JOURNAL

A History of the Wild and Weekly Families in Harmondsworth 1600-1950 - William Wild
A narrative family history of two important families of Harmondsworth, MDX, based upon an extensive archive of documents passed down to the author. The first part deals with the Weekly family and the second part deals with the Wild family.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 15(4) (1997) and 16(1) (1998)

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An Insurance Document Starts a History Trail - E June Lines
An account of how information on the Atkins family prior to 1937 was discovered from an arbitration award relating to a life insurance claim.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(1) (1998)

Extract from The Times of 14 February 1835
A notice complaining of hooligan "huntsmen" causing damage to property in the parishes of Hayes, Southall, Heston, Isleworth, Twickenham,Hanworth, Feltham, Bedfont, Harmondsworth, Harlington, Cranford, Northolt, West End, Greenford, Hanwell and Ealing and signed by 54 individuals whose names are listed.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(1) (1998)

The Value of a Post Office Saving Bank Book - Joan Scrivener
How a Post Office Savings Bank book provided information on Thomas Everard Scrivener's movements between 1891 and 1909.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(1) (1998)

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Peabody Buildings, Lawrence Street, Chelsea - Lesley Bairstow
An account of a building and some of its occupants.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(2) (1998)

The Eighteenth West London Local History Conference
"Liquid History - The Thames in West London"
A summary of the proceedings:

• Archaeology of the foreshore.

• Making a living from the river.

• The Thames barge.

• Rowing

• Thames Explorer Trust

West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(2) (1998)

A Bit of Chiswick History - Mary King
A list of surnames associated with the rebuilding of Chiswick Vicarage (1657-8).
West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(1) (1998)

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A Baker's Century - Pat Manning
An account of Richard BIRCH, Baker of Norwood Middx, his wife Elizabeth STRATFORD, and their descendants (1801-1912). Other names listed: SLADE, ALDER, CUSTANCE, LEACH, CALF, PELTON, BRENN, OLIVER, VALE, HARRIS, GARLAND, WADE, MEAD, BUCKLAND, BOORMAN, SHOOLEY, SCEANEY, PORTER. Photos of The Wolf, The Lamb and The Plough public houses Norwood Green, the almshouses at Norwood, the church of St Mary the Virgin, Norwood Green, and the Post Office, Norwood Green.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(3) (1998)

New Mormon Temple - Janet Hagger
A description of a visit to the Latter-day Saints Temple at Chorley, Lancs prior to its dedication
West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(3) (1998)

Childhood Between the Wars - Ruby Bristow
Growing up in London in the 1930s.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(3) (1998)

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Is this One in a Million? - Ann Carter
How the author found her maternal great-grandparents by chance while transcribing the 1891 Census for Fulham. Names mentioned: WELLER, CRUMP, ANNEREAU.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(3) (1998)

A Fulham Family - David Childs
The full text of this article on the MATYEAR family of Fulham market gardeners (1732-1910)
West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(3) (1998)

Yvonne Woodbridge 1931 - 1998

We are very sad to report that on October 2nd Yvonne finally succumbed tio the cancer which she had been valiantly fighting for the last six years.

Yvonne showed a keen interest in every feature and facet of our Society, of which she was a founder member. On her retirement she became Secretary of the Society, a post which she held until her term ended at Christmas 1997. Since that time her health rapidly declined.

Her working life started in a bookshop, then a spell at Harrods before joining the Treasury Department of the Civil Service which she graced for thirty one years. Working with records she was assiduous in ensuring that those which could prove of interest to family historians were preserved.

Outside work, her interests were many and varied. As well as this Society, she was an active member of two local history groups (Hounslow and Twickenham), NADFAS (the NationalAssociation of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies), the Historical Society and the U3A (University of the Third Age). She "adopted" two children in the third world, helping with their education costs. She also loved the theatre, both amateur and professional. In her younger days, she was a backstage worker in amateur dramatics, occasionally appearing on stage. She also found time to be a steward at Osterley House.

Apart from family history, she was an avid researcher of many other projects, trams, local history; also, in spite of being a teetotaller, she researched the history of local public houses.

Her many friends supported her in her final weeks. The number of people who came to her funeral is testimony to the love and esteem in which she was held. She will certainly be sorely missed.

West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(4) (1998)

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With Full Military Honours - Bridget Purr
An account of the author's involvement with identifying the family of Private Frank KING who had once lived in her house and was one of 27 British soldiers killed in the Battle of Arras in 1917 and whose bodies were recently discovered and reburied with full military honours.
West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(4) (1998)

Harmondsworth Churchwardens' Accounts 1785-1864 - Peter Lee
Concerning the building of a "Strong House for the Reception of felons and Other Disorderly Persons" in 1791-3. Also, the purchase of a bell in 1794-5 and payments for killing vermin (polecats, hedgehogs and sparrows).
West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(4) (1998)

The Soldier's Return Public House, Ickenham - Antonia Davis
A brief history of the building and its occupants
West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(4) (1998)

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Family History, the Society and the Internet - David Childs
About this Web site
West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(4) (1998)

Berkshire Overseers' Papers 1654-1834 - ed Peter Durrant (Berkshire Record Society 1997)
Some West Middlesex strays (Surname, date of examination, place of origin or former residence in Middlesex): SMYTH (1715, Isleworth), APPLETON (1827, Isleworth), COX (1799, Kensington, 2 entries), HOLLOWAY (1811, Hammersmith), NEW (1813, New Brentford), LAY (1812, Feltham), ZEALWOOD (1755, Hanworth), CLEVRALLY (1770, Isleworth), BELLINGER (1794, Kensington, 2 entries), CARTER (1812, Hammersmith), BURGESS (1826, Kensington), BRIDGEMAN (1826, Kensington), SUTTON (1834, Hammersmith), CHESTERMAN (1758, Harmondsworth), MASHMAN (1808, Fulham), BRIN (1817, Isleworth), HERRIDGE (1821, Kensington), RUDD / POCOCK (1826, Kensington)
West Middlesex FHS Journal 16(4) (1998)

Magical Heathrow - Lesley Bairstow
Margaret POTTER (nee WHITTINGTON) of Heathrow (1916-1997) - a brief account of her life
West Middlesex FHS Journal 17(1) (1998)

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