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2010
| Name |
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| Date |
15th
February 2010 |
| Where
are you from |
Southeast
Virginia, USA
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| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
I
was happy to find your website. I have a book tracing my ancestor,
Thomas Joyner back to Bere Regis, Dorset in 1595. I'd love
to come there one day.
From
the Editor
Do
come & visit soon!
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2009
| Name |
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| Date |
18th
November 2009 |
| Where
are you from |
n/a
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| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
Have
just discovered your - 'Bere Regis' website - spent a couple
of day's researching a branch of my 'family tree'. Must say,
it is one of the best designed websites that I have used -
most informative in every field of research that I have had
to do - and easy to find that information to boot!
A
question arises though - if I may!
An old family tradition has it - that there were, in 'ye olde
days,' some smugglers in our Bere Regis ancesters! Do any
of your historians have any information about Bere Regis,
'free traders' - be they related or not?
Best
wishes
David
From
the Editor
Thanks
David - Iam glad you have enjoyed exploring the site &
will continue to do so!
I
hope someone is able to provide an answer to your question!
You can join our Facebook group too if you would like to post
your question there. Click here
to join the group.
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| Name |
Jean
Turbeville Sanders Email
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| Date |
14th
October 2009 |
| Where
are you from |
Conway,
Arkansas , USA
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| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
I
have visited your web site the past two days and am just ecstatic
over all the information you all have.
My name is Jean Turbeville Sanders and I live in Conway, Arkansas,
USA Our ancestry line has been traced back to Sir Payn de
Turbeville. Some information states he was "a demon".
I would like to know how this nickname came about. I'm also
wondering if I have some long, lost cousins in Bere Regis
- wouldn't that just be the neatest thing! I would love to
visit at some point in the future.
Look forward to the newsletters.
From
the Editor
Thanks
Jean - Iam glad you have enjoyed exploring the site &
will continue to do so!
I
hope someone is able to provide an answer to your question!
You can join our Facebook group too if you would like to post
your question there. Click here
to join the group.
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| Name |
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| Date |
20th
August 2009 |
| Where
are you from |
California,
USA
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| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
I
came across your site tracing my ancestors. My ancestor Thomas
Joyner operated the Royal Oak Inn during the 1600's. Your
site added more documentation for my family tree. I hope I
get the chance to come to your village; the pictures are great.
From
the Editor
Thanks
James - come visit soon!
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| Name |
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| Date |
16th
August 2009 |
| Where
are you from |
Adelaide,
Australia
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| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
I
visited your site while I have been doing my family history.
My
Grandfather Henry Davis was born in Bere Regis in 1876, he
had an older brother named Charles born in 1865. Their parents
were Charles Davis (born 1841) and Jane Maria Phillips (born
1848).
I
am trying to locate either someone who is also doing the same
family search or sites where I could find more information
about the family.
From
the Editor
I
have added your request to our Village Forum section - I hope
you get some good responses!
|
| Name |
Peter
& Leslie Hamblin-Cobb Email
|
| Date |
14th
July 2009 |
| Where
are you from |
British
Columbia, Canada
|
| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
Greetings
from British Columbia, Canada.
I just wanted to tell you how much my husband, Peter, and
I have enjoyed browsing the website. He was born in Portsmouth
but his family (from father back) comes from Bere Regis. The
website has brought back a lot of memories of visiting grandparents
and aunts and uncles when he was young. We're hoping to visit
Bere Regis soon.
Thanks for your dedication to the site.
From
the Editor
Thank
you very much for your kind words - it's a pleasure to run
the site and Iam glad it has brought back lots of fond memories.
Enjoy your trip to the village!
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| Name |
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| Date |
9th
June 2009 |
| Where
are you from |
Westwood,
Crediton, Devon, UK
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| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
The
reason I have visited the Bere Regis web site is that I would
like some photos of Woodbury Hill
fair at about 1900 to 1910.
Let
me tell you a little story. My grandfathers father ( Jackie
Warren ) was a beekeeper for a man called Herman Lee. Herman
Lees friend was the poet Thomas Hardy. When the Fair came
to Woodbury Hill my great grandfather & his son (my grandfather)
were invited to go with Lee and Hardy on their horse &
trap. At the Fair there was a boxing match where if you could
stay in the ring for 1 minute and not get knocked out you
would win £1! Not bad for threepence! Lee said he would
have a go, but Hardy said it's, "not for gents, let's
try the rifle range."
Hardy
paid the man and took up position and shot down three targarts
and won two Staffordshire
flat back Figures of two Horsemen ( Dick Turpin & Tom
King ). Hardy didn't want them and said give them to my grandfather.
My grandfather told me this story when Iwas a boy and the
two Horsemen are on display
in my sitting room!
From
the Editor
What
a great story - thank you! How wonderful that you still have
the two horsemen!
I
trust you were able to find some good historical photographs
of Woodbury Hill Fair in our Gallery.
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| Name |
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| Date |
8th
June 2009 |
| Where
are you from |
London,
UK
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| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
I
found the website in my efforts to find "Virtue"
whose wedding my mother Muriel Elliott and her sister Gwen
were bridesmaids for in, as I thought, 1931. See my email
of 21st October 2008. Then, as now, I congratulate you on
a well designed informative website.
I'm pleased to say further research has found that she was
Vertrude Standfield (known as Virtue) who married Percy Bartlett
at Bere Regis on the 1st March 1930 . If only your List of
Marriages had been more comprehensive though I may well have
found the information I was seeking back in Oct 2008. I'm
not complaining as I know what a laborious job it must be
transcribing B M and D.
From
the Editor
Iam
glad that you have enjoyed exploring the website and that
it has produced even more finds for you than a year ago -
we are continually adding to the Collection!
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| Name |
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| Date |
9th
March 2009 |
| Where
are you from |
Croydon,
South London, UK
|
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
My
name is Patricia Horsman and I am a teacher of Religious Studies
at a Catholic Girls' school in Croydon. I found your website
through Google when looking for floor plans of churches; as
this is the topic I am about to teach my Yr 9 girls.
Thank you for such a fabulous and informative website; the
diagrams, beautiful pictures and explanation are excellent.
I shall be getting them to search through your site for information
and use it to prepare for their GCSE exam in May.
Congratulations on this and on what you have achieved.
Many many thanks, it's a time saver for an overworked teacher
with not enough time!!!
From
the Editor
Iam
glad that you have found the website useful - I hope your
pupils enjoy exploring it!
|
| Name |
David
and Margaret Warhurst Email
|
| Date |
5th
February 2009 |
| Where
are you from |
n/a
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| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
Excellent
site on all that is and has happened in Bere Regis. My wife's
great grand fathers family (Stroud), lived in Shitterton in
1881 and the Census states that they were number 20 Shitterton.
Do
you know from where the numbering started, so that it would
be possible to identify the actual dwelling?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
From
the Editor
Thank
you for your kind comment. Iam not sure where exactly 20 Shitterton
is - however my mothers house is 18 Shitterton (Honeycombe
Cottage!) Our neighbour on one side is no. 17, but on the
other side there is Shitterton House.
I
would therefore suggest you ask one of the following 2 places
for guidance -
Bere Regis Post Office - Kevin & Gillian Coetzee on 01929
471 201
Or the Dorset Record Office - details are here
Best of luck!
