Re: [lace] English laces and locations
Hi Lorri, I googled and came up with these sites http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Tolland/index.html http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/lace.htm jenny barron Scotland Lorri Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To a Gentle Spider in the UK I have recently found that my father's ancestors came to the USA in 1630 from Tolland, Somerset, England. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] English laces and locations
Dear Lorri, Tolland is not far from Taunton, the county town of Somerset. Somerset is a county in the SW of England; the next county one way (to the W) is Devon (where Honiton lace comes from) and the other way, Wiltshire (where Downtown lace was made). Somerset itself does not have a particular style of lace making but I would guess the most likely situation was that the women made Honiton lace. I'm not sure that the Downtown lace industry had started in 1630 and was more focused in a small area in the SE of Wiltshire. http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/lace.htm I'm sure others will chip in with more information. Best wishes Andrea Lamble in Cambridge, UK - where Spring is trying hard!! From: Lorri Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Lorri Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace arachne lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] English laces and locations Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:02:15 -0800 To a Gentle Spider in the UK I have recently found that my father's ancestors came to the USA in 1630 from Tolland, Somerset, England. What I am wondering is where in England this is located and which style of lace may have been made in that area. Lorri Ferguson Graham, in Washington State, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ The new MSN Search Toolbar now includes Desktop search! http://join.msn.com/toolbar/overview - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] English laces and locations
Jenny, Sue, Andrea, Sheila Thank you so very much for the info. I can hardly wait until I have time to check out the web sites you gave. But I must run off to work just now. I knew I would get some answers on this list. Thanks again Lorri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] English laces and locations
On 29 Mar 2006, at 09:25, Jenny Barron wrote: Hi Lorri, I googled and came up with these sites http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Tolland/index.html Tolland is in Somerset, about 20 miles north of Honiton (Devon). http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/lace.htm The info on that site seems very dubious to me: Records for Devon and Southampton show lacemakers in great numbers. In 1698 there were 1,081 lace makers in Salisbury, 336 in Downton and 500 in Blandford. Which records are they? The earliest English censuses (apart from Domesday) was 1801 and that was only a head count. 1841 before you get info about occupations. The Lace Guild publish photographs of 17th Century bobbins that have been excavated from old cottages and retrieved from wrecks. Reproduction bobbins are also made by them. Photos of old bobbins may have been published by the Lace Guild but The Lace Guild does not, and never has made bobbins, reproduction or otherwise. Bibliography - The Lace Guild The Hollies Stourbridge. E Midlands That's not a book! and the correct postal address of the Lace Guild is: The Hollies, 53 Audnam, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 4AE Just because he was Duke of Somerset doesn't mean he lived in Somerset. The National Register of Archives lists just one record about the Duke of Somerset's charity, Stoke Abbots in Dorset, held at the Wiltshire Swindon Record Office. Also I've found details of a book sold by Wiltshire Family History Society 'Duke of Somerset's Charity others in Salisbury Wilton Free School those apprenticed'. So, without better references, I'd guess that Dorothy Newall who was apprenticed to weaver William Sidney in 1689 probably lived in Wiltshire. Brenda http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/lace.htm jenny barron Scotland Lorri Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To a Gentle Spider in the UK I have recently found that my father's ancestors came to the USA in 1630 from Tolland, Somerset, England. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] English laces and locations
To a Gentle Spider in the UK I have recently found that my father's ancestors came to the USA in 1630 from Tolland, Somerset, England. What I am wondering is where in England this is located and which style of lace may have been made in that area. Lorri Ferguson Graham, in Washington State, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
