Westshire/Wiltshire ??? .....

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Westshire/Wiltshire ??? .....

Post by HeatherH » Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:35 am

Hi there,
Can anyone help me with this wee tangle.I've come across info on a person that is ...in of Bedwin, Magna, Westshire, England .I have taken this to mean Great Bedwyn, Westshire . While trying to find this I have come up with Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire.Is there a map that may show Westshire?Is it a local term ?This is found on info dated 1835 if that helps.

Thanks in advance,
HeatherK
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AndrewP
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Post by AndrewP » Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:42 am

Go to www.streetmap.co.uk and search for Great Bedwyn. The search comes back with Wiltshire. It seems to be about 60 or so miles west of London, or about 20 miles south of Oxford.

All the best,

Andrew Paterson
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JustJean
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Post by JustJean » Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:49 am

Hello Heather

I've not found any Westshire references in my 1932 gazetteer...but here is the description ......

Bedwyn, Great, parish and town, with railroad station, Wiltshire, 4 1/2 m. SW of Hungerford; 4007 acres, pop.824, eccl. dist 701. Here Jane Seymour was married to Henry VIII in 1536.

Hope this helps

Best wishes
Jean
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MaryE
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Post by MaryE » Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:46 pm

Heather

Have you got names for your info in 1835 in Great Bedwyn?

Mary
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ASGROOMBRIDGE
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re Wiltshire

Post by ASGROOMBRIDGE » Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:06 pm

Hi,

I live in Wiltshire, what can I do to help :?:

Audrey
Looking for McGowan Anderson Fleming Sommerville Waddell in Lanarkshire. Semple Murray Baird Thompson Hutchinson in Annan Dumfriesshire Baird and Hutchinson also in Kirkinner Wigtonshire and Semple family of Annan Glasgow and Edinburgh
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aileenc
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Post by aileenc » Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:58 am

Hello Heather
The county boundary between Berkshire and Wiltshire runs through our farm, Little Bedwyn being just over the border and Great Bedwyn 3 or 4 miles further on.
We are in West Berkshire and the area beyond Wiltshire is known as the West country so it could be Westshire is derived from this but more probably a corruption of Wiltshire.
Let me know if I can be of any practical assistance as I pass through the Bedwyns nearly ever day.

Regards Aileen

PS Have you seen this site --- www.greatbedwyn.com
Researching:- Cleland, McPhee, Robertson
in West Lothian, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire.
Scott, Gilmour in Lanarkshire and Ireland
Nesbitt, Muckle in Northumberland
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