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| Name |
|
| Date |
7th
January 2009 |
| Where
are you from |
Edington,
Somerset, UK
|
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
I
must fully endorse all the compliments by previous visitors
to your website. It is excellant, and the organisers are to
be congratulated!
My
interest is in a number of family members who lived in the
village in the 19th Century.
My
g.g.g.g.grandfather, Henry House, married in 1780 to Grace
Vincent, lived in West Street but of both of whom, not much
is known. However their son, also Henry appears to have had
a modest carpentry business employing men. He married Maria
Mitchell, and the family appears to have moved to Rye Hill
in the early 1850's.
Their
daughter, Hanna Maria married in 1846 to Henry Miller from
Winterbourne Kingston, whose daughter Mary Jane was my g.grandmother,
born in Rye Hill, but who moved to Bournemouth on marriage.
In
the light of this story, I wonder if your archive would have
information about the House & Miller families living in
Bere Regis in the second half of the 19th Century. I would
very much like to locate their homes of course, but any information
would be of great interest.
I
am attaching for your archive, two pictures. Firstly, Henry
Miller's father, John. The photo is dated 1863 and very faded,
but hopefully can be seen satisfactorily. Also attached is
a picture of Hanna Maria [House] Miller and her daughter Mary
Jane. Mary Jane was born 1854 and I would put the date at
about 1865, when living at Rye Hill.
From
the Editor
Thank
you for your compliment - it is a pleasure to run this site.
I
have added your Family Photographs to our Archive here.
Although
I can't help you with the exact location of their homes, might
I suggest you try our Village Census Section here?
It may help you track down their addresses.
Also the Dorset History Centre has alot of local information;
they may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck!
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2008
| Name |
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| Date |
8th
December 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
n/a
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| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
My
Great-uncle. Fred Davis, appears on the memorial and when
I visited your site I was very impressed with the amount of
information that you had there and think it tremendous that
you have spent so much time and effort on compiling the information.
Please pass on my thanks to those who compiled it.
Fred's
sister, Ellen Mary, my grandmother, was married at Bere Regis
church on Oct 12th 1910 by the Rev Montagu A Bere, although
the marriage does not appear on your website. The certicate
no is 87 and I have a copy of it should you wish to see it.
I understand that Ellen was a maid at the vicarage before
she married, I don't know if you have any information regarding
those employed at the vicarage.
She
died when I was very young and is buried at Hilton with her
husband, Arthur Moore Thomas, who was employed at Binghams
Melcombe House as a groom I believe. My sister Sally was baptised
at Binghams Melcombe Church. It appears to be when The Bosworth-Smiths
were there. I have a watercolour painted by one of the Bosworth-Smith
girls in front of a cottage at Aller where I used to stay.
I believe that the picture was given to my Grandfather by
her and has been passed on to me.
With regard to Fred, I have visited his grave at Sanctuary
Wood. His birthday, Jan 12th, is the same as mine and Ellens
wedding date is also the same as mine, Oct 12th. I understand
that Freds brother joined the Dorset Militia and I am trying
hard to find out more.
My
father, now dead, told me that he thought the Davis family,
I know that they originated from Tolpuddle, were descendents
of one of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, but I have not yet been able
to trace back that far.
If you have any more information, or know of anyone who might,
regarding the Davis family I would be very pleased to hear
from them.
From
the Editor
Thank
you for your kind comments - they are much appreciated.
I have added your Grandmothers wedding to the website.
We don't currently have further information about who was
employed at the Vicarage, nor anymore regarding the Davis
family. However, we get new sources from time to time so keep
checking the site. I have added you to our Newsletter aswell.
In the meantime, the Dorset History Centre has alot of local
information; they may be able to help you - their website
is here
- best of luck!
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| Name |
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| Date |
18th
November 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
USA
|
| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
My
brother and I have been tracing our family tree and have traced
it back to Bere Regis, Dorset, England. Apparently they owned
what's now the Royal Oak.
I have never been to England, but have always loved the accent,
culture, movies, etc. Now I understand why, because that is
where my ancestors come from.
Thanks,
Angie
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| Name |
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| Date |
13th
November 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
n/a
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| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
Just
to say been doing some research regards the Stickley family
and the 1st world war and your site has two Stickleys on the
war memorial in Bere Regis and asks if they were related.
Just wanted to say they were cousins both called Henry Charles
Stickley, hence one was called Harry. They were sons of William
and Frank Stickley respectively. Frank being my great, great
grandad.
Fantastic website!
Thanks
Paul Stickley
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| Name |
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| Date |
11th
November 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
n/a
|
| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
Dear
Sir,
I think your website is wonderful. Its great to see the the
village where my birth (20th September 1942) was registered
(7th October as a sub District of Poole) it has so much interesting
information.
My links with Bere Regis go much further back than I realised,
as I have discovered recently by researching my family history.
Two of my forebears families' were Bere Regis people; namely
the Gould and Cobb families. My great grandfather on my mother's
side was Henry Gould (son of George and Maria) who married
Adah Cobb (daughter of George and Priscilla) on 5th December
1872 in Bere Regis.
Thanks!
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| Name |
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| Date |
2nd
November 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
Europe
|
| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
A
brilliant site. I am Tony based in Europe. I understand that
Bere Regis is Kingsbere in Thomas Hardy's Tess of The D'Urbervilles,
A Pure Woman. Why did Hardy paint such a negative picture
of the D'Urbervilles? (Chapter 34 the harridans description)
Clearly
they were based on the Turbervilles. Is there a negative feature
to their rule in Bere Regis which is hidden from the historical
accounts and which formed the basis of Hardy's perception?
From
the Editor
There
is no reason that Thomas Hardy would have assigned a negative
slant to the D'Urbervilles family in relation to anything
that the Turberville Family did. In fact the Turberville story
is an interesting but ultimately sad one.
A
successful family through the ages, who then became extinct
due to a lack of male heirs throughout the family by the late
1700s. You can find a history of them here
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| Name |
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| Date |
21st
October 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
n/a
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| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
Dear
"All of you connected to your website",
Whilst looking for a marriage which might have taken place
in Bere Regis of someone called Virtue in 1931, I was overwhelmed
by the ease of use, design and layout and many faceted items
included in your website. It would make family research a
whole lot easier if all towns produced websites of such quality.
Many congratulations.
Best wishes, Sylvia Pitcher
P.S...... and no, I couldn't find what I was looking for after
all !
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| Name |
|
| Date |
24th
September 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
Columbus,
Georgia, USA
|
| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
I
again want to thank you for this magnificent web site. As
I’ve written before, I’ve been able to find out
much interesting information because of it. Most significantly,
I have come across a few distant relatives because of this
site. I want you to know that you are responsible for my finding
that my distant Joyner relatives, who originally settled in
the Carolinas, and then some moved on to Georgia, are still
in this very location in Georgia, USA!!
I’ve
lived here many years and had no clue that I had so many distant
Joyners (back from the 1500s and before in Bere Regis) that
live within 100 miles of me! And because of this web site,
I was able to contact one of them who invited me to the annual
Joyner family reunion! It was held this past weekend and there
were about 300 Joyner descendants there!!!
Now,
that’s about one of the most wonderful contributions
I can think of that you can give those of us who love our
ancestry!! Thank you ever so much for your dedication to this
site. I’ve been eying it for the last many years and
it just continues to get better and better. We can never find
a way to thank you for the emotional gifts that you give so
many of us. Many thanks from the bottom of all of our hearts!!!
