Farnham and Surrounding Villages
War Graves ~ Upper Hale Cemetery in Surrey
A rather sombre topic but still a slice of local Hale history After my last post on Private Maud Rose Payne, written for Remembrance Day,
Pte. Maud Rose Payne
Upper Hale Cemetery has four Commonwealth War Graves Commission graves from World War II This is the story of Private Maud Rose Payne of the
More Mabberlys of Farnham
“Mabberlys had properties in The Borough, East Street, and Downing Street” (Pat Heather, Farnham Town Books) “Mabberlys were frequently encountered in Farnham in the 17th
Edward Reeves ~ Apothecary of Basingstoke
Why so many deaths around the 1750’s? Smallpox reached pandemic proportions at this time and the number of deaths exceeded any smallpox outbreak up to
Francis Mabberly ~ Fishmonger and Keeper of The Bush Inn, Farnham
Farnham Town & Borough Court Leet 3 April 1663 ~ We present in Dogflud the survaiors of the highway for not mending Bickemead Bridge and for
Nicholas Knight~Husbandman Farmer of Farnham ~ 1700’s
Recap: In part 1, we explored the family of Nicholas Knight, Goldsmith of Farnham, to see if any Knight descendants could be found who lived in
Farnham’s Merchant Tokens ~ 1600’s
Introduction England suffered from a chronic shortage of small change from the mid-17th to the early 19th century. The government failed to mint enough small
Lintott Family of Puttenham, Surrey ~ 1606 to 1749 ~ Blacksmiths
Spelling of name – sometimes Lintot and other times Lintott. Genealogists do not agree on its origin: 1) The surname Lintott is of English origin
Nicholas Knight – Goldsmith of Farnham – died 1715
Knight Families of Farnham I was recently asked for some help tracing members of the Knight family who lived in Farnham in the 18th and
Corporal Wilfred Clifford Armsworth of Bethel Lane, Upper Hale: 1896 – 1917
A joint Hale History Project and Lacunae of History story A few years back, the Hale History Project acquired a photograph of a young soldier
Petronell Byworth of Farnham – 1550-1628
Petronell Strickland was born in Rampisham, Dorset around 1550 into a family with a long history of cloth making. We know she had at least
John Byworth of Farnham -1546-1623
So Who Was John Byworth? Here is a timeline of his life: 1546: John Byworth born about 1546 in Kent 1567: Finished apprenticeship as a