I suppose its really local knowledge I'm after (are you there Vivienne?) but someone else might know...
Sorry this is a quickie - I can probably find out eventually from the 'net, but perhaps someone "in the know" can save me hours of going round in circles...
I gather there is a church "attached" to the hall - St John the Baptist. Any idea if it would have been used by all the locals or just the family from the hall & their servants? And anyone know if it has its own set of PRs or are they included with another parish?
I'm asking because I've stumbled/googled across a monument "in memory of John Symes ..... died 1798, servant .... of John Collins Esq for Upwards of 34 years"
just wondered whether I can claim him as "mine" - I'm looking for someone who died between 1794(ish) and 1806, who left family who are baptised in Shepton Beauchamp between 1780-1794, and a possible marriage in Puckington in 1769. As there aren't many Somerset records on-line I'm probably missing a lot of information, and I am also aware that its a fairly common name in those parts.
back later, just about to tuck into homemade blackberry & apple crumble, courtesy of the local hedgerows
Sorry this is a quickie - I can probably find out eventually from the 'net, but perhaps someone "in the know" can save me hours of going round in circles...
I gather there is a church "attached" to the hall - St John the Baptist. Any idea if it would have been used by all the locals or just the family from the hall & their servants? And anyone know if it has its own set of PRs or are they included with another parish?
I'm asking because I've stumbled/googled across a monument "in memory of John Symes ..... died 1798, servant .... of John Collins Esq for Upwards of 34 years"
just wondered whether I can claim him as "mine" - I'm looking for someone who died between 1794(ish) and 1806, who left family who are baptised in Shepton Beauchamp between 1780-1794, and a possible marriage in Puckington in 1769. As there aren't many Somerset records on-line I'm probably missing a lot of information, and I am also aware that its a fairly common name in those parts.
back later, just about to tuck into homemade blackberry & apple crumble, courtesy of the local hedgerows
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