I
also want to make a special remark on behalf of John Pittfield.
He is an amazing man who seems tirelessly dedicated to Bere
Regis and helping those of us who want to find our roots.
Thank you, John. You are a most wonderful man and I will always
have a special place in my heart for you and your hard work
and great patience with my never ending questions!! I certainly
look forward to the day when I can have that drink with you
at The Royal Oak, formerly owned by my Joyner ancestors (no,
I’m not proud!)
From
the Editor
Iam
glad our hard work has paid some dividends, even across the
Atlantic!
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| Name |
Mike
Kingsbury
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| Date |
19th
September 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
n/a
|
| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
What
an amazing site you have created.
I am particularly interested in the history of Bere Regis
& in particular the origin of the name. I note from "the
derivation of the name Bere Regis" page that in 1303
the form Kingsbere occurs and that this form was still in
use in 1587 (as Kynges Bere)
My family name is Kingsbury which I am almost certain is derived
from "de Kyngesbury" i.e. from Kyngesbury.
I also know that the greatest concentration of Kingsbury's
in the 1881 census anywhere in England were in Dorset.
There are several place names called Kingsbury in England
& until today I thought the nearest to Dorset was Kingsbury
Episcopi in Somerset
In C18 & C19 my family lived in Winterbourne Whitechurch
& in C16 & C17 they were living in Cheselbourne both
of which are only a few miles from Bere Regis
The trail goes cold if I try & go any earlier other than
a John de Kyngesbury who was born about 1280 & who was
living in Kentelesworth, Dorset in 1312 (per the Dorset Feet
of Fines)
My current theory is that John came from Kingsbere or Bere
Regis. Do you have any evidence to support this & have
you ever come across Kentelesworth (which I presume is the
name of a house or hamlet somewhere in the immediate area)
Any help you can give will be much appreciated
From
the Editor
Thank
you for your support!
The
Dorset History Centre has alot of local information; they
may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck!
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| Name |
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| Date |
10th
September 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
Idaho,
USA
|
| How
found this Website |
Daughter,
Karen, recommended it. |
| Comments |
It's
wonderful to see maps & photos of my Great Grandfather
Charles Bevercombe's birthplace. Charles parents were Alfred
Bevercombe & Elizabeth Jenkins. Seeing the name as we
spell it, on old documents is rewarding. We're quite interested
in communicating with anyone related to the Bevercombe family.
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| Name |
|
| Date |
3rd
September 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
n/a
|
| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
Thank
you for this excellent website - if anyone would like to send
me an e-mail, I am quite happy to share whatever information
I have on the Bevercombes.
|
| Name |
Kim
Miller
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| Date |
31st
August 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
Crossways,
Dorset
|
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Hi
Came
across your website via google, doing my husbands family history
and found a great great Grandma living as a servant at 5 West
Street, and although I live in Crossways I can't seem to find
the address. The owners were a Scutt family and he was a farmer.
Was 5 West Street a farm or their home? Grandma was a servant
so I presumed it was their home. Grandma was there in 1861
and her name was Lydia Boucher. She was born in Blandford.
Thanks!
From
the Editor
The
Dorset History Centre has alot of local information; they
may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck!
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| Name |
|
| Date |
28th
August 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
Bowmanville,
Ontario, Canada
|
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Most
of the people writing in the guestbook do so because they
are connected to Bere Regis in some way. Me Too!! My name
is Sher Leetooze and I live in Ontario, Canada. Mom's family
are from Newfoundland and her ancestors went there from Bere
Regis in the 1780's.
I have been researching family for some time, but a couple
of years ago a cousin e-mailed me and said I ought to see
a certain website (this one!) because there were some really
great photos on it. I come back to the website as often as
I can to see what other wonderful gems have been posted. I
am usually pleasantly surprised.
If
any other visitors to the website are researching
TOREVELL/TORRAVILLE/TOLLERFIELD/etc I would love to hear from
you.
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| Name |
|
| Date |
26th
August 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
Hallau,
Switzerland
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| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Hi,
my name is Tim Vacher and I live in Hallau, Switzerland with
my wife Kay and my son Ben and daughters, Charlotte and Kathleen.
I found your web site a while ago using Google.
My
Father was Leslie Earnest George Vacher and he came from Whitechurch
where he lived as a child with his sister Marjorie and their
parents Lucy and Earnest. I have always been very interested
in my family history and finding your website took this to
another level. Where previously I thought my oldest ancestor
was Benjamin Vacher, found in the Abby and Milton in about
1760, your website lead me to find Vachers going back to the
mid 1600's. This makes me wonder if it goes back even further,
or if we did originate from France which is what I had been
told by my father. I see from links to the parish registers
that Vacher and Vatcher seemed to be closely linked, even
intermarrying, I would be extremely grateful if you could
guide me further on this.
Thank
you for a truly wonderful and informative website and any
further pointers you may be able to offer.
From
the Editor
Thank
you for your kind words of encouragement.
The
Dorset History Centre has alot of local information; they
may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck!
|
| Name |
Leslie
Hamblin-Cobb Email
|
| Date |
24th
July 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
British
Columbia, Canada
|
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Hi!
My husband's father's family (Montague Frederick Cobb b. 1910)
comes from Bere Regis. The family farmed at Court Farm and
Chalk Pit Farm in the late 1800s and early to mid 1900s. I'm
doing some research about his family and have been able to
trace the Bere Regis connection back to the mid 1700s.
The website is fantastic. Best one I've ever come across for
a town that size. Congratulations!
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| Name |
|
| Date |
18th
July 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
Victoria,
Australia
|
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Hello,
I
am really very impressed by your wonderful website. It is
so packed full of interesting information. I am researching
the PURCHASE branch of my wife's family tree and have found
useful information on your webpages. In 2006 my wife and I
had the good fortune to be able to visit your lovely village
and have fond memories of our all too short a time there.
Thank you for the efforts you have gone to to make your website
the pleasurable experience it is.
Regards,
Barry
Howard
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| Name |
|
| Date |
11th
May 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
England
|
| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
Hi,
I’m a Cobb, found your website, and found our family
comes from Bere Regis!
I’m
Tristan Cobb, grandson of Ronald W. T. Cobb, who married Pam
Philips and moved to Yeovil area (my uncle Christopher Cobb
was born in Bere Regis too).
My
Great granddad was Joseph Alfred Cobb who had 7 children in
Bere Regis, I wonder if there was anymore history of the family
in the area?
Thanks
Tristan
J. E. Cobb
From
the Editor
The
Dorset History Centre has alot of local information; they
may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck
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| Name |
|
| Date |
2nd
May 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
Australia
|
| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
Hello
James,
I am a descendant of the Vivians' from Langton Herring...I
am from Australia and came upon your website and I just had
to drop you a line to thankyou for such a wonderful site.
Wow, what can I say other than your site is by far the best
I have ever seen! You give such great information on the village
and beautiful pictures and maps. Everything is amazing! On
reading that you voluntarily run the website I wanted to congratulate
you on such a great job and let you know your efforts are
very much appreciated. I have never enjoyed exploring a website
as much as Bere Regis, I have yet to see all of it but am
definately impressed with what I have seen so far. Keep up
the great work.
Kindest Regards
Leanne
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| Name |
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| Date |
31st
March 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
n/a
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found this Website |
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| Comments |
Hello,
What
a brilliant website this is, it was a wonderful find. I am
researching family history and Angelina George (nee Hardy)
in particular. She was the wife of William George and censuses
show him the innkeeper of the Royal Oak as early as 1881.
