. Meetings are held bi-monthly. If you are interested in being a member and helping to run and maintain the hall for future generations, don’t hesitate to contact them through their wesite www.dgfsocialhall.co.uk They have a wide range of activities booked in. On Mondays they have Revival Keep Fit, Art Club, Line Dancing, Brownies and Rainbows. On Tuesdays there is Slimming World, Over 60 Club, Line Dancing, and Frogmore School of Dance (Tuesdays through to Saturdays). Wednesday there is Zumba Gold, Line Dancing, and Frogmore School of Dance, Thursday there is Dog Club and Frogmore School of Dance, Friday has Little Kickers, Blackwater Friday Club, Line Dancing, and Frogmore School of Dance, Saturday morning Frogmore School of Dance, Saturday afternoon and evening, plus Sunday until 6pm are free for Private Parties. For bookings call Booling Officers Sheila and Mick Stewart on 01276 502261. Their address is The Darby Green & Frogmore Social Hall, Frogmore Road, Camberley GU17 0NP. around Yateley 2017 November 21
The Chain Gang glittering visit to Hart
All the Districts of Hampshire are required to stage a Civic Day each year, hosted by the Chairman or Mayor of each to put on a demonstration of some of assets that they are most proud of and want to show off to the other districts. Hart Chairman Cllr Gerry Crisp will be well known to many “around Yateley� readers, having served as Mayor of Yateley for the past four years. He introduced Hart District as dating from 1974 when the urban and rural districts of Fleet and Hartley Wintney amalgamated. Hart has a population of 93,000 in 37,000 households. Cllr Crisp pointed out that Hart is officially recognised as the least deprived local authority area in the whole country and that for five years Hart retained the title of the best place to live in Halifax Quality of Life Survey and only in the last month another Halifax survey placed Hart as the second most desirable place in England to raise children and fifth overall in the UK. In a Royal Mail survey this year, Yateley was placed second in the most desirable Town in the UK. 22 around Yateley November 2017
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The Guests included Hart Chairman’s Consort Mrs Bebe Crisp; Mayor Paul Frankum & Cllr Jane Frankum of Basingstoke & Deane; Mayor Tina McKenzie-Boyle & Mr Bruce McKenzie-Boyle of neighbouring borough
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Bracknell Forest; Chairman Lynn Evans & Cllr David Evans of East Hampshire; Mayor Maureen Sollitt & Mr Roy Sollitt of Eastleigh; Mayor Linda Batty & Mr Peter Batty of Gosport; Mayor Elaine Shimbart & Cllr Gerald Shimbart of Havant; Chairman Christine Ward & Mr Derek Ward of New Forest; Lord Mayor Ken Ellcome & Mrs J Ellcome of Portsmouth; Mayor Carl Borg-Neal & Mrs Maria Neal of Test Valley; Deputy Mayor Frank Pearson & Deputy Mayoress Mrs Anne Pearson of Winchester; Mayor Tony Spencer & Mrs Barbara Spencer of Yateley Town Council; Vice Chairman Wendy Makepeace-Browne; Leader of Hart Cllr David Neighbour & his guest Ms Serena Crisp; Joint Chief
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Executive of Hart Mr Daryl Phillips; Assistant Senior Ranger at Hart Mrs Leigh Wallace; Marketing & Education Ranger at Hart Ms Chantelle Berry.
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We initially met up at Gibraltar Barracks the home of 3 Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment and the Royal Engineers Warfare Wing. They run 37 different courses. All RE soldiers pass through 3 RSME to learn some basic aspects of combat engineering, including bridge construction, water purification, fortifications and demolition. 8 Engineer Brigade is also situated at the Barracks, the brigade HQ for 20 different Royal Engineer units, from Armoured Engineer Regiments and Construction Work Groups to Explosive Ordnance Disp[osal. We were split into three teams and given a taste of some of the training that soldiers go through, to test their communication and
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interpretation skills, working out a maze and construction exercise to build a tower out of marshmallows and spagetti. The group that included the Mayor and Mayoress of Yateley finished first in all three exercises. 30 around Yateley November 2017
After a buffet lunch catered by the Bushe CafĂŠ, held in the new classrooms at Aerobility, a charity offering disabled people the opportunity to fly an aeroplane. Folllowing a welcome by Aerobility CEO Mike Miller-Smith MBE, Cllr Crisp officially opened the new classrooms by the symbolic cutting of a ribbon. Daryl Phillips gave a
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talk about Hart, explaining that behind all the plaudits of being among the best places in the UK to live, Hart still had its pockets of deprivation and the constant need to address the problems of high cost of housing, lack of local job opportunities and the pressures of the necessity of commuting on local roads and the limitations 32 around Yateley November 2017
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1955 the airport was annually handling 36,000 aircraft movements. It was a communications centre for the US Navy and operators such as Pan-Am, SAS, BEA and Eagle Airways operated from Blackbushe. It was only when Gatwick opened in 1960 that Blackbushe was closed as a commercial operation and not reopened until 1962 as an airfield for general aviation. For 30 years the airport was owned by British Car Auctions, but as not part of their core business, was somewhat neglected. In 2015 the airport was purchased by a consortium headed by Sir Peter Ogden and the new owners plan to invest to refurbish the airport and bring the facilities up to 21st century standards and replace the hangars lost in splitting the area between the Airport and BCA. Aerobility gave a demonstration 34 around Yateley November 2017
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F CUS ON ...
