Author: paulineridley

TRILL

September 24, 2010  Harold Trill posted Hello Douglas. The Dallington Churchyard has two rows of Trills buried there plus others in the cemetery. I was at Dallington Tuesday 21st September with cousins and we wish to try and identify whom is buried where as the tombstones have deteriorated rapidly since I discovered my ancestors here.I may have met you some ten? years ago when I first visited and some one had just taken over the rather difficult task of working out the previous numbered graves. The gentleman I met was most helpful at the time. I hope to visit again around the 5th October 2010. Anything we can do to assist in getting the leaning stone secured in upright? Elizabeth Trill,leaning stone ,lived in THRUMS in the Street Do hope to hear from you. Regards, Harold Trill

  • September 4, 2013 at 4:19 pm | Helen “Hi, Go to the 3 cups pub at 3 cups cormer and you will find a man’s stone face in the entrance – a TRILL and also photos inside showing that the pub used to be owned by TRILL family. These are my father’s ancestors. Howard Trill.
  • December 4, 2013 at 8:41 am John Black Hello Harold Trill,
    This Man was my Great Grandfather on my mother’s side, perhaps we could contact each other if you want further information. black@jonks.co.uk.

STONESTREET

 September 11, 2011  Ann wrote “Very pleased to find your w eb site Stanley Stonestreet was my uncle I have his citation etc am interested in finding a good home for this etc interested in finding a contact not too good on the computer help Ann”
September 24, 2011  Ann “interested in the Stonestreets of Palmers Cottage South Street Dallington”

BURGESS

November 7, 2012  Brian Gould wrote: ” I wonder if anyone could help. My ancestor Harriet Blanche Smith married a Burgess (christian name not known) and they ran a livery stable or racehorse breeding establishment in Dallington in the 1940’s. My GG Uncle Walter Smith, Harriets father, was visiting in 1945 when he died and his body returned to his home at Sarisbury for burial.  We are trying to establish what sort of business he ran and if anyone remembers them”

  • December 4, 2012 Brian Gould “re my inquiry regarding Blanche Burgess, I have found more info. From the 1911 census Blanche Smith married Arthur James Burgess, a grocers assistant. They were living with / visiting his parents James Henry Burgess, a Gardener, and Elizabeth Caroline (nee Thompson) and his sister Beatrice May Burgess, an assistant teacher, in The Street, Dallington. They had a daughter Edith Ellen May Burgess, 7 months old. “

VIGOR

 Jo Vigor-Mungovin  wrote: “Hi. I am researching my family tree and found my 10th Grt grandfather is James Jacobus Vigor born in Dallington. Are there any Vigors left in your village.? He was a Yeoman. Can anyone tell me what a Yeoman did in 1560 ?”

  • April 28, 2013 Graham Vigor replied:  Hi Jo. I’m likewise researching my family tree and James Jacobus Vigor is also my 10th Great Grandfather. I’m trying to go back further but am struggling. I believe he was born in 1550 in Dallington and married Jone Cheseman in Bexhill on 6 Sept 1579. He was buried on 25 April 1606 in Dallington.They had a son Thomas Vigor (direct line) but I do not know if they had any other children. You may know this already. I would be grateful if you have any info you would be willing to share. Likewise I would be happy to share any of the info I have found. Look forward to hearing from you. Email address is grahamvigor@sky.com Regards Graham”
  • January 18, 2017  Walter Vigar ( from Malta) replied “Thomas Vigor is my 10th great grandfather born in 1580 died 1660 married to Maria Cruddocke in 6th Nov. 1606”

Glaziers Forge

Extract from Wealden Iron: Series 1 Volume 9 1976 Internet edition http://www.wealdeniron.org.uk/BullSer1/1-09LR.PDF

“BRIGHTLING or GLAZIERS FORGE (& FURNACE?) TQ 651 213 Wealden Iron pp.301-2.
A long private road leads to this site from Dallington, and a number of houses are grouped around it. The one on the right, below the bay, is probably contemporary and if so is the iron-master’s house. The road from it to Glaziers Farm runs along the top of the bay which is c.60 yards long. It is now 4 feet high upstream and 10 feet on the downstream side, which is revetted with stone. The lawn running from the front of the probable ironmaster’s house to the stream has been made up with several feet of forge cinder which can be seen in section in the stream bank. It contains many forge bottoms, some of which have fallen into the stream. Among this debris is a small amount of glassy blast-furnace slag. This supports Straker’s idea that a blast furnace once existed here. The owner of Glaziers Farm has a cast iron half mould, said to be for making cannon balls. It does not seem, that in practice it could be used for this purpose, and it is more probable that it was used as a gauge for testing the shape and size of balls. It has a diameter of 51/2 inches. There are many minepits in the woodland E. of the road to the site. “

Padgham

 January 4, 2013 Gregory Enoch Padgham wrote:
“Hello all, I left a message on the village local history page, but thought it might be more useful to comment here as well. I am looking for any information you might have regarding nearby Padgham Lane, Padgham Farm, Padgham Corner, etc.Thank you.”

