History and Genealogy

David Parrot has written "A History of West Tytherley".

 

The Domesday Book MkII - updated!
Andy Bowditch kindly sent me details about the BBC project to recreate a modern equivalent of The Domesday Book. (This was in the 80s and just before the Internet really exploded onto the scene). It has now been updated so it provides a good picture of how WT has changed over the past twenty-five years. You can find it here.

 

An Inventory of the Estate of Norman Court 1947

A big "thank you" to Barry Whitlock for the loan of his copy of the sales prospectus for the sale of the Norman Court Estate. Warning!! It is a 6Mb .pdf file but worth a look. It makes fascinating reading.

Links

There are Links to a number of other web sites that you might find useful.

"I remember when ..."

Time was when a village's history was passed on by story and legend. Why not use this page to help continue a fine tradition? If you wish to start a fresh 'thread', simply email us here

The date indicates when the page was last updated!

Robert Finch 1921(Dec11)
"The Whiteheads of Norman Court. "I am a descendant of ..."(Aug11 update)
Hibberts. " ...based on the Second World War correspondence of the Hibberd family," (Aug 11) Pragnells. "Beatrice Jane, known as Jane died of TB in 1938 ..."(Aug11 update)
"WT School. "John Pengelly was schoolmaster ..."(Mar11)
"The Merretts (Marriotts) ...(Feb11)
Vachers of WT. "Charles born in 1851 ..."(Jan11 update)
My great uncle William Bristow ... (Sep 10)
My father Brian Baker ... (Aug 10 update)
Before I married, I was Carole Wheeler-Osman...(May 10)
The family of CANNONS. Stephen Connons (b c1812)...(Mar 10)
13 West Tytherley. My father Albert Parsons (b1908) ...(Mar 10)
6 Frenchmoor "John Willie or William Warren lived there with his wife Ellen John ..."(Dec 09)
Sopps Farm. " ... I used to work there in 1944 ..."(Dec09)
The Dumper family of Buckholt Cottages ...(Sep09 update)
Gilbert & Lottie Lampard (née Bunday?) ... (Aug09)
Frenchmoor Farm. "Whilst going through some family papers... " (Jul09)
"Robert Owen and the Harmony Hall Estate"(Jun09)
"Norman Court ... James Wilmot, a servant there..."(Jun09)
6 North Lane. "If any one recalls the Clarke family ... "
Rusell Cottage. "My maiden name was Shirley Hornblow. .."
Police House. "My grandfather ... lived in this house sometime between 1887 and ..."
Buddens. "My great grandfather Thomas Henry Budden was born ..."
14 North Lane "My father Jack Wheeler-Osman was foreman at ..."
Israel Sillence & Family. "... our common ancester was born in WT c1784 ..."
Methodist Chapel "In a moment of sheer madness ..."
Peawit. "Was there ever a wooden bungalow ..."
Early 1960s. "Having lived at 13 North Lane in the 1960s ..."

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