Clinch from Cholsey

[carolp]

Hi,

Is anyone else researching the name of Clinch from Cholsey?, I believe the town was originally in Berkshire, but now in Oxford (please correct me if I am wrong). I am looking at Augusta Clinch baptised in Cholsey in April 1797, married in 1835 at St. George the Martyr, Southwark, to Thomas Hunt, who in 1830 was the landlord of the Coach and Horses in Kings Street, Oxford. Thomas then went on to the Anchor public house in Shepperton, in about 1851. Augusta's parents were Thomas Clinch and Betsey Monoe.

I understand that the Clinch family came from Cholsey for many generations, so if anyone is interested in comparing notes, please contact me. Does anyone know the name of the church in Cholsey, and is there a graveyard attached, or is there a community cemetery?

Hope to hear from someone soon.

Regards,

Carol

[Geoffers]

[I believe the town was originally in Berkshire, but now in Oxford (please correct me if I am wrong)]

The village of CHolsey was part of Berkshire until the changes made in 1974


[Thomas Hunt, who in 1830 was the landlord of the Coach and Horses in Kings Street, Oxford.]

That should be King Street - a short street in Jericho, that runs parallel with Walton Street.

[Does anyone know the name of the church in Cholsey, and is there a graveyard attached, or is there a community cemetery?]

I believe the parish church is dedicated to St.Mary, there is a churchyard attached.

Geoffers
Charlbury, Oxfordshire

[Geoffers]

Further to Carol's original post, she has asked by e-mail if there are any books/photos of the village - just in case anyone else trying to find out something similar and the information would help, I've pasted my e-mail reply to her, below:

Cholsey is a small place, the only book (about the village) I could locate is shown on Amazon as:
Change at Cholsey: A Thousand Years of Village Life
~Judy Dewey, Stuart Dewey
Pie Powder P
Hardcover - June 1986
(there are books on the railway line that runs up to Wallingford, but these will have little on the village itself)

The Francis Firth Collection has photos from all over the country, you can purchase copies of the photos onsite:
http://www.francisfrith.com/pageloader.asp?page=/home.asp

Old maps shows large scale OS maps dating from c.1890
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/
when you find a map of interest, you can enlarge it using eh link at the bottom of the screen, nearby is a link by which you can view an aerial photo, this is part of a millennium project, you can purchase copies of aerial photos from:
http://www2.getmapping.com/home.asp

Tempus publishing produce books of old photos
http://www.tempus-publishing.com/

Part of English Heritage, there is an online resource of modern photos of England:
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/

The Centre for Oxfordshire Studies (COS) has a collection of old photos, you can order copies from them:
http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/index/things_to_do/cos.htm

Another part of the English Heritage websites has a collection of old photos, including St.Mary's Church (I think there's a link from the COS website)
http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/
this site has some photos of Cholsey
you can enlarge it using eh link at the bottom of the screen, nearby is a link by which you can view an aerial photo, this is part of a millennium project, you can purchase copies of aerial photos from:
http://www2.getmapping.com/home.asp

Geoffers
Charlbury, Oxfordshire