Memorable holidays - England August/September 2007

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England - August/September 2007

Darren, Fiona and family joined us for a week in London, then Peter and I spent 3 weeks going to the villages where our forefathers had lived, seeking out the houses they lived in, Churches they had attended and the cemeteries.  Firstly though, we visited the town of Olney where Rev John Newton was Curator and wrote "Amazing Grace".  Next to Pulloxhill where many of the Olney family came from. (Refer to Olney Family Archives Blog).  "Stanfield Hall" near Norwich was of particular interest.  (Refer to Riches Family Archives Blog).  Pulham Market in Norfolk was where the Riches family lived.  (Refer to Riches Family Archives Blog and Wallis Family Archives Blog).  Hull, Brantingham, South Cave and Kirk Ella were of particular interest as the Petfield family came from there.  (Refer to Petfield Family Archives Blog).  Great Oxendon and Simpson was where the Wells and Saunders families lived.  (Refer to Saunders Family Archives and Wells Family Archives).  Low Row was where Rev John Allason was minister 1807-1835.  We visited his Church 200 years later.  (Refer to Allason Family Archives Blog). 

We were able to spend quality time with cousins in Wormley and Nordley Common.

Low Row is a small village in North Yorkshire Dales on Swaledale River and within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Low Row Reformed Church where Rev John Allason ministered 1807-1834.
Joy's great great great grandfather.

Plaque in Low Row Reformed Church to Allason family 1807-1834. John's wife Susannah
and 5 children died while he was Minister at Low Row. 

Cousins Lawrence & Sheila Barker at Healaugh
John Allason's daughter Rebecca married a Barker. John's 2 sons came to Australia.
I am a descendent of Edward Allason.

Peter & Joy at Codicote where many Olneys came from. I have the book "From Codicote to Carievale"
The main emphasis was on William Olney (1676-1752), his son Samuel Olney (1723) and his son James (1748)

"As you like it", a Chinese Restaurant today and the oldest Inn in Hertforshire.
 Once was called "George & Dragon Inn" but called "Coarch and Horses" when William Olney owned it.

Once the home of George & Lavinia Olney in Pulloxhill. The present owner was 87, born in this home and he remembered his parents talking about the Olneys who were the previous owners.

Interior St James Church at Pulloxhill where many Olney babies were baptised.

Olney family in the town of Olney which is famous for The Pancake Race held since 1445 on Shrove Tuesday.




Peter "preaching" in  St Peter and St Paul Church in Olney where Rev John Newton was Vicar 1764-1780.
John Newton wrote 280 hymns including "Amazing Grace".

Market Place in the town of Olney

Tombstone of Rev John Newton who was the Vicar at
St Peter and St Paul Church in the town of Olney.
He wrote "Amazing Grace" among many hymns.
He died 1807.

Matthew (1775-1855) and Ruth (1783-1860) Petfield, Joy's great great great grandparents at Kirk Ella Cemetery.

South Cave Church where many of the Petfield family worshipped.

"Stanfield Hall" where James Bloomfield Rush murdered the owner on 28 November 1848.
It is said that Peter's great great grandfather John Riches worked at "Stanfield Hall" as a strapper at the time of the murder.

Peter's great grandfather, James Benjamin Riches was born in Pulham Market in 1854.

Michael and Margaret Breese in Wormley, Peter's cousin.

St Peter's Church in Drayton where Grisold family worshipped and their 8 children baptised.
Thomas (1808-1874) and Elizabeth (1806-1882) Grisold were Joy's great great great grandparents.

"Freedom Cottage" in Simpson where Thomas (1833-1909) and Sarah (1837-1916) Saunders lived 1894-1916.
Joy's great great grandparents.

"White Cottage" where John (1828-1906) & Sarah (1830-1900) Matthews lived in Simpson.
Sarah was the sister of Joy's great great grandfather Thomas Saunders (1833-1909).

John (1830-1907) & Harriet (1822-1890) Wells in Great Oxendon
John was brother of Thomas Wells (1832-1908), Joy's great great grandfather.

Interior of 12th century St Helen's Church in Great Oxendon. 
I have a candlestick made from a pew.

Font in St Helen's Church, Great Oxendon where many Wells babies were baptised.

Cousin Herbert John Wells (1929-2014) with Peter and Joy at Great Oxendon
John's grandfather Charles Wells (1864-1948) was the brother of my great grandfather Harry Wells (1858-1935).

Cousins Eleanor (born 1953) & Alec (born 1934) Andrews with Joy in Nordley Common.
Eleanor's grandmother Kate Saunders (1866-1941) and my great grandmother Elizabeth Saunders (1862-1950) were sisters.

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