Virginia Water in Autumn It is always a pleasure to visit Virginia Water, and the Savile Gardens next door, at any time of the year, but particularly beautiful during the autumn, when the eye is treated to a feast of colours from the range of reds and golds on offer. Although the third week of October was perhaps a wee bit early in the season for some of the trees to start turning yet, the high winds of the previous week had already stripped many of the early turners off the trees. However, there was still much to treat the eye and to repay the effort of bringing and focussing the camera. We opted to do the riverside walk and take in the totem pole on the way around. The walk around the main body of water is about four and half miles around and even at a gentle stroll it can easily be completed in 90 minutes, keeping the parking
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costs down to a couple of hours, even allowing a stop for a cup of tea (or hot chocolate) halfway around. The opening scene, looking up the Water from the entrance, the winds were still strong and the scudding clouds threatened showers. We did have a shower, short and sharp, about three-quarters of the way around, but when the sun came out again and the wind dropped, we were persuaded to cool off with a soft ice cream in an oyster. Naturally, another shower flew across while we enjoyed our icy treat, but it only goes to prove the continual incongruities of the British relationship with our weather. So the colours are not quite at their brilliant best yet, but Virginia Water is well worth a visit in the next few weeks or so and I recommend you give it a whirl. 42 around Yateley November 2017
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L E G E N D S a n d C U S TO M S — C o m m o n L aw M a r r i a ge s
The role of Montehe & Friedelehe marriages
Wedding customs have evolved over the centuries and, I dare say, the present day obsession to go all out with extreme dressy occasions, preceded by stag and hen “nights” that last for longer and held in more distant corners of the globe than the actual honeymoon! No, weddings in rural villages like Yateley would have been much simpler affairs in years gone by. In medieval times, the ceremony was a simple “I do” by the partners of the marriage, and was rarely performed in church. If Christians wanted a marriage with the blessing of the church, the nearest they were usually allowed to hold the declaration of their pledges was outside the church door, which is why so many elaborate church porches were built in the 11th and 12th centuries. The transitive verb “wed” meant to pledge, so a wedding was when the pledge was announced to the village so that all would know that the couple were married by mutual consent. If a couple announced their intention to marry, by becoming engaged, should the couple have sex before marriage, then that act of consumation would be considered sufficient for them to be termed man and wife. Statutes from 1217 warn that no man should “place a ring of reeds or another material, vile or precious, on a young woman’s hand in jest, so that he might more easily fornicate with them, lest, while he thinks himself joking, he pledge himself to the burdens of matrimony.” Many cases before courts hinged on the dispute or confusion between couples whether they were actually married or not. A number of marriages were annulled because of consanguinity, close relationship or incest. In Medieval times the rules were that up to 6th cousins couldn’t marry, but in 1215 this was reduced to 3rd cousins. Even Godparents were not allowed to marry as the Church considered them to be spiritually related. The Middle English word bridale is derived from Old English brÿdealu, from brÿd or brud meaning to cook or brew, the definition then of a housewife, and ealu meaning ale. Old English brÿdguma meaning wife’s man, evolved into bridegroom. Marriage was such a simple affair in the Middle to Late Middle Ages because there was no established litany, nor was there any scrip or 44 around Yateley November 2017
written contract. Couples didn’t need the permission of their families to marry, nor did they have to bother with a priest to conduct the ceremony as there was no ceremony! There was no age restriction either, as the general rule of thumb was if you reached puberty you were ready to marry, for girls it was 12 and boys 14. In fact the age wasn’t restricted in England until the Marriage Act of 1754, while Scotland didn’t change their law until much later which is why marriages by minors under 21 were popularly conducted in Gretna Green, just across the border. In fact, the main problem was the difficulty in remembering if one or both the couple were already married to anyone else, hence the calling of the banns for three weeks before the marriage took place. It was accepted under the feudal system that common folk, slaves or serfs would first seek the approval of their lord. Of course, families were naturally heavily involved in the marriage process and arranged marriages would be common for the benefit of both families. Although written contracts were not necessary, there would be pre-nup agreements which covered widowhood, with provision to protect the life of the widow and any children still at home would be settled. Marriages outside of one’s class would be rare too, and certainly frowned on by both sides of the family. When the Normans invaded Britain in 1066, they largely left the old Saxon laws as they were, many weren’t written down but made perfect sense, such as stealing, murder, etc were already covered. This is where Common Law is still effective today. One of the few changes that William I made was to abolish the death penalty, as he thought it was too drastic a measure, so most offences were settled by fines. Friedelehe was the term used for a form of marriage that existed among the Saxon and Germanic tribes. The word literally means “lover marriage” and was a means of getting around the law of monogamy. A man could take a second wife for any reason, like incompatibility, or wife No 1 couldn’t bear children. This differed from a first marriage (or Muntehe) by a number of conditions: the husband did not become the legal guardian of the woman, both must agree to marry, the woman had the same right as the man to ask for a divorce, usually the couples were from different classes and couldn’t normally marry, the children were under the control of the mother, but children enjoyed full inheritance rights as legal children of the father, the marriage legal as soon as consumated and the bride might have a morgengabe instead of a dowry, a Friedelehe could be converted into a Muntehe if the husband paid his wife a bridewealth. The best-known Friedelehe child is Charlemagne who was the first Holy Roman Emperor. His parents had a common law marriage until Charlemagne was 2 years old. around Yateley 2017 November 45
Yateley WI QUILT Prize Draw
1st prize The Quilt 2nd prize two quilted cushions 3rd prize a pram/cot play quilt The Prize Draw will be made at the Yateley Christmas Fayre on 25 November
WHERE TO GET YOUR PRIZE DRAW TICKETS Tickets can be purchased from any one of the WI members Tickets are on sale at the Yateley Country Market on Friday mornings 9.30 to 11.30 at the Monteagle Centre on the Egg table Buy direct from Marilyn J Rogers (Promoter for the WI of this project) Creative Designs, Thessaly, Hall Lane, Yateley GU46 6HP 46 around Yateley November 2017
Activities & Societies Blackwater Friday Club Meet every Friday 12.30-15.30 Darby Green & Frogmore Social Hall GU17 0NP for playing cards, bingo, curling, cross toss a ring, quiz, bring and buy, tea and biscuits. Contact Gillian Foster 01276 34100 or Jean Armstrong 01252 860584 Camberley & Yateley Friendship Centre for over 50s Meet third Thursday each month 14.00 Hedgecroft, Bracken Lane GU46 6JW and first Thursday for pub lunches at 12 noon. Contact Barbara Brown 01252 876615 Guiding Blackwater Valley (Yateley, Hawley, Frogmore and Darby Green) There is Guiding happening every night in the Blackwater Valley for Rainbows (5-7), Brownies (7-10), Guides (10-14) and Rangers (14 and up). Find the unit that suits you best through https://enquiryym.girlguiding.org.uk/ Always looking for volunteers, they don’t have to be every week. If you would like to join or talk about volunteering, try https://enquiryv.girlguiding.org.uk/ Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Organise monthly walks during the summer. Contact Lyn Deavin 01252 879255 www.hiwwt.org.uk K9 Planet dog training Dog training at Yateley Village Hall, every Wednesday 18.30-19.30. Contact dog.training@kpplanet.co.uk K9 Services dog training Dog training at Yateley Village Hall, every Friday noon-15.00. Contact info@k9services.co.uk Ramblers Association (NE Hants) www.nehantsramblers.hampshire.org.uk Rotary Club of Hart Meet Thursdays 19.30 for 20.00 North Hants Golf Club, Fleet GU51 1RF www.rotary-ribi.org.uk Theatre 64 Theatre drama group, meet Monday & Friday evenings Frogmore Junior School www.theatre64.org.uk The Yateley Society Meet monthly except January 19.30 for 20.00 Red Cross Centre, Monteagle Lane GU46 6LU and at Yateley Green for May Fayre. Conservation voluntary work on Yateley Common www.ydgs.org.uk around Yateley 2017 November 47
Tythings Coffee Club Meet every Thursday morning for a gentle chat, quizzes and raffles, and regular outings 10.45-12.45 The Tythings GU46 7RP Contact Ann Kern on 01252 872975 or email: akoffice@o2.co.uk Yateley & Crowthorne Big Band Society Meet monthly second Tuesday 19.45-22.30 The Tythings GU46 7RP 01252 661037 Kay Sealey or kay.sealey@talk21.com Yateley & District Gardening Society Meet monthly except January 19.30 for 20.00 Hedgecroft, Bracken Lane GU46 6JW and at Yateley Green for May Fayre. www.ydgs.org.uk Yateley & District University of the Third Age (U3A) Meet first Thursday each month 10.00 for 10.30 Sandhurst Memorial Hall GU47 9BJ www.yateleyu3a.org.uk Yateley & Hawley Bridge Club Meet Wednesdays and Fridays 19.20 Memorial Hall, Fernhill Road, Hawley GU17 9BW www.yhbc.org.uk or contact Alan Brown 01276 27354 or Judy Douch 01483 475133 Yateley Bowling Club 6-rink green and clubhouse The Bowling Green, Reading Road GU46 7RP https://yateleybowlsclub.sharepoint.com Yateley Choral Society Rehearse weekly Mondays 19.45-21.45 Drama Hall, Yateley Manor School GU46 7UQ www.yateleychoral.org.uk email: info@yateley-choral.org.uk Yateley Lifesaving Club Meet every Thursday TBA Yateley School pool, School Lane GU46 6NL Contact Pat Brewer on yateleylifesavingclub@hotmail.com Yateley Morris Men Meet Tuesdays (October-April) 20.00 Drama Hall, Yateley Manor School GU46 7UQ www.yateleymorrismen.org.uk email: squire@yateleymorrismen.org.uk Yateley Neighbourhood Watch Assists residents in both reducing the opportunities for crime, and the passing of info to police. www.yateleynw.org.uk Yateley Tennis & Wacquet Ball Club Monday to Thursday + weekends Yateley School, School Lane GU46 6NL or Yateley Green GU46 7RP Contact Joel James on 07753416450 or yateleytennisclub@gmail.com Juniors 5-12, Teenagers 13-17, Adults +18, Seniors +60. 48 around Yateley November 2017
Yateley Town Mayor’s Charity 8 December 2017
Councillors’ Charity Carol Crawl in aid of YelaBus
Itinerary 1900 Depart The Tythings, Yateley Green 1905 The Anchor, Vigo Lane 1925 The Ely, London Road 1950 The Bell, Frogmore Green 2015 The Cricketers, Cricket Hill Green 2040 The Royal Oak, Reading Road 2105 The White Lion, Reading Road 2130 The Dog & Partridge, Church End Green 2300 Arrive The Tythings, Yateley Green Mayor’s Charity
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Yateley Past People 200 & 381
YEARS AGO
This series of articles on the history of Yateley looks back into the past of ordinary people who were born (baptised) in this month in centuries past. I hope you find it interesting. The Parish Records of St Peter’s are a superb online source published by The Yateley Society which we can use. The baptism record ends about 1904, so 100 years ago is not available. There were no baptisms in October 1717, so have gone back to the 4 baptisms in October 1636, and 10 in November 1817.