Would you know if there are any old photographs of them or
family members in your archives? They had five children, Bertha,
Cecil, Kathleen, Charles and Frank. Noting previous tenancies
with the Hardy connection, I wondered if that's how William
obtained his tenancy, with wife Angelina being a Hardy. (She
was a second cousin of Thomas Hardy the author, quite an exciting
find.)
I looked at all the marvellous photos on your site, but have
no idea what the family looked like. Could there be any details
of names with the photos?
I
would be so pleased if you could help in any way.
Yours
sincerely,
Judith
Oliver (Mrs)
From
the Editor
Thank
you for your kind words.
Although
all you can see is what we currently have, the Dorset History
Centre has alot of local information; they may be able to
help you - their website is here
- best of luck
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| Name |
|
| Date |
23rd
March 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia
|
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Great
to find a place that my family came from. Lots of information
about the Village, including the census. My ancestors
were the Purchase family.
|
| Name |
|
| Date |
10th
March 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
Bere
Regis & Bournemouth, Dorset, UK
|
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Hi,
I
just would like to say Bere Regis is the best place to live,
I may only be 12 years old, but i was brought up in this rural
area. I know all the farmers (Bill, Sid, Tony & Jimmy
Shave) and lots more. My Gran lives just down the road from
the Chapel and I have been in there millions of times before!!!!
All
I really needed to say is Bere Regis is the most outstandingly
beautiful place you ever did see, whatever the weather. The
country landscape will take your breath away, I should know,
it did it to me. All my family was brought up here; my Mum,
Uncle, Auntie, Cousins, Brother, Gran & Grandad.
As
I say, it really is the most amazing place!!
Yours
truthfully
Zoe Roberts
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| Name |
|
| Date |
30th
January 2008 |
| Where
are you from |
Ardmore,
Oklahoma, USA
|
| How
found this Website |
From
a Cousin |
| Comments |
I
am the great grandaughter of Columbus M Jioner, known as "Dad
Joiner", he brought in the biggest oil field in the world
in East Texas. I and several cousins have been looking for
family and you help us a great deal. Thank you & keep
up the work and if you need info from me just e-mail.
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2007
| Name |
|
| Date |
28th
December 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
Townsville,
Australia
|
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Hello,
I came across your website while searching for any information
on my great grandmother, Annie Pain. Your website is a great
source of info which gives me an idea of what the area would
have been like before she immigrated to Australia. I am having
problems tracking down information on Annie. Australian records
state that she was born in Bere Regis in or about 1870. Maybe
her name is spelt completely wrong or she could be from a
neighbouring village
Anyway,
thank you for your great website and any information would
be greatly appreciated!
From
the Editor
Thank
you for your support!
The
Dorset History Centre has alot of local information; they
may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck
|
| Name |
Lesley
Bevercombe
|
| Date |
15th
December 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
Norwich,
Norfolk, UK
|
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
I
have found it useful in finding other family members.
|
| Name |
|
| Date |
17th
November 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
Columbus,
Georgia, USA
|
| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
I
want to take a moment to tell you how overwhelmed I am with
this amazing web site! I first visited it in 2003 when it
was rather young. It was nice then, but WOW, look at it now!
I
came to visit this site because while tracing my family history
I came to find that the Joyner side of my family came from
Bere Regis. That in fact they had owned a local pub there
between the 1500’s and 1630’s. That they were
also craftsmen in the village. Because of your web site I
was able to contact the owners of the pub as it is still in
operation. They were able to give me more specific information
about my ancestor’s names, and are the reason I know
that Mary Joyner, as widow, owned the pub into the 1630’s
when she sold it.
This
I owe to your hard work and dedication. I appreciate this
gift more than you can know and hope to be a regular contributor
to assist in keeping this valuable site running with the improvements
and additions I know you wish to implement.
Very
much gratitude,
Heidi
Smith
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| Name |
|
| Date |
10th
November 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
Center
City, Minnesota, USA
|
| How
found this Website |
Google
search |
| Comments |
I
am a descendant of Thomas Williams Dowell who was born near
Bere Regis in 1833. His father was George C.Dowell (1786)
and his grandfather was Richard Dowell (1748), both from the
Bere Regis area. I have genealogical information on several
hundred Dowell descendants and would like to share information.
I
would also like to find information on George's spouse's,
Mary Hallett (1785) family and Richard's wife, Eloisa Willshire
(1760) family.
From
the Editor
Thank
you for your support!
The
Dorset History Centre has alot of local information; they
may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck
|
| Name |
|
| Date |
14th
August 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
Newfoundland,
Canada
|
| How
found this Website |
Google
search |
| Comments |
My
Great-Great Grandfather Justinian Dowell was born in Bere
Regis Dec. 1, 1836 & moved to Newfoundland in 1853 - where
he remained until his death in 1911. We are fortunate to have
many years of diaries (between 1871-1904) which Justinian
kept while living in Moreton's Harbour & Change Islands,
NL. Justinian is featured on the Moreton's Harbour Museum
gate.
I
visited Bere Regis last August and was overwhelmed by the
beauty of the place and the sense of belonging. I am returning
again this September and would like to find out more about
the Dowell history. Justinian's daughter married my great
grandfather Walter J. Torraville, who we believe have roots
in Bere Regis as well. I'll know for sure before I leave to
England.
|
| Name |
|
| Date |
8th
August 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
Bebington,
Wirral, Merseyside, UK
|
| How
found this Website |
On
the Internet |
| Comments |
Very
good website and I like the availability of all census records,
Thank You. |
| Name |
|
| Date |
8th
August 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
Droitwich,
Worcestershire
|
| How
found this Website |
I
put "Bere Regis" into Google! |
| Comments |
The
whole website is very interesting, and shows what a lively
place Bere Regis is. My daughter and son in law live in the
village (where he was brought up) and now that I have a grand-daughter
I will move there as soon as I can sell my house. I love visiting
as I find everyone is very friendly and I am looking forward
to joining in village life.
|
| Name |
|
| Date |
8th
August 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
Macon,
Georgia, USA
|
| How
found this Website |
Reasearching
my Grand Father (Thomas Joiner) |
| Comments |
I
think this website is the best & I have thoroughly enjoyed
visiting it. I have found more answers than I thought I would.
Thanks very much.
|
| Name |
|
| Date |
27th
July 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
Originally
Poole, now Devon, England
|
| How
found this Website |
Rootschat |
| Comments |
Looking
for any information on the Toms Family. ie Christopher Toms
1747 Bere Regis.
From
the Editor
The
Dorset History Centre has alot of local information; they
may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck
|
| Name |
Thomas
Sidney Turbyfill Email
|
| Date |
4th
June 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
29
Palms, California, USA
|
| How
found this Website |
Internet
research |
| Comments |
I
and other members of the Turbyfill family are looking
forward to visiting Bere Regis during August 2007
|
| Name |
Margaret
Woolfrey Martinez Email
|
| Date |
27th
March 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
Springfield,
Virginia, USA |
| How
found this Website |
Google
family research |
| Comments |
I
am so excited to find a relative working at one of the Inns,"The
Crown" in 1844. I will certainly have to read the entire
website now to discover more about your beautiful place on
earth "Bere Regis"!! Great work on setting up this website.
|
| Name |
|
| Date |
20th
February 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
Wimborne,
Dorset, UK |
| How
found this Website |
Whilst
checking a name for a fellow researcher |
| Comments |
Congratulations!
