Biddestone

Images taken in 1960s by Eric Thompson.

Situated on the Bybrook River is the village of Biddestone.

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Attwood:

The surviving registers of Biddestone provided a great deal of this information, coupled with the detail from wills and inventories. Blacksmithing was a skill of this family.

Abel ATTWOOD, 8 Sep 1811

Absalom ATTWOOD, 21 Nov 1809

Ann ATTWOOD, 1745

Ann ATTWOOD, 1755

Ann ATTWOOD, 1768

Ann ATTWOOD, 1777

Anna Maria ATTWOOD, 1783

Anne ATTWOOD, 1702

Betty ATTWOOD, 1745

Betty ATTWOOD, 1750

Charles ATTWOOD, 1775

Charles Smart ATTWOOD, 1841

Elizabeth ATTWOOD, 1766

Elizabeth ATTWOOD, 1781

Esther ATTWOOD, 1703

Esther ATTWOOD, 1762

Esther ATTWOOD, 1850

Frederick ATTWOOD, 1813

Grace ATTWOOD, 1696

Hannah ATTWOOD, 1690

Hugh ATTWOOD, 1843

Hugh ATTWOOD, 25 Oct 1807

James ATTWOOD, 1697

James ATTWOOD, 1737

James ATTWOOD, 1758

Jane ATTWOOD, 1838

John ATTWOOD, 1749

John ATTWOOD, 1760

John ATTWOOD, 1772

John ATTWOOD, Abt 1732

Louisa ATTWOOD, 1846

Margaret ATTWOOD, 1770

Martha ATTWOOD, 1820

Martha Smith ATTWOOD, 1816

Millicent ATTWOOD, 13 Nov 1790

Rachel ATTWOOD, 23 Mar 1793

Rebecca ATTWOOD, 22 Mar 1793

Samuel ATTWOOD, 1774

Samuel ATTWOOD, 1 Nov 1804

Samuel Blake ATTWOOD, 1842

Samuel Townsend ATTWOOD, Abt 1842

Sarah ATTWOOD, 1759

Sarah ATTWOOD, 1760

Sarah ATTWOOD, 1837

Thomas ATTWOOD, 1723

Thomas ATTWOOD, 1752

Thomas ATTWOOD, 30 Jul 1785

William ATTWOOD, 1701

William ATTWOOD, 1705

William ATTWOOD, 1756

William ATTWOOD, Abt 1737

Worthy ATTWOOD, 10 Dec 1805

Jacques:

Ann JACQUES, Abt 1844

Edward JACQUES, Abt 1848

Edwin Stephen JACQUES, 1850

Henry JACQUES, 1842

Jane JACQUES, 1845

Kingsman JACQUES, 1854

Sophia JACQUES, 1857

Thomas JACQUES, 1853

Smart:

While earlier generations worked as shoemakers, the father of these children chose to become a mason.

Ann SMART, 4 May 1811

Charles SMART, 13 Jan 1810

Eliza Keziah SMART, 19 Dec 1830

Ellen SMART, 1816

Isaac SMART, 1821

Jane Louisa SMART, 1824

Mary SMART, 1818

Sarah SMART, 1814

Booy:

This family also has connections with Castle Combe.

Benjamin BOOY, 13 Dec 1828

George BOOY, 1820

James BOOY, 17 Jan 1789

James BOOY, 23 Oct 1830

James BOOY, Abt 1833

Lucy BOOY, 3 Jul 1787

Also from this place:

William BAKER, 1766

Mary Ann BENCE, Abt 1791

Rachel BENCE, 1752

John Attwood CULLIMORE, 17 Oct 1802

Hester LITTLE, 1823

Mary LITTLE, 1819