1717 November
There was only baptism this month 300 years ago: Alice Ives baptised 18 November 1717 daughter of Thomas Ives
Alice Ives
Alice Ives was baptised in Yateley on 18 November 1717 daughter of Thomas Ives. Thomas Ives was baptised on 13 June 1678 the son of John Ives. Thomas Ives married Joan Geal on 1 May 1707. The children of Thomas & Joan Ives born in Yateley were: (1) John Ives baptised 30 January 1707/08 son of Thomas Ives, possibly buried 28 April 1768 aged 50 (2) Mary Ives baptised between 6 June and 1 August 1711 daughter of Thomas Ives, buried after 31 March 1711 as Mary Ives daughter of Thomas Ives (undated and the last entry in the register, probably added as an afterthought. (3) Thomas Ives baptised 23 October 1713 son of Thomas Ives, possibly married Dorothy Gale 24 October 1742, possily buried 14 October 1774 age 60 or 14 April 1792 age 78 (4) Alice Ives baptised 18 November 1717 daughter of Thomas Ives Thomas Ives was possibly buried 20 October 1748, when he would have been 70. Alice Ives married Nicholas Bowyer, of Wingfield, carpenter, by bond dated 16 June 1736 of £200 signed by Nicholas Boyer [sic] and the mark of George Lacy, butcher, and witnessed by W Bannister and T Davies. Alice was 20 of “Yately, co Hants” and Nicholas Bowyer age about 30 of “Wingfield, co Berks”. Nicholas was baptised Nicholas Boyer on 11 September 1704 in Easthampstead, son of Nicholas around Yateley 2017 November 51
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and Elizabeth (nee Smithers) Boyer. Nicholas’ six siblings and 4 half-siblings were born in Easthampstead. I assume that “Wingfield” is modern day Winkfield, which is in Bracknell Forest and about 9 miles from Yateley. There is no futher mention locally of Nicholas and Alice Bowyer.
1817 November
During this period 200 years ago there were ten baptisms in Yateley, one on 9 November, three on 16 November, two on 23 November and four on 30 November 1817: y (1) Henry Marshall baptised 9 November 1817 son of Henry & Ann Marshall of Hawley, Labourer (2) Ann Hatt baptised 16 November 1817 daughter of Daniel & Elizabeth Hatt y of Hawley, Labourer (3) John Copperthwait baptised 16 November 1817 son of Thomas & Hannah Copperthwait, Yateley, Labourer (4) Caroline Kelsey baptised 16 November 1817 daughter of Richard & Mary Kelsey, Hawley, Yeoman y (5) Charlotte Spreadborough baptised 23 November 1817 daughter of John & Lucy Spreadborough, Hawley, Labourer (6) Henry White baptised 23 November 1817 son of Nimrod & Susannah White, Yateley, Labourer y (7) Mary Harrington baptised 30 November 1817 daughter of Thomas & Catherine Harrington, Hawley, Labourer (8) William Sanders Parker baptised 30 November 1817 son of Sarah Parker, Yateley, Single woman le (9) Jane Beagley baptised 30 November 1817 daughter of James & Sarah Beagley, Hawley, Servant (10) Julia Ann Rigby baptised 30 November 1817 daughter of Tipping Thomas & Ann Eliza Rigby, Yateley, Esquire
Henry Marshall
Henry Marshall baptised 9 November 1817 son of Henry (1784-18??) & Ann Marshall of Hawley, Labourer. Henry Marshall senior and Ann Watts married in Yateley on 18 August 1810 had the following children: 52 around Yateley November 2017
(1) Mary Ann Marshall (1810-18??) born 24 October 1810 baptised 2 December 1810 daughter of Henry & Anne Marshall of Yateley (2) George Marshall (1812-18??) was born 6 November 1812, baptised Christmas Day 25 December 1812 son of Henry & Anne Marshall of Hawley (3) John Marshall (1814-18??) born 4 January and baptised 5 February 1815 son of Henry & Anne Marshall of Hawley, labourer, married Mary Ann Goff (1809-??) 26 May 1839 sat St John the Evangelist, Lambeth (4) Henry Marshall baptised 9 November 1817 son of Henry & Ann Marshall of Hawley
Ann Hatt
Ann Hatt baptised 16 November 1817 daughter of Daniel & Elizabeth Hatt of Hawley, Labourer. Ann’s father Daniel Hatt (1790-1847) was born in Finchampstead and Ann Baker (1754-1827). He married Elizabeth Smith (1785-1841) on 20 April 1807. Daniel & Elizabeth Hatt had the following children: (1) Elizabeth Hatt (1805-1826) was baptised 25 June 1805 daughter of Daniel & Elizabeth Hatt of Finchampsead, married James Spratley about 1826, died St Pancras 18 October 1883 age 78 (2) Richard Hatt (1811-1826) was born 5 September 1810, baptised 30 September 1810 son of Daniel & Elizabeth Hatt of Hawley, maried Ann Yeomans (1815-??) 3 March 1838 Hawley, 7 children, ag lab, buried Yateley 17 December 1881 age 71 (3) Thomas Hatt (1813-1881) was baptised 21 March 1813 son of Daniel & Elizabeth Hatt of Hawley, labourer (4) Harriet Hatt (1814-??) baptised 18 June 1815 daughter of Daniel & Elizabeth Hatt of Hawley, labourer (5) Ann Hatt baptised 16 November 1817 daughter of Daniel & Elizabeth Hatt of Hawley, labourer., see below (6) Daniel Hatt (1820-18??) baptised 4 June 1820 son of Daniel & Elizabeth Hatt of Hawley, labourer (7) George Hatt (1822-58) baptised 8 December 1822 son of Daniel & Elizabeth Hatt of Hawley, labourer (8) Elizabeth Hatt born c1826 daughter of Daniel & Elizabeth Hatt of Hawley, labourer (9) James Hatt (1829-??) baptised 31 May 1829 son of Daniel & Elizabeth Hatt of Hawley, labourer around Yateley 2017 November 53
Anne Hatt married potter William Watts Browne (c1815-98) at St Peter’s Yateley on 17 October 1837. William Watts Browne was the son of William Brown (17901826), potter of Cove and Elizabeth Watts, who married in Yateley on 11 September 1813. They lived in Hawley until between 1861-1871 when they moved to Cove. Their children were: (1) Anne Browne (1838-??) was baptised 11 November 1838 Yateley daughter of William Watts & Anne Browne of Cove, potter, living with family in Cove 1871 (2) Elizabeth Browne (1841-??) was baptised 8 August 1841, Yateley, daughter of William Watts & Anne Browne, potter, Hawley (3) Ellen Browne (1843-??) was baptised 12 November 1843, Hawley daughter of William Watts & Anne Browne, Hawley farmer, living with family in Hawley 1861 (4) William Browne (1845-??) baptised 30 November 1845 Cove son of William & Anne Browne, living with family in Hawley 1861 (5) Eliza Browne (1851-??) born 1851 Hawley daughter of William & Anne Browne, living with family in Cove 1871 (6) Walter Browne (1854-??) baptised 4 June 1820 son of William & Anne Browne, living with family in Hawley 1861 (7) James A Hatt (1857-??) born 1857 Hawley son of William & Anne Browne, living with family in Cove 1891 (8) Frederick Hatt (1859-??) born 1859 Hawley son of William & Anne Browne living with family in Cove 1871 1841 Yateley Hawley Tithing Bramshot Farm Daniel Hatt 45 farmer y Elizabeth do 51 y Daniel do 20 y George do 20 y Elizabeth do 14 y James do 11 y 1841 Yateley Hawley Tithing William Brown 25 farmservant y Ann do 20 y William Winter 20 ag lab n? Ann Brown 2 y 1851 Yateley Hawley Tithing household 26 William Brown head mar 36 farmer of 277 acres emplo 6 labourers Hampshire Cove 54 around Yateley November 2017