What a superb site and so full of interesting items!
An absolute must for those family historians who had ancestors
in the village.
If
only my PAIN(E) (PAYNE) and BUTCHER families had been born
there instead of Winfrith and West Lulworth.
|
| Name |
Louise
|
| Date |
17th
February 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
Dorset,
UK |
| How
found this Website |
AOL
Search |
| Comments |
I
think that this is a great website of Bere Regis. There are
some amazing photos of the village & its local people of
its time. Its lovely to have a website like this to be able
to see what the vilage was like all them years ago to its present
day. Well done to those people who set up the website &
made it what it is & to all those who shared their photos
for everyone else to see. Keep up the good work :-) |
| Name |
|
| Date |
15th
February 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
Florida,
USA |
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
I
would love to visit Bere Regis - my last name is Bere! |
| Name |
|
| Date |
23rd
January 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
Lived
a long time in Fordingbridge, Hants but now retired to South
West France. Lived around the Bournemouth area off and on for
most of my life and know Bere Regis well. |
| How
found this Website |
Through
Justin Standfield |
| Comments |
Lovely
to know this web site exists but still trying to trace the origin
of my Betty Hawkins who had Thomas illegitimately in 1753 in
Bere Regis. Perhaps I shall never know who her parents were.
|
| Name |
Justin
Standfield |
| Date |
18th
January 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
Southampton,
UK |
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Dear
Bere Regis website people!
Well done on the hard work you've put into the site and for
keeping it updated - the village should be very proud of it.
You may be interested to know that one of the men in the photograph
here (in the "Industry"
section of the historical photos) is my uncle, Derrick Standfield,
who worked at the cress beds. My dad was Derrick's younger
brother Ken, who sadly died in April 2006.
By the way, I've put a link to the Bere Regis website on my
family history website here
Best wishes,
Justin Standfield
|
| Name |
Michael
Applin Email |
| Date |
13th
January 2007 |
| Where
are you from |
Toronto,
Canada |
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
My
grandfather moved to Bere in 1885 and was the village butcher
at 85 West Street. My father and his 8 brothers were born
here, my parents were married in St. John's and I was christened
at St. John's in October 1947
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2006
| Name |
Stephen
Charles Phillips Email
|
| Date |
6th
October 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
North
Carolina,USA via New Zealand and Bournemouth, Dorset
|
| How
found this Website |
Yahoo
Search |
| Comments |
My
grandfather Charles Davis Phillips was born July 1st 1892
in Bere Regis and resided in Butt Lane until he joined the
Dorset Regiment in 1909(Militia).
He served under the name of Charles Davis as he joined under
age! Served at the 1st Battle of Ypres and was finally discharged
after be severly wounded in Palestine with the Dorset regiment
1918.
GREAT SITE, Well Done.
|
| Name |
Chris
Locke Email |
| Date |
26th
September 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
Queensland,
Australia |
| How
found this Website |
Search
Engine |
| Comments |
Thanks
for the nostalgic photos.
I had many great walks up and around Black Hill (nearly stepped
on an Adder up there once) when visiting Vere and Duffy Pearse
during the seventies. I think their residence was Dairy cottage.
I particularly remember the re-thatching of the roof, Oh and
the village tug of war over the river, and outrage when they
renamed the village Sitterton.
Thanks.......Chris
|
| Name |
Rachel
Email |
| Date |
21st
September 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
Surrey |
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Really
interesting site. I am researching my family tree and would
be interested to know of any links or information about
the FARR family in the 19th/early 20th centuries in Bere
Regis.
Rachel
From
the Editor
The
Dorset History Centre has alot of local information; they
may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck
|
| Name |
Karen
Stults Email |
| Date |
20th
August 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
|
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
My
great-great grandfather Charles Bevercombe was born and
raised in Bere Regis and came to the US in the 1850's. I
am trying to find more information about this family, and
the history of this little village fascinates me! Wonderful
website!
From
the Editor
Thank
you for your kind words!
The
Dorset History Centre has alot of local information; they
may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck!
|
| Name |
Marrin
Smith Email |
| Date |
8th
August 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
Keighley
in West Yorkshire |
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
We have just spent 4 days in Bere Regis. We stayed at Honeycombe
Cottage, and had dinner at the Drax Arms. It has been a wonderful
break, and I am sure that we will return. We received a wonderful,
warm welcome from eveyone.
Thank you From Marrin and David Smith
|
| Name |
Brian
Kavanagh |
| Date |
27th
July 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
Melbourne,
Australia |
| How
found this Website |
Village
Sites |
| Comments |
Hope
to be in UK soon for research on my next English village mystery
novel and hope to get to Bere Regis and surrounds. Cheers.
|
| Name |
Laura
Thomas Email |
| Date |
21st
May 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
Central
London |
| How
found this Website |
Googled
family history in Bere Regis
|
| Comments |
My
great grandfather was George Gould, born Bere Regis in 1858,
son of Marie & George Gould senior - a Woodsman from Woodbury
Hill. He had an elder brother, Francis and a sister Ann.
Young George partially lost his sight in a firearms accident
aged approx 14 (whilst gun loading for the local shoot) and
left Bere Regis (approx 1872) for a post in London ? in service
as a gardener.
I am very grateful to this site for putting so much of Bere's
historical records online
I was very pleased to see that Sue Gould has signed the guestbook
and hope to liase with her on any information on the Goulds
of Bere Regis.
Laura Thomas (nee Gould)
|
| Name |
Sue
Gould Email |
| Date |
27th
April 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
England |
| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
We
are intrigued!
My husband is David Gould, and his grandfather, Frederick
Walter Gould, was born in Bere Regis. The line goes back
to the John Gould (b1760) on Woodbury Hill, unfortunately
Fred’s Dad, Henry, died when they were very little,
and Mum, Emily Elizabeth (nee Trimm), re-married and moved
away. I have been hooked by this family research, and am
now trying to find out where New Inn was. Apparently Johns
wife Sarah ran the pub, as she left a will in the 1850's
specifying which children should have the pub, and which
children should have certain houses (she seemed to own more
than one!) I found it on the National Archive site.
By a fluke, when WE got married, back in 1971, we moved
from Berkshire to live only 3 miles down the road (Milborne
St. Andrew), knowing nothing of this connection! I am definitely
going to try and have a look at the book John gave to Mr.
Guest.
Regards
Sue Gould
|
| Name |
Jay
Joyner Email |
| Date |
31st
March 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
Minneapolis,
Minnesota, USA
|
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
I
am searching the Joyner/Joiner line. I understand that George
Joyner b 1574 and Thomas Joyner b 1610 were from Walden
Hertfordshire. Has anyone else researched this family? Thanks!
Jay Joyner
From
the Editor
The
Dorset History Centre has alot of local information; they
may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck!
|
| Name |
Val
Simpson Email |
| Date |
19th
March 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
Northamptonshire |
| How
found this Website |
Searching
for information on the Scutt family |
| Comments |
Hi
All,
I am reserching my Mothers Family tree and I am afraid I
am stuck, Wondered if there was anyone out there that could
help me. My Great,Great grandfather was Samuel Scutt, he
was born in Bere Regis in 1823. I know his fathers name
was Richard Scutt but thats all I know, oh yes and he was
a farmer. As I am not mobile and live in Northamptonshire
it is very difficult for me to get any further. Is there
any kind person out there that could help me with anything.
