My mum's immediate family came from Polesworth in northern Warwickshire.
Eventually I plan to have a Timeline of the main things going on in Polesworth from around 1800 onwards. This could include a few decades of data from the Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers of St. Editha's Abbey. As a start here is a list of the primary Anglican Ministers that worked in the village during the past 220 years.
Eventually I plan to have a Timeline of the main things going on in Polesworth from around 1800 onwards. This could include a few decades of data from the Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers of St. Editha's Abbey. As a start here is a list of the primary Anglican Ministers that worked in the village during the past 220 years.
1789 | Rev. Walter Rose Norton Walter was the Vicar of Hints for two years prior to coming to Polesworth. |
1802 | Rev. Thomas Gresley This article talks about a Rev Thomas Gresley having an interesting cottage built in South Derbyshire. It could be the same man. |
1817 | Rev. John Dilke |
1819 | Rev. William Madan William was baptised in Lichfield Cathedral on 21st May 1793 and died whilst at Polesworth in 1824. His brother, Rev. Spencer Madan was a Canon at Lichfield Cathedral; his father, Rev. Dr. Spencer Madan, was rector of Ibstock; his grandfather, Rev. Dr. Spencer Madan, was Bishop of Bristol (1792-4) and Bishop of Peterborough (1794-1813). He would never have come to Polesworth to see his grandson as he died in 1813. William's greatgrandfather, Colonel Martin Madan, was an MP for Wootton Basset in the mid 18th Century and groom of the bedchamber to Frederick, the Prince of Wales. |
1824 | Rev. William Palmer |
1841 | Rev. John Duff Schomberg The Warwickshire County Record Office holds an unused baptismal register which has lots of jottings made by John on various topics in it. I had a good look at this on 24th December 2008. Fascinating! |
1864 | Rev. Robert Knight |
1866 | Rev. Nigel Madan |
1881 | Rev. Lawrence R Wigham |
1882 | Rev. John George Trotter My mum remembers her mum and an aunt talking about Canon Trotter. He died in early 1917 near Bath. |
1917 | Rev. Ashley Tregonning Corfield Ashley's father, Rev. Frederick Corfield, was a Vicar in County Donegal and Derbyshire. |
1938 | Rev. James P Evans |
1945 | Rev. R. Skilbeck Smith Searching the internet, I discovered a bookshop in California offering one of Skilbeck's books for sale! A Subaltern in Macedonia and Judæ, 1916-17 describes how as a young Irish officer, he spent part of the 1st World War in the Mediterranean Region. He wrote the book in 1922 whilst stationed in the Persian Gulf. They want $350 (£177.10) for the book. |
1953 | Rev. Frank Buchanan |
1966 | Rev. Hubert George |
1978 | Rev. David Byford |
1997 | Rev. Phillip Wells |