An annexe to the will of William Brown, who died in 1826
Ann do daur 12 scholar do Hawley Ellen do daur 7 do do do Edward Furminer servant u 46 farm labourer do Selborne Joseph Croney servant u 20 do do Surrey Pirbright William Vickery do u 18 do do Hampshire, Crookham William Goddard do u 69 do do do Hawley 1861 Yateley Hawley Tithing household 23 Bramshott Farm William Brown head mar 46 farmer of 160 acres of land employing 3 men Hants Cove Ann Brown wife mar 44 - do Hawley Ellen Brown daur un 17 - do do William Brown son 15 farmer’s son Hants Hawley Eliza Brown daur 9 scholar do do Walter Brown son 7 do do do James A Brown do 5 - do do Frederick Brown do 3 - do do Edward Minor serv un 66 agricultural labourer do Selborne James Mington serv un 20 carter do Mattenly 1871 Hampshire Cove Hill Pottery household 81 William Brown head mar 56 master potter [employing] 1 man Hants Cove Ann Brown wife mar 52 - do Hawley Anne Brown daur unm 32 dressmaker do do Eliza Brown daur unm 20 milliner do do James A Brown son 15 scholar do do Frederick Brown son 12 do do do Charles F Norris lodger unm 29 baker Surrey Godalming 1881 Hampshire Cove Village household 126 William Brown head mar 65 carman Hants Cove Ann Brown wife mar 62 - do Hawley around Yateley 2017 November 55
James A Brown son unm 24 carman do Cove George Hillier lodge unm 22 general lab Sussex Petworth 1891 Hampshire Cove Tower Hill household 194 William W Brown head widr 76 living on his own means Hants Hawley James A Brown son s 34 carman worker do do
It looks like Ann died before 1891, but because she has such a common name I have been unable to find it. Also she is missing from the household in 1851 with her 3 year old son William.
John Copperthwait
John Copperthwait baptised 16 November 1817 son of Thomas & Hannah Copperthwait, Yateley, Labourer Thomas Coperthwaite (1775-1836) was baptised in Basingstoke on 11 August 1775, son of Robert Coperthwaite (1742-??) and Phebee Eiles, and married as Thomas Copperthwaite to Hannah Bartlett (1780-1874) on 29 October 1802. Hannah Bartlett was the daughter of William Bartlett (1748-1796) and Mary Bunch. Thomas Copperthwaite of Hawley was buried in Yateley om 29 May 1836, age 62. His widowHannah Copperwhite (sic) buried 3 October 1874 in Farnham (GRO register vol 2a page 68) age 93. Thomas and Hannah’s children: (1) Sarah Copperthwait (1809-30) born 12 June and baptised 14 June 1803 daughter of Thomas & Hannah Copperthwait, Hawley (2) Abi Copperthwait born 22 September and baptised 21 October 1804 daughter of Thomas & Hannah Copperthwait, Hawley (3) Hannah Copperthwait born 16 August and baptised 14 September 1806 daughter of Thomas & Hannah Copperthwait, Hawley, married (George) William Duffin (1803-1887) 27 May 1833 St Thomas The Apostle, London (she signed, he didn’t), 1 child William J Duffin (1843-??), died Kensington 1862 age 56 (4) Thomas Copperthwait born 18 April and baptised 12 June 1808 son of Thomas & Hannah Copperthwait of Yateley, labourer (5) Elizabeth Copperthwait born 27 March and baptised 12 April 1811 daughter of Thomas & Hannah Copperthwait, Yateley (6) Robert Copperthwait born 24 November and baptised 27 December 1812 son of Thomas & Hannah Copperthwait, Yateley 56 around Yateley November 2017
(7) William Copperthwait baptised 5 February 1815 son of Thomas & & Hannah Copperthwait, Yateley, labourer (8) John Copperthwait baptised 16 November 1817 son of Thomas & Hannah Copperthwait, Yateley, labourer see below (9) Martha Copperthwait baptised 23 July 1820 daughter of Thomas & Hannah Copperthwait, Yateley, labourer, married blacksmith William James Shrubb (1823??) on 9 June 1844 Putney, both signed, children: James W Shrubb 1846, George F Shrubb 1848, James Shrubb 1852, buried 26 November 1853 in Long Ditton, residence Tolworth age 33 (10) George Copperthwait baptised 6 July 1823 son of Thomas & & Hannah Copperthwait, Yateley, labourer A John Copperthwaite married Sophia Mann at Yateley on 7 November 1825. Thomas Copperthwaite (1775-1836) was buried in Yateley on 29 May 1836, residence Hawley, age 62. John Copperthwaite’s grandfather, Robert Coperthwaite (1742-??) married Phebee Eiles at Dummer on 18 February 1770. In the Hampshire Poll Book of 1779, Robert Copperthwaite was a resident of Winchester and voted for the Tory Sir Richard Worsley, Bart, in the by-election in the Kingsclere Division as an owner of freeholds in West Sherborn. As an aside, Sir Richard Worsley lost the election as he was rumoured to be a cuckold, which evolved into a scandal that both rocked and amused the country three years later in 1782 after his wife Lady Worsley, born Seymour Dorothy Fleming daughter of Sir John Fleming, ran off with her lover, Hampshire Militia Captain George Bisset in 1781, the father of her second child, who Sir Richard claimed was his own daughter on the baptism certificate, to avoid the scandal. Running off with her lover, however, forced Sir Richard’s hand, so he sued her under the tort of “criminal conversation” (a common law euphermism for adultery) for £20,000 in damages (£2.2m in today’s currency). However, his wife turned the case in her favour by admitting to 27 adulterous affairs, which included a number of testimonies by her lovers and a doctor who testified that she had caught a venereal disease from the Marquess of Graham, and included evidence that Worsley had displayed his wife naked to Bisset in Maidstone bath house, a tacit encouragement of their affair. Worsley won the case, as Seymour had adequately admitted many lovers, but the jury only awarded him one shilling in damages (value £5.50 today). Robert and Phoebe Copperthwaite had 6 children: (1) William Coperthwaite (1771-??) baptised 21 April 1771 Basingstoke, son of Robert and Phebe Coperthwaite, possibly buried 6 January 1837 in St Mary Newington, Surrey age 68 around Yateley 2017 November 57