Pleaseeeee!!!
From
the Editor
The
Dorset History Centre has alot of local information; they
may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck!
|
| Name |
Sandra
Gaskell |
| Date |
3rd
March 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
Oshawa,
Ontario, Canada |
| How
found this Website |
Looking
for the Mundells - family genealogy
|
| Comments |
The
old photos are wonderful. I will use some of them to enhance
my research of the Mundells who lived in Bere Regis. You mention
Joseph Hamilton Mundell, grocer, in the history portion of
your site. He was the brother of my great great grandmother.
One of his daughters, Jane Howell Mundell, married Samuel
Bemister, grocer. Thanks for the opportunity to see where
they came from.
It is a website I will return to!
Sandra
|
| Name |
Peter
Eliot Email |
| Date |
17th
February 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
Sydney,
Australia |
| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
Greetings
from Sydney Australia,
I just happen to be working on an old document relating
to the Survey/Inventory of the Turberville Estate 1729 and
needed to look for some info on the internet. I found your
site, which I found very interesting.
I am curious to know if any of you know the meaning of the
name/word "Herriotts" which is the heading on some of the
columns in the old document and has "Best Beast" and sometimes
a money value written in?
Thank you!
PS. Mary Turberville was my 5th Great Grandmother.
From
the Editor
Not
sure about that word - the Dorset History Centre has alot
of local information; they may be able to help you - their
website is here
- best of luck!
|
| Name |
Malcolm
Dyer Email |
| Date |
13th
February 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
New
Romney, Kent, UK |
| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
Your
website is very good and easy to navigate. I particularly
like the approach to the baseline history of the area, using
early maps and the comprehensive coverage of listed buildings
using the NMR Record as a template.
One day we hope to set up something similar here in New Romney,
Kent. We live in one of the Cinque Ports although to see it
now, it is a little hard to believe! Sadly neglected and poorly
researched, but many undoubtedly early buildings line the
main street. A book will be published, hopefully in the Autumn
which will entirely re-write the medieval history of the town.
Best wishes!
|
| Name |
Heidi
Brooks Email |
| Date |
26th
January 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
Georgia,
USA |
| How
found this Website |
Internet
Search |
| Comments |
I
am so thrilled to see the updates to this web site!! I last
viewed it about three years ago. The only thing I could
find related to my family, the Joyners, was a picture of
the pub, Royal Oak, that had been in the family for some
time. Tonight, upon checking the site after three years
I find there is a detailed list of owners of this pub for
over a century!! Little did I know the Joyners owned this
pub for decades. I only knew of it being in the family for
two generations. I also found the birth record of Thomas
Joyner in 1619, how amazing!!
I wish to deeply thank those who have worked so diligently
on this site. It means so very much to me to see this information
in print, on a web site.....makes things so very real and
emotional. All I can say is WOW!!!!!
Message
for Charlotte Parsons.....
I've tried reaching you through your email link. The mail
was return as unknown user. We are distantly related through
Thomas Joyner. I have information put together by my great-uncle
on the Joyner family back to the 900's. Please contact me,
I'd love to correspond with you!!
Heidi Brooks
|
| Name |
Steve
Bailey Email |
| Date |
19th
January 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
Fordingbridge,
Hampshire, UK |
| How
found this Website |
Internet
Search |
| Comments |
I
am researching the Bartlett's steam fair from Fordingbridge
who operated from about 1890 to 1941. My interest is that
the Bartlett family are my relations.
I was given a clue that in the past they visited Woodbury
Hill. What a surprise when I found your website with pictures
of the Bartlett's fair. They must have visited regularly as
the photos show two roundabouts at different times. One of
these is being restored at Preston Services, Canterbury. Website
I can now show these photographs to some of the older residents
of Fordingbridge which often brings back memories and puts
me on another path for more information.
Thank you!
|
| Name |
Andrew
Phillips Email |
| Date |
12th
January 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
Hitchin,
Hertfordshire, UK
|
| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
I
found the history of the Turbeville family of particular
interest. The reason being I have found a silver seal ascribed
to "Alice of T" and one of my correspondents is certain
that it is the seal of Alice of Turbeville.
I manage the North Herts Charity Detector Group in Hitchin
& I found the seal some 5 years ago very near to the
Ickneild Way which passes Hitchin. I am attempting to prove
the provenance. The seal has been recorded under thr Treasure
Act 1996 and was returned to me by the Secretary of State
at DCMS. If the seal is that of Alice of Turbeville I will
let you know; there will be a new coat of arms to add to
your site. There is a branch of the family in Hertfordshire
who are hoping my research proves fruitful. I have commissioned
a drawing of the seal and I will be researching it at the
Public Record Office & the College of Arms.
|
| Name |
Carl
Stickley Email |
| Date |
7th
January 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
Martinsburg,
West Virginia, USA |
| How
found this Website |
Web
Search |
| Comments |
My
family arrived in the US in the early 1700's. We have
had difficulty finding from which town. Some of the names
and dates appear to match with those posted on your site.
If there is someone who could help with a little of the
Stickley history it would be greatly appreciated. Would
be really great to find a cousin.
From
the Editor
The
Dorset History Centre has alot of local information; they
may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck!
|
| Name |
John
Cobb Email |
| Date |
3rd
January 2006 |
| Where
are you from |
New
Zealand |
| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
I'm
the grandson of Ambrose Cobb his father was Mark Cobb, looking
at our family tree we came from this fine Village, this
part of the family now lives in New Zealand.
If any realatives would like to contact me email me
Cheers
John
|
2005
| Name |
Michael
Applin Email |
| Date |
5th
November 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Born
in Poole, baptized in Bere Regis, living in Toronto Canada
|
| How
found this Website |
My
sister, Heather Frazer (Applin) told me about it
|
| Comments |
My
grandfather Thomas Edward Applin owned the butcher store
at 85 West Street. He and his wife Eliza Elizabeth Applin
had 8 boys and 2 girls. My uncles, Jasper Applin (89 West
Street) Maurice Applin (picture on your website - from
Butt Lane), Frank Applin (lived on west Street)Reginald
Applin and John Applin (actually Walter Gilbert Applin)
all lived in the village. I was christened in St. John's
in 1947, as were my sisters Lesley Clinch (Applin)1950
and Heather Frazer (Applin)1952.
My father, Morgan Ashton Applin was married to Margaret
Reid in St John's in November 1946. We lived in Poole
and I biked to the village regularly to visit my aunts
and uncles.
I am interested in any additional information about the
village and hearing from relatives - have lost track of
many cousins!
From
the Editor
The
Dorset History Centre has alot of local information; they
may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck
|
| Name |
Donna
Email |
| Date |
20th
October 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Poole,
Dorset |
| How
found this Website |
I
have been on it before. I was searching for Pitfield family |
| Comments |
I
really love this website. Not many websites make you want
to keep coming back for another look, time after time. I
now have a website of my own. It is a family history website
and has lots of old Dorset surnames on it. Like Aplin, Bowditch,
Christopher, Cutler, Hannam,Kellaway,Pitfield, Phillips,
Legg, Lucas, Runyard, Thresher, Tizzard, Vincent to name
but a few. Please feel free to check it out. You just need
to contact me for the password.