  • Pauline Ridley replied January 4, 2013:
    “I hope someone here will be able to help you – but it doesn’t get much traffic so I will ask around locally. What kinds of information, and for which years, are you particularly interested in? If you don’t already know it, the book “Six miles from everywhere” may be helpful”
  • January 18, 2013 Gregory Enoch Padgham
    Thank you for responding to my inquiry. I am interested to know if anyone has any information regarding whether any persons by the name of Padgham still live on Padgham Lane, or in Dallington, as well as whether anyone knows how the lane came to acquire the name Padgham. I assume it may be the fact that there is a farm by the name of Padgham on the lane. I will also look to “Six Miles From Everywhere”.
  • January 19, 2013  pauline ridley:
    The lane was originally called Blue Kiln Lane (reference to a brick kiln that existed in the 18th century) but is now generally known as Padgham Lane after Padgham Farm – there are now several separate dwellings with this name at this location. The farm is referred to as Padgham Farm or just Padgham at least as far back as 1794, and originally formed part of the Herrings estate which seems to have passed to the Ashburnham estate early in the 19th century. If you go to the National Archives website and search for Padgham you’ll find various references to tenancy agreements etc ( the actual documents are held at East Sussex Record office in Lewes [Update 2018 now moved to The Keep http://www.thekeep.info/]).It may originally have been named for a family but if so they don’t appear to have lived in the village for at least 200 years. Most Padghams in the 1841-1911 census records come from Kent or the Kent Sussex borders – though Adelaide Jane Guest born in Dallington married James Padgham in Tonbridge in 1866, the family didn’t live here. The occupants of Padgham in this period are Wilmshurst(1841), Bishopp (1851), Wrenn (1861-81) and Burgess (1891-1911). Hope some of this is useful to you Best wishes Pauline”
  • Gregory Padgham: “Pauline, Your information was most helpful. My wife, daughter and I will make sure to come to Dallington when we visit England in a year or two. Padgham is a relatively rare name-most spellings differ from that exact spelling. I have family in England and will have to contact them to see what they know about Dallington. Thank you very much.Greg”
  • September 2016 Nigel Draper “Hi Pauline, I’m interested to see that you have Blue Kiln Lane as an earlier name for Padgham Lane. My father told me that the section of South Lane running from Cinder Hill Cottage to Downs Farm (and so past where my parents lived at Saltley Farm) was correctly called Blue Cow Lane which in turn was a corruption of Blue Kiln Lane. I believe he only learned this during their later years in Dallington and I don’t know the source or its accuracy.”

 

 

BAKER

Forwarded message from Gwenda Baker September 3, 2013
George Baker, b.1787 Dallington
“I believe my 2xGreat Grandfather was the above George Baker. There is a baptism at Dallington Church on 2nd September 1787 – parents Thomas Baker & Mary. There are others between 1785 – 1795 at Wartling and Herstmonceux, giving the same names as parents. Do you have access to the abode of Thomas in 1787? George’s son James lived at Bemsalls, Bodle Street, and later farmed at Mayfield and Ticehurst. His sons Tom and Charles went to Carricks Farm and Haselden. The family would be very interested to know that Charles was returning to his Grandfather’s area.
Perhaps there is a record of the burial of Thomas and Mary (Colbran) too. I would appreciate you help so much. Having recently found my second cousins in your area, I have made several visits, and hope to be in Dallington again around the 12th and 13th of this month.”