(2) John Coperthwaite baptised 6 December 1772 son of Robert and Feebe Coperthwaite, possibly died in infancy but equally possible that he was buried 14 December 1847 Basingstoke age about 76 (3) Elizabeth Coperthwaite baptised 30 June 1774 Basingstoke daughter of Robert and Feebe Coperthwaite (4) Thomas Coperthwaite baptised 11 August 1775 son of Robert and Phebee Coperthwaite see above (5) Hannah Coperthwaite baptised 25 April 1777 daughter of Robert and Feebe Coperthwaite, married Thomas Tuckert 29 November 1800 Basingstoke (6) John Copperthwaite baptised 12 March1780 Monk Sherborne and baptised 27 December 1812 son of Robt and Phebe Copperthwaite 1851 Hammersmith, Rising Sun beer house, Rose Gardens, Farm Lane, household 29 William Duffin head mar 49 brickmaker Middlesex Kensington Hannah do wife mar 45 - do Hammersmith William do son un 7 scholar do do John Antiss serv u 18 general servant do do Thomas Dunnitt lodger u 48 bricklayers lab Ireland 1861 Hammersmith, 3 Henry Place, household 63 William Duffin head mar 57 ag lab Middlesex Hammersmith Hannah do wife mar 56 - do do William do son un 18 do do do do Mary Brindley lodger u 30 - born at sea David Stratford lodger u 32 tailor Surrey Southwark John Pugh lodger un 25 do Wales Hanbardarn? County William Pierce lodger un 30 do Monshire Bryngwyn
Caroline Kelsey
Caroline Kelsey baptised 16 November 1817 daughter of Richard & Mary Kelsey, Hawley, Yeoman. 58 around Yateley November 2017
Caroline’s father was Richard Kelsey (c1780-1844), her mother was Mary Swan. Richard Kelsey and Mary Swan married in Yateley on 5 November 1801. They had the following children: (1) John Robert Kelsey born 18 December 1803 and baptised 22 January 1804 son of Richard & Mary Kelsey, Hawley (2) Richard Kelsey born 4 January and baptised 2 February 1806 son of Richard & Mary Kelsey, Hawley, married Georgiana Blake in Yateley on 9 January 1834, children Georgiana (1835-74) and Richard (1837-??), buried Yateley 14 June 1878 age 72 (3) William Kelsey born 18 May and baptised 5 June 1808 son of Richard & Mary Kelsey, Hawley, maried Emma Wise by licence 27 April 1837 Farnborough, 2 children: William 1838, Mary Ann (1839, a yeoman, buried 31 December 1872 age 64 Frimley (4) James Kelsey born 10 May and baptised 3 June 1810 son of Richard & Mary Kelsey, Hawley, married Jane Cranham 14 September 1846 (5) Daniel Kelsey baptised 3 January 1813 son of Richard & Mary Kelsey, Hawley, yeoman, married Louisa Cook (1828-??) 26 January 1853 Hawley, 1 child Louis Daniel Kelsey (bapt 14 March 1860-28 May 1924 Hawley), died 13 March 1873 at Hawley, will proved by Louisa Kelsey of Hawley the widow, executors William Kelsey of Frimley, yeoman, nephew and George Frederick Mulford of Greywell, timber merchant, effects under £4000, buried at Holy Trinity, Hawley 20 March 1873, age 60 (6) Mary Anne Kelsey (1814-78) baptised 16 October 1814 daughter of Richard & Mary Kelsey, Hawley, yeoman, married Thomas Harrington (1808-1865), children: Caroline Harrington (1839-1927), John Richard Harrington (1846-??), Thomas Harrington (1847-1920), William Harrington (1849-??), Mary Harrington (1850-??), Emma Harrington (1852-1937), Ellen Harington (1854-??), Benjamin Harrington (1856-1957), Daniel William Harington (1859-1960), buried 21 December 1865 at Camberley St Michael age 64 (7) Caroline Kelsey baptised 16 November 1817 daughter of Richard & Mary Kelsey, Hawley, yeoman see below Caroline Kelsey married John Loveland (1823-1904) by licence in Bisley on 17 February 1848 and had the following child: (1) Thomas Loveland (1855-1931) born 1855 Bermondsey son of John & Caroline Loveland, a warehouseman, he married Ellen Sarah Blake (1858-86) 1 August 1880 St Mary Newington, 4 children, died St Olave 1931 age 76 around Yateley 2017 November 59
Caroline died in 1867 in Bermondsey, John Loveland remarried 20 December 1868 in Newingon to Eliza Hatch. 1841 Yateley, Hawley Richard Kelsey 60 farmer y Mary do 60 y Daniel do 25 y Caroline do 20 y 1841 Yateley, Hawley William Kelsey 30 farmer y Emma do 30 y William do 3 y Mary do 2 y Mary Powderham 15 FS y Henry Hunt 15 ag lab y 1851 Chertsey, Horsell, Knaphill household 54 John Loveland head m 27 farmer of 56 acres employing 2 men Surrey Bisley Caroline do wife m 35 - Hawley Hants Emma Street servant u 14 house servant Surrey Chobham 1851 Frimley, Frimley Street household 9 William Kelsey head mar 42 farmer of 120 acres arable land 6 out door lab Hants Hawley Emma do wife mar 46 - Hants Spitfield William do 15 farmer’s son scholar do Farnboro John Wise visitor wid 84 annuitant Surrey Frimley 1851 Hawley, Hawley Street household 55 George Kelsey head u 37 farmer of 160 acres 6 labourers Hawley Hants Mary do mother widow 77 do widow Bentley Hants Mary Yeomans servant u 17 farm servant Hawley Hants George Nobes do 20 farm servant Eversley Hants Henry Gregory do 14 do do Hawley Hants 1861 Yateley, West End Farm Richard Kelsey head mar 55 farmer of 300 acres employing 18 men 6 boys and 5 women 60 around Yateley November 2017
Hampshire Hawley Georgiana do wife mar 53 farmer’s wife Surrey Chertsey Georgiana unm 26 farmer’s daughter do do Richard do son unm 24 farmer’s son do do Emma Strong servant unm 5 domestic servant do do George Searl servant unm 19 carter (ag lab) do do William Filmore servant unm 20 carter (ag lab) do do 1861 Frimley, Frimley Street household 107 William Kelsey head widr 52 farming 469 acres Hawley Hants William Kelsey son un 23 farmer’s son Farnboro Hants Mary A Kelsey daur un 22 - do John J Mulford visitor un 24 timber merchant Greywell Hants Ann A Lunn un 17 house servant Ewshot nr Farnham Surrey 1861 Hawley, Hawley Street Daniel Kelsey head mar 48 farmer of 150 acres employing 7 men 2 boys Hawley Hants Louisa do wife mar 33 - Blackwater Hants Louis Dan’l do son unm 1 Hawley Hants Mary Kelsey mother widow 86 fund holder Bentley Hants Ann Richardson servt unm 35 housemaid & nurse Cove Hants Ellin Willis servt unm 18 genl servt Kingswood Oxon Janete Cranham servt unm 15 nurse maid Blackwater Hants William Ellis servt 12 under carter Hawley Hants Charles Silvester servt 12 cow boy Hawley Hants 1871 Yateley, West End Farm Richard Kelsey head mar 65 farmer of 360 acres employing 20 men 10 boys Hampshire Hawley Georgiana do wife mar 62 farmer’s wife Surrey Chertsey Georgiana do unm 35 farmer’s daughter do do James Mearing servant umn 17 farm servant Berks Finchampstead Francis Williams servant unm 18 farm servant Berks Wokingham Jane Ewans servant unm 10 general servant (domestic) Berks Bracknell 1871 Frimley, Frimley Street household 95 William Kelsey head widr 62 farmer of 600 acres employing 14 labourers 6 boysHawley Hants William do son unm 33 Farnboro Hants Martha Cook serv unm 41 serv: housekeeper Blackwater do Ann Rossley serv unm 30 geneal servant Sth Farnboro do around Yateley 2017 November 61
Charlotte Spreadborough