Click
here
for the site
Keep
up the great work with this wonderful site.
With kind regards Donna
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| Name |
Ian
Holmes |
| Date |
11th
October 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
|
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
I
am ax ex-pat Englishman (from Lincolnshire)
living in Minnesota USA. for the past year or so I have
been enjoying your villages website immensely - particularly
all the pictures relating to the watercress railway.
As
a railway modeller I became fascinated by the system and
built a model of the Locomotive built by Mr Bedford and
Mr Jesty as well as basing a small layout on the idea
of a watercress farm. You can see the Locomotive by clicking
here
and the layout here
I have recently completed a model based on the passenger
vehicle as seen in the picture here
Thank
you for putting together such a wonderful and informative
website.
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| Name |
James
Curtis Email |
| Date |
26th
September 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Tilehurst,
Reading, UK |
| How
found this Website |
Search
|
| Comments |
I was just looking because my uncle and aunty lived in
old barn road when i was younger, and i lived there with
my cousins martin and gary, also my grandad is buried
at the church
Could
anyone take a picture of the old barn road area for me?
i'd love to see it again on the site, after all these
years!!!
From
the Editor
Done
- click here to
see it
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| Name |
Stephanie
Melinda Rigby Email |
| Date |
16th
September 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Australia |
| How
found this Website |
From
Browsing through churches sites, and am a fan of Thomas Hardy
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| Comments |
I
have always been fascinated by the English countryside,
its villages and churches, country houses, stately homes,
ccathedrals, museums - I visited the UK this year, and was
enchanted once again by the churches I visited, and on coming
home began to search sites to find out more churches. I
am having a sad time at present, with my mum in a home suffering
from Alzheimers, so these sites of churches in Dorset and
indeed all through England are proving a source of great
comfort
Stephanie M Rigby
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| Name |
Linda
Pemberton Email
|
| Date |
12th
September 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Austin,
Texas, USA |
| How
found this Website |
Through
my daughter and her fiance
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| Comments |
You
have a beautiful church. I hope to visit it someday very
soon. The architecture is breathtaking and the preservation
is unbelievable!
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| Name |
Charlotte
Parsons Email |
| Date |
8th
August 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Lone
Grove, Oklahoma |
| How
found this Website |
Through
a cousin in Alabama |
| Comments |
I
really enjoyed the pictures and seeing the very place
where my relatives lived .Thomas Joyner Inn keeper. I
am the great granddaughter of Columbus Marion Joiner who
brought in the biggest oil field in the world in the 1800s.
I am trying to find my roots and now I am coming across
the ocean to find my roots. would like to know if you
have a genealogy site anyone could go to? Beautiful village
,will be back several times to look at the rest of the
things listed. Thank you for a look in the past.
From
the Editor
The
Dorset History Centre has alot of local information; they
may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck
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| Name |
Margaret
Gibbons-Cousins Email |
| Date |
29th
July 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Bolton,
Lancashire, UK |
| How
found this Website |
Through
another member of Ancestry. co.uk |
| Comments |
Viewing
the photographs, I feel that I have been there before.
Gibbons/Toms were shepherds and named their children
accordingly. Abraham, Issac, Joseph, to name but a few.
All baptised and married in St. John the Baptist Church.
Would
be interested with any information about Fanny ( Frances
) White b 1846 Bere Regis, married George Gibbons b
1840 Sitterton. Would like to know "Why they left such
a beautiful place, to walk to Liverpool"?
From
the Editor
The
Dorset History Centre has alot of local information;
they may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck
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| Name |
Terry
Piercey Email |
| Date |
19th
June 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Canada |
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Great
site!! I've found it looking for family tree info on a
great, great, great grandfather born in Bere Regis abt
1820 named Henry Mate. He left Bere Regis and married
in Newfoundland.
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| Name |
Michelle
Brookes Email |
| Date |
14th
June 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
n/a |
| How
found this Website |
n/a |
| Comments |
Have
just gone on your web site. Very good.
My
mum use to work in the village shop. She loved it there
but unfortunately dad got a new job and she had to leave.
During
her time there she learnt that a lady who lived in the
area bred St Bernards. Please could anyone give me her
details. Mum used to own a St Bernard. Sue Brookes is
her name. My name is Michelle -
please email me back with any info.
Yours
in hope,
Michelle.
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| Name |
Graham
Hill |
| Date |
27th
May 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Cornwall,
England |
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Loved
the Bere Regis Website, I lived in Dorset 25 years ago,
Now my Daughter and Family have moved to your Village,
Look after them all. Tanya Wells , Kevin Wells ( Electrician)
and my Grand daughter Zoe age 6 3/4
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| Name |
Bere
Neas |
| Date |
17th
May 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Denver,
Colorado, USA |
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Because
my first name (pronounced Barry)is unique and I have never
met anybody with the same spelling, was curious if there
was anything on the internet regarding the spelling of
my name. If you have never met anybody named "Bere", maybe
you'll give me the "key to the city" when I come and visit
you. What a beautiful village; proud to have the same
name.
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| Name |
Brian
Fayle |
| Date |
28th
April 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Canada |
| How
found this Website |
Narrow
Guage railway e-group
|
| Comments |
A
very impressive effort.
I
got directed to the site via an e-group that models
very narrow gauge railway lines. The watercress line
was the lead in this case. Needless to say once on site
I started to look around and passed a fair bit of time.
One advantage of being retired!
Thanks
again for an entertaining read.
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| Name |
Charles
Chase Email |
| Date |
18th
April 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
|
| How
found this Website |
Yahoo
Search |
| Comments |
What
a nice site! I have visited your wonderful village twice
- yet another American doing genealogy research! My great-great
grandfather Edward Benjamin Vincent was born and raised
in Bere Regis and it was so nice to be able to walk through
Bere and feel that connection! I especially enjoyed my walks
up Woodbury Hill. Would very much like to hear from anyone
in Bere - after all, I can't stay away long. Will have to
visit again soon!
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| Name |
Robert
Hillier Email |
| Date |
11th
April 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Poole,
Dorset, UK |
| How
found this Website |
Dorset
Rootsweb Genealogy mailing list
|
| Comments |
Many
thanks for an excellent website - and I can strongly recommend
to other guests The Book of Bere Regis for anyone with
an interest in the village's history . I have a family
history with many Bere Regis villagers of 18th and 19th
centuries ( especially the WHITEs )
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| Name |
Laura
Dron |
| Date |
10th
April 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
n/a |
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Just
to let you know how useful your site was to me. One of
my distant relatives on my family tree married a Henry
Lock quite late on. I looked him up earlier, in 1881,
and found him in Wormwood Scrubs. Just out of curiousity,
I checked the National Archives etc but couldn't find
out what he'd done. Then I tapped his name and birthplace
into Google and found the story on your site...owch, a
policeman too...but it is a good story to add to the tree
and of course, he's not actually my relative. He's out
by 1891, by the way.
|
| Name |
Bob
Martin Email |
| Date |
7th
April 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Whatton-in-the-Vale,
Nottinghamshire
|
| How
found this Website |
Search
Engine |
| Comments |
I
have visited Bere Regis several times on holiday. We
have stayed on the Roland's Wait and the Wareham Forest
caravan sites. The photos reminded me of the enjoyable
times spent in this part of Dorset.
Congratulations
on a great website!
