Agnes Bertha and Emily Sarah Bolter

A Bolter family in Market Lavington In loving memory of Agnes Bertha Bolter who died 14th March 1950 aged 86 years I know that my redeemed liveth Emily Sarah Bolter who died 18th January 1979 aged ...

Cut off with a shilling

The will of Peter Hobbs – 1738 This will is in our possession and gives an indication of the use of a will for family history research. Peter Hobbs names children and his wife. The children each go...

Sidney and Nellie Saxton

We do not know much about this couple. They are buried in St Mary’s churchyard and we have a photo of the grave. This shows that even comparatively modern headstones can suffer from the ravages o...

Richard Park – Tailor of Market Lavington

Richard Park was born in 1841 to his parents, William and Rosanna. William had married Rosanna Cook in 1838 at Bradford on Avon. Richard’s birth was recorded in the first quarter of the year so itâ€...

Bert and Flo

Bert and Flo, or Mr and Mrs Shore were well known in Market Lavington. Bert had been born in West Lavington but he crossed the bridge into Market Lavington when he married Flo Burbidge. Flo – or Flo...

Mr and Mrs Walter Cooper

We met Mrs Cooper about three weeks ago. She was born Florence Moore and was the daughter of Samuel Moore of the jam factory in Easterton. This photo shows her with her husband, Walter James Cooper. T...

Granny Cooper

Florence Cooper was known by a wide family as Granny Cooper – even to people for whom she was not, strictly, the grandmother. Our photo shows her near her home which was one of the old houses in the...

Matters genealogical

This blog post began as a result of an email from Lizzy. Dear Sirs I wonder if could help me. My husband’s Great Uncle was the Reverend Harry Sanders born 1863 in Budleigh Salterton in Devon.  He ...

James Philpott

We have recently been sent a photo of James Philpott who seems to have been an interesting character. Let’s summarise what we know about him first. James was born on 10th December 1838 and was bapt...

Harriet Hiscock

Albert Hiscock, the thatcher who lived on White Street in Market Lavington has featured more than once on this blog. But it is only recently that we were given a photo of his wife, Harriet so today we...