Charlotte Spreadborough (1817-18) baptised on 23 November 1817 daughter of John & Lucy Spreadborough, Hawley, Labourer. She was buried in Yateley on 1 February 1818 age 3 months. Charlotte Spreadborough’s father John Spreadborough (1793-18??) was baptised on 22 September 1793 in Hawley, son of James Spreadborough and Mary unknown. married Lucy Livard (c1794-18??) on 18 November 1816 in Yateley. John and Lucy had the following children: (1) Charlotte Spreadborough (1817-18) baptised on 23 November 1817 daughter of John & Lucy Spreadborough, Hawley, labourer, buried in Yateley on 1 February 1818 age 3 months (2) Frances Spreadborough baptised 25 June 1820 daughter of John & Lucy Spreadborough, Hawley, labourer (3) Hannah Spreadborough baptised 27 October 1822 daughter of John & Lucy Spreadborough, Hawley, labourer, married Thomas Goddard 8 November 1851 (4) Anne Spreadborough baptised 5 November 1826 daughter of John & Lucy Spreadborough, Hawley, labourer, married James Bedford 16 November 1844 (5) Joel Spreadborough baptised 3 May 1829 son of John & Lucy Spreadborough, Hawley, labourer, buried 10 May 1829 Yateley infant (6) Thomas Spreadborough baptised 25 July 1830 son of John & Lucy Spreadborough, Hawley, labourer, married Louisa Coles 20 April 1850 (7) Mary Spreadborough baptised 12 April 1835 daughter of John & Lucy Spreadborough, Hawley, labourer, married James Poulter 26 November 1853 (8) William Spreadborough baptised 1 November 1840 son of John & Lucy Spreadborough, Hawley, labourer, buried 15 May 1842, age 1 yr 7 months John Spreadborough’s parents were James Spreadborough (c1766-1826) and Mary ?????? (c1767-1846), had the following childen in Yateley: (1) Sarah Spreadborough baptised 6 February 1779 daughter of James & Mary Spreadborough (2) James Spreadborough baptised 11 January 1782 son of James & Mary Spreadborough (3) Unknown [lost] Spreadborough baptised 21 March 1784 child [lost] of James & Mary Spreadborough (4) Frances Spreadborough born 30 January baptised 26 March 1786 daughter of James & Mary Spreadborough, married John Gregory (1777-1854) 3 March 62 around Yateley November 2017
1823, children: Charlotte Gregory 1823 (married George Stevens 1854), Elizabeth Gregory 1825 (married Thomas Watmore 1845), George Gregory (1827-63) (5) Elizabeth Spreadborough born 25 October baptised 23 November 1788 daughter of James & Mary Spreadborough (6) Elizabeth Spreadborough born 1 August baptised 22 August 1790 daughter of James & Mary Spreadborough, married James Rummey 2 June 1817 (7) John Spreadborough born 28 August baptised 22 September 1793 son of James & Mary Spreadborough see above
Henry White
Henry White baptised 23 November 1817 son of Nimrod & Susannah White, Yateley, Labourer. Nimrod White (c1785-1853) married Susannah North (c1794-1850) on 14 July 1805 in Yateley. Nimrod may have been baptised on 18 February 1784 when there is an entry for the baptism of a child of Charles and Sarah White on a page which is damaged, losing most details of about 20 baptism entries in 1783 and 1784. Charles White (c1750-1783) and Sarah Smith (c1749-1821) married on 9 July 1783. Unfortunately Charles White died soon after the wedding and was buried the same month on 24 July. Sarah White probably remarried, to James Ridgers on 10 August 1795. Sarah Ridges was buried on 4 February 1821 age 72. Nimrod & Susannah White had the following children: (1) Charles Wythe alias White born 17 February and baptised 19 March 1809 son of Nimrod & Susannah Wythe of Yateley, buried 23 June 1830 age 21 (2) Mary Wyeth alias White born 6 February and baptised 30 June 1811 twin daughter of Nimrod & Susannah Wyeth of Yateley, buried 1 May 1831 age 20 (3) John Wyeth alias White born 6 February and baptised 30 June 1811 twin son of Nimrod & Susannah Wyeth of Yateley, possibly buried 28 August 1828 as John Wyth age 17 or possibly married Jane Aston 30 October 1832 (4) William Wyeth alias White born 18 September baptised 18 October 1812 son of Nimrod & Susanna Wyeth alias White of Yateley, married Sarah Goddard (18191900), daughter of John Goddard and Mary) 25 April 1839 Hawley, 16 children, Mary White 1840, John White 1843, Henry White 1844, Elizabeth White 1846, Jane White 1848-48, George White 1849, Eliza Emily White 1851, Sarah White 1853-1912?, William 1855-59, Clara White 1857, Charles White 1859, Annie White 1862, buried 20 February 1897 age 84 around Yateley 2017 November 63
(5) George White baptised 13 November 1814 son of Nimrod & Susannah White of Yateley labourer, married Mary North 8 January 1835, buried 23 August 1846 age 31 (6) Henry White baptised 23 November 1817 son of Nimrod & Susannah White of Yateley labourer, buried 2 June 1839 age 21 (7) Thomas White baptised 30 April 1820 son of Nimrod & Susanna White Yateley labourer, buried 26 July 1840 age 20 (8) Edwin White baptised 30 June 1822 son of Nimrod & Susanna White Yateley labourer, married Esther Candey (1819-89) October 1849 Reading, children: Emma White 1850, Ester White 1852, Ellen White 1856, Eliza White 1856, Edwin died 22 August 1889 in Kensington (9) Aaron White baptised 18 July 1824 son of Nimrod & Susannah White Yateley labourer, possibly married Sarah Boor 13 October 1850 Lambeth, buried in Yateley as Aaron White of Oakingham [for Wokingham] 30 May 1858 age 33 [with note “for Edward White read Aaron White, R Lewin Inct of Yateley 6 June 1858� (10) Jane White baptised 19 March 1828 daughter of Nimrod & Susannah White Yateley labourer, buried 24 July 1829 age 16 months (11) James White baptised 20 September 1829 son of Nimrod & Susannah White Yateley labourer, buried 23 September 1829 infant The earlist Wythe in Yateley was the marriage of George Wythe and Katherine Platt on 24 March 1674. 1841 Yateley HB Flats Hartfordbridge Flats William North 50 ag lab N Mary do 40 N John do 15 do y George do 13 y Daniel do 11 y Robert do 9 y
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1841 Yateley Nimrod White 45 farmer y Susanna do 50 N [William North’s aunt] Edwin do 15 y 1841 Yateley Cricket Hill William White 25 ag lab y Sarah do 20 y Mary do 1 y 1841 Eversley Cross at home of Geo Banister farmer plus 6 family members, 3 female servants and 2 male servants Aaron White 16 ms y 1851 Yateley Cricket Hill household 9 Nimrod White head mar 62 farmer of 6 acres Hants Yately Susannah do wife 61 Berks Sandhurst George do grandson 1 Hants Yately 1851 Yateley Hartfordbridge Flats household 5 William North head widr 63 ag lab Berks Sandhurst Robert do son u 18 do Hants Yately 1851 Yateley household 97 William White head mar 38 gardener Hants Yately Sarah do wife mar 31 - do do Mary do daur 11 scholar do do John do son 8 do do do Harry do son 6 do do do Elizabeth do daur 4 do do do Eliza Emily do daur 1 mo - do do 1851 Wokingham near Scott’s Farm household 39 Edwin White head mar 29 shopkeeper Hants Yately Esther do wife mar 31 - Berks Wokingham Emma do daur 6 mo do do John Waight servant u 15 errand boy do Tilehurst