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| Name |
James
B. Turbyfill Email |
| Date |
29th
March 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Archdale,
North Carolina, USA |
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
I am a decendant of John "The Planter" Turbyfill, circa
1740, in North Carolina and believe we decended from one
of the Turbervilles in Bere Regis. Doing some fact finding...trying
to figure out who our ancestors are and which Turberville
coat of arms is the correct one for our family.
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| Name |
Glyn
Davies Email |
| Date |
5th
March 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Shropshire,
UK |
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Why
doesn't every community have as good a website as yours?!
I am on the family research trail and thanks to you I
may have located the John Davis, a "sadler" in 1851, who
was a "shopkeeper" in Milborne in 1841 and married to
Ann Homer (a local name). There were a number of Davises
in saddlery and associated trades in Milborne in those
days. Their daughter Sarah married my grandfather's uncle
John Frederick Davies. I shall look up the 1851 census
in the hope I have struck lucky.
|
| Name |
Donna
Email |
| Date |
18th
February 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Dorset |
| How
found this Website |
While
looking for family research on Pitfield side of my family
|
| Comments |
This
website is wonderful, brought back some lovely memories
I have of the village from 1978-1981. Spent some wonderful
times there with the Bennett family that lived on the
edge of the village. The fields we used to play in our
long gone now. This website is so well put together and
Iwould like to give thanks to the person who put all this
together. You really have put a lot of hard work into
it. Keep up the good work. With kind regards Donna
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| Name |
Lila |
| Date |
4th
February 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
India |
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Very
nice website. I am definitely going to visit your beautiful
village the next time I am in England.
|
| Name |
Carol |
| Date |
18th
January 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Bremerton,
WA, USA |
| How
found this Website |
I
did a websearch on MSN Explorer
|
| Comments |
My
mother bought a beautiful Gilmore's Village Weave Tapestry
Bedcover while in England in 1955. I was interested to
see if the company still existed. Apparently is doesn't.
Great website! Next time in Dorset I'll visit Bere Regis!
|
| Name |
Val
Simpson Email |
| Date |
13th
January 2005 |
| Where
are you from |
Northamptonshire,
UK |
| How
found this Website |
Searching
for information about Bere Regis
|
| Comments |
Wonderful
site well done, I have been researching my family name
of Scutt, my G G Grandfather Samuel was born in Bere Regis
in 1823.Very informative thankyou
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2004
| Name |
Mary
Bridge Email |
| Date |
23rd
December 2004 |
| Where
are you from |
Frome,
Somerset, UK |
| How
found this Website |
MSN |
| Comments |
I
am trying to trace my ancestors. my mother was born
in bere regis her maiden name was CLIFT. her father
came originally from a large family in essex. He was
a groom domestic her mothers maiden name was HEWITT
or HUWITT. I believe she might have been local. They
would have lived in the village in the early 1900s just
wondered if anyone would know of the name.
From
the Editor
The
Dorset History Centre has alot of local information;
they may be able to help you - their website is here
- best of luck
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| Name |
Martin
J Clarke Email |
| Date |
15th
November 2004 |
| Where
are you from |
Waltham
Chase, Hampshire, UK
|
| How
found this Website |
Google |
| Comments |
Really
good website. I am researching my wife's ancestors,
Poore/Shiller/Barnes.
Congratulations!
|
| Name |
Graham
Uren Email |
| Date |
25th
September 2004 |
| Where
are you from |
White
Lovington, Bere Regis, Dorset, UK |
| How
found this Website |
Bere
Regis Parish Magazine |
| Comments |
Fascinated
by the Then & Now photos and the large panorama
|
| Name |
Sharen |
| Date |
13th
August 2004 |
| Where
are you from |
Cardiff,
Wales |
| How
found this Website |
Did
a search through Google to find out where exactly my brother
and his partner now live
|
| Comments |
This
is a great website!!!
My brother Stephen (Taffy) and his partner Lorraine
have recently (2004) bought the General Stores in Bere
Regis - please pop in and say "hello" to them!
Well done to all those who put the website together
-it is a very informative site with wonderful photos.
Best wishes to you all.
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| Name |
Neil
Sutherland Email |
| Date |
23rd
July 2004 |
| Where
are you from |
Romsey,
Hampshire, UK |
| How
found this Website |
Via
Bere Regis school website
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| Comments |
My
wife and I have been considering moving to Bere Regis,
and I was delighted to find such an excellent local web
site. It gives a sense of community that can only encourage
us to make the move
|
| Name |
Victoria
Oswald Email |
| Date |
13th
July 2004 |
| Where
are you from |
England |
| How
found this Website |
Personal
Meanderings |
| Comments |
We
are renting a cottage in Bere Regis next week, for two
weeks, and these photographs and tidbits of information
have thoroughly excited us! A beautiful site.
|
| Name |
Sher
Leetooze Email |
| Date |
9th
May 2004 |
| Where
are you from |
Ontario,
Canada |
| How
found this Website |
Browsing
for Bere Regis information on Google
|
| Comments |
The
old photos are superb. Gives those of us who have never
been there a "real feel" for the village. Great job!!
|
| Name |
Peter
Abbott Email |
| Date |
20th
April 2004 |
| Where
are you from |
Bere
Regis, Dorset, UK |
| How
found this Website |
On
the Village Noticeboard |
| Comments |
I
enjoyed visiting this site being that I am tracking down
ancestors (Dowel (Dowell) and Torevell families) who came
to America in the 1850's from Bere Regis and Turners Puddle.
Very nicely done site, thank you.
|
| Name |
David
Butcher |
| Date |
3rd
February 2004 |
| Where
are you from |
Bournemouth,
Dorset, UK |
| How
found this Website |
Browsing
for information re. the area
|
| Comments |
What
an excellent site, with lots of interesting photos etc.
|
| Name |
Denise
& Geoff Baker Email
|
| Date |
25th
January 2004 |
| Where
are you from |
Goodwood
(a suburb of Adelaide), South Australia
|
| How
found this Website |
Bere
Regis friends told us about it
|
| Comments |
Brought
back great memories of living in Dorset 1991-1992 while
on an overseas posting at Bovingtom Army Base. Hope
to return in 2006 to visit our good friends Kath &
Mick Furlong & son Terence. Well done on your presentation
and information, as well as the lovely photos. "Ooro"
from Oz.
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2003
| Name |
Justin
Standfield Email |
| Date |
31st
December 2003 |
| Where
are you from |
Southampton,
Hampshire, England |
| How
found this Website |
Website
search |
| Comments |
Very
good website, especially the collection of old postcards
and school photographs - I am now wondering which of
those children I'm related to!
I found this website whilst conducting family history
research (STANDFIELDs of Bere Regis). If you have a
link with the Standfields in your family tree, or can
provide ANY information regarding the Standfields which
may be useful, please contact me.
Many thanks, Justin Standfield.
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| Name |
Mike
Furlong Email |
| Date |
25th
December 2003 |
| Where
are you from |
Bere
Regis, Dorset, England |
| How
found this Website |
Saw
details on the notice board in the centre of the village
|
| Comments |
Well
done to all those responsible for setting up this site,
it is a great leap forward. I was particularly interested
to see all the old photo's.
|
| Name |
Bob
Jennings Email |
| Date |
25th
November 2003 |
| Where
are you from |
Southbrook,
Bere Regis, Dorset, UK |
| How
found this Website |
Searching
for old pictures of Bere Regis
|
| Comments |
Very interesting and informative - liked the old photos
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