  • February 1, 2014 Margaret Brook replied:
    “My 2x Great Grandfather was Reuben Baker, b1794 Dallington. Parents were Samuel Baker and Mary Edwards (Tree on kentweald.org). I’m keen to find links with Samuel and Mary. Reuben’s son Levi, b 1827 Warbleton lived in Gardner Street, Herstmonceux (Praise the Lord Cottage). He married Jane Page and later, Harriett Fulbrook. He was a carrier and farmer.
  • February 8, 2014  Kim Baker replied:
    “Margaret, Reuben Baker was my 3x Great Grandfather. I’m in the line of Levi->George Levi->Evelyn Levi who moved to Canada. George Levi Baker and his wife Sarah Ann Brook are my Great Grandparents. Feel free to contact me at the address below. [Editor: email address now removed]  I’d love to learn more about my heritage and happy to share what I know.
  • Margaret Brook “Thank you for your response, Kim. I have emailed your address. Thank you Dallington History Website! This is a connection that I never expected to make so I’m delighted! Thank you for all your hard work with the website; I’m sure there’s a lot of dedication involved. I’m glad I made a return visit to see if ‘that book’ is still availbable. (It’s on my To Do List!)”
  • February 8, 2014 Editor: “Glad it’s helped you make contact with each other! I’m hoping to get some time this year to update and reorganise the materials to make it easier for people to use, so do let me know what you’d like to see here.”

 

HATTEN, Le Pelley

Alan H Fraser posted query February 11, 2014 “I’m looking for photographs of Rev. John Charles le Pelley Hatten, a cousin of my grandmother Mabel Elizabeth Hatten, who was Rector of Dallington from 1911 to 1934. He died at St. Leonards on Sea on 30 Jan 1943, and was buried in Dallington. He and his wife Lilian (nee Lilian Frances Susan Kingsford) had two children, Violet (born 1911, died in 1928) and John (born and died in 1914), so there are no surviving relatives who may have photographs of the family. I have managed to find photographs of Rev. Hatten’s World War 1 communion set, service medals and service record that were  “sold on eBay. Thanks to anyone who can help!

  • Pauline Ridley : Dear Alan – there’s a photo in the book Six Miles from Everywhere – details on Resources page
  • Alan: “I can’t see any way to post photos here, is there an email address where I can send the photos of Rev. Hatten’s World War 1 communion set, service medals and service record?”
  • Nigel Draper: “Rev. Hatten officiated at the wedding of my grandparents at Ashburnham parish church in June 1915. His signature on the marriage certificate reads “J. CLeP. Hatten Rector of Dallington”
  • Alan “Thanks to Nigel Draper for new info about Rev. John Charles le Pelly Hatten.[and] Thanks to Pauline Ridley for her help with obtaining Karen Bryant-Mole’s book, and the picture of my grandmother’s cousin Rev. John Charles Le Pelley Hatten with his family. The photo was supplied by Jean Farmer. I’ve been in touch with Karen,but she doesn’t now have contact details for Jean. Around 2003 Rev. Hatten’s Field Communion set and WW1 medals were sold on eBay to a collector in Ireland, but he cannot now remember who he bought them from. I’m now looking for anyone who may have other photos of the Hatten family, as there are no surviving relatives. Their daughter Violet died of TB in 1928 when she was 16, and Karen’s book says her friends in the Rangers took turns to sit at her bed side. Would any photos of the Dallington Rangers from those days have survived?

MITCHELL

From Susan MITCHELL on August 25, 2010 “I am researching my husbands family tree and would like to know any information you can give me regarding a George James Mitchell born in Dallington around 1857 and his father George Mitchell also born in Dallington 1835. He worked for a Mr James Cox living in Dallington Street and he was a farmer of 40 acre’s. I would appreciate any information. Regards Susan”

Reply from Roy Iremonger December 2011: “Mitchell Family Dear Susan,
Taking a quick look through the census returns I have spotted some of your family.
John Mitchell ,b.1806 married to Sarah. Son, George b.1836.
1861 census show George married to  Mary and living at Newcastle Farm and their son, George being born in 1857. George and Mary remained in Dallington until their deaths and are now buried in St Giles Extension Church Yard (plot 47).The last entry for their son,George is in 1871 when he is living at “Forsters” aged 14 and is described as an “Ag Lab”.Sorry about the delay in replying. Regards,Roy”

SANGSTER

From Kelly Mowat on November 5, 2010 “Hi Im looking for information on John SANGSTER & his family John was born in 1929 & died in 2001, i believe he lived in Dallington until his death. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Regards”

  • Reply from Roy Iremonger November 13, 2011 “Dear Kelly, I just had quick walk around the church-yard and came across the grave of John Sangster which he appears to share with his wife and her mother. I didn’t make a note of the details but I will send them if you need them. I will gladly e-mail a photograph of the grave if you would like it. No other details at present. Regards, “
  • Reply from Bob Potter “I had some knowledge of John Sangster and his death.
    Contact me if you wish.”