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1851 Yateley household 87 Thomas Burgh head mar 46 farmer of 6 acres Hants Yately Elizabeth do wife mar 28 Surrey Southwark Frances do cousin u 21 carpr & sawyer Hants Yately Samuel do cousin 15 carpr & sawyer Hants Yately William Giles lodger 78 formerly farmer in receipt of Parochial relief Berks Sandhurst Aaon White lodger 25 rail labourer Hants Yately 1861 Yateley road leading from Manor House to ????? household 2 William White head mar 48 dom serv gardener Hants Yately Sarah do wife mar 41 laundress do do George do son 11 scholar do do Eliza do daur 9 do do do Sarah do daur 8 do do do Clara do daur 4 - do do Charles do son 1 - do do 1861 Yateley Common house household 16 William North head widr 73 road laborer Berks Sandhurst 1861 Kensington St Mary Abbott 3 Oxford Terrace household 189 Edwin White head mar 38 provision dealer Hants Yately Esther do wife mar 42 - Berks Wokingham Emma do daur 10 do do Esther do daur 9 do do Eliza do daur 7 do do Ellen do daur 5 do do 1871 Yateley Blackwater Road Manor Cottage household 2 William White head mar 58 gardener domestic Hants Yately Sarah do wife mar 51 - do do George do son unm 21 ag lab do do Charles do son 11 scholar do do Annie do daur 8 scholar do do 1871 Kensington 14 Walmer Crescent off St James Street household 108 Edward White head mar 48 lath render Hants Yately Esther do wife mar 51 - Berks Wokingham Emma do daur 20 do do Anne E do granddaughter 7mo Kensington 66 around Yateley November 2017
1881 Yateley next to [Manor House] household 2 William White head mar 68 gardener domestic serv Hants Yately Sarah do wife mar 62 laundress Hants Yately George do son unm 31 ag lab Hants Yately 1881 Kensington 14 Walmer Road household 151 White Edwinhead mar 58 lath-render Hampshire Yateley do Esther wife do 61 - Berkshire Wokingham William Caidrey serv un 18 labourer Hampshire Yateley 1891 Yateley Cricket Hill household 16 William White head mar 77 gardener employed Hants Yately Sarah do wife mar 71 - Hants Yately George do son s 39 living at home Hants Yately
Mary Harrington
Mary Harrington baptised 30 November 1817 daughter of Thomas & Catherine Harrington, Hawley, labourer. Mary Harrington’s father Thomas Farr Harrington (c1779-1864) married Catherine Ridgers (c1794-1850) on 19 September 1808 in Yateley. Thomas and Catherine had the folllwing children: (1) Thomas Herrington (1808-65) born 14 December 1808 baptised 8 January 1809 son of Thomas & Catherine Herrington, Hawley, labourer, married Mary Ann Kelsey (1814-78) 27 September 1839 in St Mary Lambeth, both signed, bride was from Yateley, buried 10 November 1865 at Camberley St Michael age 56 see Caroline Kelsey above (2) Eliza Harrington born around 1811 daughter of Thomas & Catherine Harrington, Hawley, labourer, living as a spinster with parents in 1841 and 1851, age 29 and 40 respectively (3) William Harrington baptised 11 April 1813 son of Thomas & Catherine Harrington, Hawley, labourer, possibly married Patience Cox 23 December 1865 in Yateley (4) Catherine Harrington baptised 3 September 1815 daughter of Thomas & Catherine Harrington, Hawley, labourer around Yateley 2017 November 67
(5) Mary Harrington baptised 30 November 1817 daughter of Thomas & Catherine Harrington, Hawley, labourer see below (6) Sarah Harrington baptised 26 November 1820 daughter of Thomas & Catherine Harrington, Hawley, labourer, as Sarah Farr Harrington married Charles Joseph Francis Nute in December Qtr 1840 Farnham District, children Catherine Nutty 1840, Anne Jane Nutty 1850 (7) James Harrington baptised 1 August 1824 son of Thomas & Catherine Harrington, Hawley, labourer (8) William Harrington born about 1825 Sandhurst son of Thomas & Catherine Harrington, Hawley, labourer (9) Anne Harrington born about 1828 daughter of Thomas & Catherine Harrington, Hawley, labourer (10) John Harington baptised 22 August 1830 daughter of Thomas & Catherine Harington, Hawley, labourer (11) Harriet Harrington baptised 31 March 1833 daughter of Thomas Farr & Catherine Harrington, Hawley, labourer 1841 Yateley, Hawley Tithing Thomas Harrington 62 ag lab y Catherine do 50 y Eliza do 29 y James do 16 ag lab y Anne do 13 y John 10 y Harriot do 8 y 1841 Chobham Surrey Reedy Farm Thomas Harrington 30 ag lab no Mary do 25 no Caroline do 1 no Henry Daborn 15 ag lab y Edward Ledger 10 ag lab y 1841 Frimley Surrey Frimley Street Thomas Mayhew 30 pork factor N Ann do 25 N Mary Anne do 15 N Mary Anne do 2 months y Chas Littlejohn 15 ms N Sarah Nutte 20 N 68 around Yateley November 2017
Catherine do 3 months N Ann Harrington 13 N 1851 Hawley, Hawley Street household 66 Thomas Harrington head m 72 farm labourer Aldershot Hants Catherine do wife m 61 - Cove Hants Eliza do daur u 40 washer woman Hawley do Sarah Nutty daur m 30 do Hawley do James Harrington son u 26 labourer do do Harriet do grand dau 3 Lambeth Surrey Thomas John do grand son 1 Hawley Hants Ann Jane Nutty grand dau 1 Frimley Surrey 1851 Bisley, Bisley Green, household 17 Thomas Herrington head mar 42 farmer 100 acres, one labourer Hampshire Hawley Mary Ann Herrington wife mar 36 farmer’s wife Hampshire Hawley Caroline Herrington daur u 11 Surrey Lambeth John Herrington son u 4 Surrey Bisley Thomas Herrington son u 3 Surrey Bisley William Herrington son u 1 Surrey Bisley Mary Herrington daur u 3 months Surrey Bisley Henry Allbride servant u 19 ag lab Surrey Chobham 1861 Frimley/Ash, “Jolly Farmer” public house, Bagshot Road household 24 Thomas Harrington head mar 52 publican Hants Hawley Mary Ann Harrington wife mar 45 - do do Caroline do daur un 28 - Surrey Lambeth John Richard do son un 15 farm labourer do Bisley Thomas do son 14 scholar do do William do son 12 do do do Mary do daur 10 scholar do do Emma do do 8 do do do Ellen do do 6 do do Frimley Benjamin do son 4 - do do Daniel do do 1 - do do 1861 Frimley/Ash, Bagshot Road household 28 William Harrington head mar 45 farm labourer Hants Yately 1871 Frimley, Bagshot Road household 209 William Harrington head mar 58 ag lab Hants Hawley around Yateley 2017 November 69
Ann Harrington daur un 17 Surrey Frimley William Harrington son mar 23 bricklayer’s labourer do do Elizabeth Harrington daur in law mar 26 - do Windlesham
William Sanders Parker
William Sanders Parker baptised 30 November 1817 son of Sarah Parker, Yateley, Single woman. Sarah Parker (1793-18??) was the daughter of John (c1744-1832) & Ann Parker (c1753-1827) baptised on 3 March 1793 in Yateley. There were two Sanders in Yateley around that time, Thomas Sanders who married Hannah Noakes on 16 November 1805 and Joseph Sanders who married Charlotte Chappel on 15 September 1808, neither of whom had children baptised in Yateley.
