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Kent look up please

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GP

GP Report 19 Dec 2007 23:38

According to the AA Road Atlas of GB & NI (2006) Waltham is clearly marked and is a village just off the B2068 (a very straight road going down from Canterbury to the M20). Waltham lies between Crundale and Bossingham and has a Nature Reserve close-by.

Villages in Kent are occasionally 'lost' as they often have no road signs leading to them. For many years the rumour has been that, though started as a means of confusing the enemy during the wars,the practise has been carried on by farmers wanting to keep traffic off the tiny, country roads! I underline rumours but it's a good solution for keeping roads clear so as to allow farm vehicles traffic-free routes!

Researching:
Trodd, Davies, Newman, Roberts, Burns etc. London, Kent, Hampshire, Sussex, Scotland etc.

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 14 Dec 2007 08:58

According to Parloc, Bridge is 5.3 miles from Waltham.

Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 14 Dec 2007 07:30

This is the information given re. the census area in 1851...............

Name: George Nickels
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Harriot
Gender: Male
Where born: Hastingleigh, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Waltham
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Registration district: Bridge
Sub-registration district: Chartham
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 76
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Nickels 7 Mo
Edward Nickels 16
Elvey Nickels 6
Emma Nickels 4
Ester Nickels 2
George Nickels 45
George Nickels 11
Harriot Nickels 41
John Nickels 18
Thos Nickels 13


Bridge is south of Canterbury, so I guess it's around there.

Gwyn

agingrocker

agingrocker Report 14 Dec 2007 01:23

According to my street map book of Kent, there is not a place called Waltham. Does anyone know what it is called now?

Duncan

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 13 Dec 2007 23:45

1851 census (mistranscribed Nickels)
Cake St., Waltham, Kent
George Stickels, head, 45, carpenter
Harriot, wife, 41
John, son, 18, apprentice
Edward, son, 16, apprentice
Thos., son, 13, scholar
George, son, 11, scholar
Elvey, son, 6, scholar
Emma, dau, 4, scholar
Ester, dau, 2
Charles, son, 7 months
All born Waltham.

Sorry, Vicky, that isn't what you asked for. I can't find Harriet's birth or her parents and siblings.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 13 Dec 2007 23:26

I guess this is them on the 41 census?
Church Lane, Waltham, Kent
George Stickels, 30, carpenter
Harriott, 30
John, 8
Frances, 5
Thomas, 3
Edward, 6
George, 1
All born in county.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

faerykingdom

faerykingdom Report 13 Dec 2007 22:42

If anybody has access to Kent parish records, I would be very grateful if you could help me,

I'm looking for the birth/baptism of Harriot/Harriet London born around 1811 in Waltham, Kent.

Also I know she married a George Stickels around 1831 (birth of first known child) in or around Kent.

Any info about her parents/siblings would be much appreciated,

Thank you

Vicky