My family told me about the website. I lived in Wrington until 1967 when I emigrated to Australia. I still have happy memories of the time spent in the village.

Like me he enjoyed reading and contributing to the Wrington web page and will be greatly missed.

Jane Tidball was christened 12 Feb. 1809 in Huntspill, the daughter of John and Hester Young Tidball, she married George Derrick, 3 April 1832 in Blagdon. George died the first quarter of 1855 in Wrington.

Thank you Richard for the wonderful Wrington website!

[I am[ researching the Ashley family in Wrington, Great Grandfather John Ashley, B:abt1853 in Wrington, son of John Ashley B:1825, father Robert Ashley, stonemason. Have records of my G/G to share with anyone who is researching the Ashley name and wants to add them to their tree.

Name: Jane Derrick
Age: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811

Relation: Mother
Gender: Female
Where born: Huntspill, Somerset, England
Civil Parish: Wrington
Town: Wrington
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England

Registration District: Axbridge
Sub-registration District: Blagdon
ED, institution, or vessel: 9

Household Schedule Number: 187
Piece: 2466
Folio: 35
Page Number: 38

Household Members:

Name                  Age

George Derrick 29
Jane Derrick      60
John Derrick      20

I don't have Ancestry World Deluxe this year and so I cannot look at the 1871 census and I forgot to copy it for my records, that might give an idea where Jane Tidball Derrick's home was in this photo.

         

It is your webpage and you may put the photo wherever you want! I'm just happy to share the photo! You will note that I left the photographer info on when I cropped the photo.

Please let me know if it comes out usable to you.

I Googled the Derricks on the Wrington website and I don't think I am connected to any of them, I wish I were!

George Derrick was born in Blagdon where I found them in 1841 and where he and Jane Tidball were married, by 1851 they had moved to Wrington, where my great-grandfather John Derrick was born. You will note on his memorial his tombstone says he was born in 1852, but he was in the 1851 census as an infant and he was christened in Wrington in 1851.

Here is a link to his Find A Grave memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Derrick&GSfn=John&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=16&GScnty=770&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=51983387&df=all&

I have a photo of Jane Derrick, who died 1880, taken in front of her home in Wrington, would you like a copy of it for the website?

Could you tell me what, Trustees Independent Chapel, means, under owner, from the rate book page? Does that mean they were living on parish owned property?

I sent an e-mail to the All Saints office looking for what hopefully will be the exact dates that George and Jane Derrick died and to make sure that they are buried in the church yard.

Thank you so very much for sending the rate book page and your help!

Hugs from America!

I'm hoping to find some burial records for Wrington. George Derrick died about 1855 and his wife Jane Tidball Derrick died 1880.

[Reply: Thank you for signing the website Visitors' Book. If you look to the All Saints' Homepage (see top of website Homepage), you'll see a link to the churchyard burial records. You can download a pdf file of the alphabetical list, which shows 2 under the name of Derrick, grave numbers 377 and 610.

If you then look at the churchyard plan East Side, you'll see where they are. I'll have a look for them when I next go into the churchyard and see if I can photograph them - the gravestones may no longer be in place or be legible. I'll let you know.

Meanwhile, I have some of the Parish Rate Books for the 19C, and your Derricks appear in those. I attach the entries.
I've had previous emails concerning the Derrick family. If you use the Google search at the top of the Homepage, you'll see a number of references - including a contemporary one ! - Ed]

[Found the site via] John Parsley. My mother was born in Priory Cottage. Her name was Catherine Parsley.

I have been talking to Rose Parsley, my aunt, now 84 years old. She said the family moved from Priory Cottage when she was 7 yrs old, so they must have been living there in the 1920s. My Grandad was Albert Parsley, and his chidren were Margaret, Gladys, Rose, Charles, Percy, Catherine (my mother). The pictures I have sent you are Percy Parsley in his navy uniform, my Mum, Cath Parsley age 14, and a picture of the Parsley Family.

I was once told by Bonnie Parsley of The Arch, Wrington, that Albert Parsley found a bolt-hole behind the fireplace in Priory House which was to do with Oliver Cromwell.

I hope this information is of use to you.PS: you already have a photo of Percy as a small boy on your website.

It was a glorious day [for Wrington's Garden Trail]: that’s the chief characteristic of the British climate, whenever fine weather is eventually encountered then it makes the day very special indeed.

An historic occasion- well, for us anyway: it was the first time in fifty years that both my sister , who is domiciled in Germany,and myself and wife, from Australia. have been able to successfully synchronise our movements and visit the U.K.simultaneously. A time to wallow in nostalgia, perhaps ?

We arrived on the evening of the 31st.May and made for “The Plough” for an evening meal duly washed down with Wrington’s own ale:- a fine brew, perhaps attributable to the River Yeo water.Then it was off to Rickford to our B & B before returning on the morrow. As luck would have it, we visited Wrington on the very day that the village’s Garden Trail was taking place. All those immaculate gardens resplendent with spring flowers and carpet-like lawns so smooth that you felt guilty about walking on them without first removing your shoes.

The down-side ? (there always is one). The sight of all those obviously well-cherished gardens bringing forth reproachful comments from my spouse along the lines of:

“Why can’t our garden look like these ?”

“Um, er-yes ?”

Has Wrington changed in fifty-odd years ? Well, of course it has. Light industrial facilities and new housing stand where there were once fields, orchards, and a railway line. But it must be said that the recent dwellings appear, for the most part, handsome and in keeping with the rest of the place. The Post Office (we were there circa 1951-54) has been totally revamped with better use being made of the available space and sorting offices occupying what was once living room and kitchen. Our later residence at Cox’s Green (1956-59) appears little changed.

But the essentials remain the same. We received a cordial welcome from the Rector and some ladies of the parish when we visited All Saints’. The school looks unaltered, at least from the road, with the former headmaster’s residence (Mr Waite in our day) now incorporated into the teaching area.

Our following of the Garden Trail ended at “The Grove” where we were made welcome by Mrs Sarah Avery and her two grandchildren (with whom we hunted newts).

But it was time to go. It is hoped that another fifty years will not elapse before we visit Wrington again.
Sorry to have missed you,Richard.

Your web site gives so much pleasure.
Kind regards

I found the website by looking up 'Wrington'. I lived in Wrington from 1946 until 1951

We also have connections to Wrington, and we are based in South Wales.

My surname is Woolf and a lot of the information on [this website] I believe is tied with my family. Could you please pass my email to anyone who is looking for any information on the Woolfs, thank you very much.

My great grandmother was Mary Jane Parker, born in Wrington in 1847. Her parents were Samuel Parker and Charlotte Stallard. They lived at Havyat Farm, but I don't know for how long. In the 1851 census Mary Jane is in the home of her widowed Grandmother Elizabeth Parker.

Samuel and Charlotte married in Bedminster in 1838. Both Charlotte's father, who was called George Stallard and Samuel's father, William Parker have given their occupation as "yeoman" on the marriage certificate.

I wonder if anyone has any knowledge of George Stallard, his wife or other family members. Samuel's parents were William Parker and Elizabeth Hancocks.

Mary Jane moved to Newport, Monmouthshire, and went into service. She married David Williams Davies from St Bride's Wentlooge. He too came from a farming community. They had about seven children and Mary Jane died when she was only 46years old.

If any one has any photos of family members or other records I would love to hear from them. [see Ruth Taylor, 26 Feb 2014 - Ed]

Found the website through researching my family history, as I am trying to find out about my great great grandfather Charles Viner (baker in Wrington, early 20th century) and his family, and Edgar Amor and John Sullivan, who married my great-great aunts Edie and May. Excellent website, full of so much information!