Northey Family of Box and Ashley Spring 2020 Issue 27
Northey Family Series
Our series this year concerns arguably the most significant family ever to live in the village. The Northeys were lords of the manors of Box and Ashley, owners of Ashley Manor and Cheney Court, and presidents of Box Cricket Club and Kingsdown Golf Club. But what were they really like? Over the next 12 months we tell the story of their 300-year tenure in the village.
Our series this year concerns arguably the most significant family ever to live in the village. The Northeys were lords of the manors of Box and Ashley, owners of Ashley Manor and Cheney Court, and presidents of Box Cricket Club and Kingsdown Golf Club. But what were they really like? Over the next 12 months we tell the story of their 300-year tenure in the village.
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Early Family
From London lawyers to Wicked Billy Northey |
World of Northeys
Inside their houses and a peek at their lifestyle |
Unpaid Bill
When William Smith, geologist, met Wicked Billy |
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Places Index
Family Epitaphs Finding real people's stories in tombstones and wall plaques at Box Church Decline of the Bath & Portland Stone Firms The beginning of the end of an era Myrtle Grove Where is this house in Box? Sewage Ventilation Stack: Listed Building? What is the post on Quarry Hill? Box Mothers' Union The indomitable Honourable Mrs Dora Shaw Mellor (pictured) and mothers of Box Church Wilderness Gardener Horticultural involvement of the Sawyer and Johnson families in the gardens of The Wilderness |
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People Index
Bernard and Hilda Lovell Wales and Wiltshire united in 71-year marriage The May Family Life at The Wharf in 1950s Britain Stan Scarth, Box Builder Stalwart of Box Rovers and Corsham Lions Club, seen here with a new, young Box doctor. Navvies - The Box and Severn Tunnels New research into people who shaped the iconic Railway Tunnels at Box and under the Severn Bob Hancock Autobiography Box Country Life and People in late 1900s Ann Vezey Mystery Solved Long-lost family ancestor now found |
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We are a not-for-profit Community website recording the history of Box, Wiltshire, and its surrounding hamlets.
We are a not-for-profit Community website recording the history of Box, Wiltshire, and its surrounding hamlets.
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Box's tribute to the village tragedy in 1954 Barry Burton, airman The airman's family pay their tributes to World War 2 hero Sherman Tank Near Disaster Second World War investigation Miss Harper's Car Found Classic car once owned by Kathleen Harper HELP NEEDED Does anyone have information about Eli West, a quarryman, born 1851 at Moor Green, Neston? |
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