Jane Beagley
Jane Beagley baptised 30 November 1817 daughter of James & Sarah Beagley, Hawley, Servant. Jane Beagley’s father James Beagley (c1790-1832) married Sarah Harris (c17941850) on 4 February 1815 in Yateley. They had the following children: (1) Henry Beagley born around 1816 possibly son of James & Sarah Beagley, Hawley, Servant, buried 14 June 1818 age 1 year (2) Jane Beagley baptised 30 November 1817 daughter of James & Sarah Beagley, Hawley, Servant, Jane was buried in Yateley on 10 December age just 3 weeks (3) Henry Beagley born around 1824 possibly son of James & Sarah Beagley, Hawley, Servant, buried 20 February 1825 age 9 months James Beagley of Hawley was buried 26 August 1832 in Yateley age 42. In 1810 a Charles Beagly was baptised on 9 December, son of Samuel and Anne Beagly of Hawley and on 9 November 1814 a Jane Beagly of Hawley was buried age 1 year and 8 months.
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Julia Ann Rigby
Julia Ann Rigby baptised 30 November 1817 daughter of Tipping Thomas & Ann Eliza Rigby, Yateley, Esquire. Julia Ann Rigby’s father Tipping Thomas (1774-1882) married Ann Eliza Cousins (1792-1870) on 12 April 1808 in Lambeth. We looked into Tipping Thomas Rigby’s family background in the August 2016 issue, so it is worth looking back at that issue. Tipping Thomas & Ann Eliza Rigby had the following children: (1) Edwin Budd Rigby (1810-75) born 25 May 1810 in London son of Tipping Thomas & Ann Eliza Rigby, married Emma Rebecca Pinnock (1807-1877) daughter of Thomas Pinnock esquire in Woolwich by licence, death 1875 in London age 64 (2) Henry Rigby born around 1811 in London son of Tipping Thomas & Ann Eliza Rigby, buried 29 February 1812 Yateley in his 1st year (3) Tipping Champion Rigby born 23 September 1812 baptised 3 November 1812 son of Tipping Thomas & Ann Eliza Rigby Esquire & wife (4) Caroline [Murton] Rigby baptised 28 May 1814 daughter of Tipping Thomas & Ann Eliza Rigby, Yateley, Esquire (age 4 months) (5) George Leopold Rigby baptised 30 November 1817 daughter of Tipping Thomas & Ann Eliza Rigby, Yateley, Esquire (6) Julia Ann Rigby baptised 30 November 1817 daughter of Tipping Thomas & Ann Eliza Rigby, Yateley, Esquire, death 1902 age 85 see below (7) Christopher Palmer Rigby baptised 13 February 1820 son of Tipping Thomas & Ann Eliza Rigby, Yateley, Esquire, served as Lt Colonel, Consul to Zanzibar, died 14 April 1885 (8) Marianne Rigby baptised 24 March 1821 daughter of Tipping Thomas & Ann Eliza Rigby, Yateley, Esquire (9) Marianne Rigby baptised 23 October 1824 daughter of Tipping Thomas & Ann Eliza Rigby, Yateley, Esquire Julia Ann Rigby married solicitor William Willoughby Gunston (1814-82) on 14 November 1850 in Yateley. This was Gunston’s second marriage. William Willoughby Gunston was the son of William and Elizabeth Gunston of Piccadilly, Esquire, baptised on 29 January 1824 at St George Hanover Square. They had 3 children: With Mary Ann Gunston: (1) William Willoughby Gunston (1842-1924) born 14 February 1842 in Pimlico and baptised 6 August 1842 in Chelsea Holy Trinity son of solicitor around Yateley 2017 November 71
William Willoughby & Mary Ann Gunston, married Harriett Matilda Hone (1851-??) 18 January 1873 Battersea, children Herbert Willoughby (1875-19??), Edith Willoughby Gunston (1876-??), Marian Willoughby Gunston (1880-??) all Battersea, died 1 September 1924 East Preston Sussex in London age 82 With Julia Ann Rigby: (2) Amy Agnes Gunston born 6 September 1851 in Brompton Middlesex, baptised 23 March 1852 St Luke Chelsea, daughter of William Willoughby & Julia Ann Gunston, unmarried, died Jan 1902 Bristol, Gloucestershire (3) Julia Ada Gunston born 2 December 1852 in Brompton Middlesex baptised 21 September 1853 at Kensington, daughter of William Willoughby & Julia Ann Gunston, died March 1935 Bath, Somerset (4) Nina Mary Gunston born 13 November 1853 in Brompton Middlesex baptised 8 December 1853 St Mary St Marylebone daughter of William Willoughby & Julia Ann Gunston, died March 1935 Bath, Somerset Her husband died in October 1882 in Wandsworth. Julia Ann Gunston died in Bristol in October 1902 age 81.
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Maria Rolf 30 fs y Martha Briote 20 fs y 1851 Kensington, St Mary’s West Brompton 10 Drayton Grove, household 229 Willioam W Gunston head mar 36 solicitor and land assessor Middx Julia A do wife mar 28 HJants William do father 62 accountant & do Surrey Ann Howard serv u 24 house servant Kensington Middx Emma Fake serv u 19 do Middx Chelsea 1861 Yateley Cricket Hill hh17 Tipping Thomas Rigby head mar 87 later barrister at Law Middlesex London Ann Eliza do wife mar 68 - do do Caroline Munton do do mar 45 Hants Yatley Julie A Ann Gunston daur mar 40 do do Amy Agness do gran daur 9 scholar Middlesex Brompton Julia Ada do gran daur 8 scholar do do
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