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Baptism

Reference: Devon Baptisms; Ref: 2961A-PR-1-5_0011

Date: 7 Nov 1802

Place: Culmstock, Devon, England

Name: Henry Tapscott

Gender: Male

Date of birth: 2 Feb 1789

Father: Thomas

Mother: Alice

Birth

Reference: GRO Ref: 1864 Q4 Wellington, Somerset 5C 400

Name: Bessie Tapscott

Maiden Surname of Mother: Gollop

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Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Uffculme in the County of

Devon in the Year 1873

There is a note to the left of the record "Said to be born November 12 1865". Given the birth was recorded in GRO Ined in Q4 1864 it is believed that

the year quoted in the note is wrong.

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Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Uffculme

in the County of Devon in the Year 1844

Census England 1891

Address: Grove Hotel (Household of Henry G Cockle)

Place: Merton, Surrey, England

Plus Henry Cockle and 3 other Barmaids

Census England 1881

Address: Spread Eagle Hotel

Place: Epsom, Surrey, England

plus 2 Visitors, 1 Lodger, 1 Cook and 2 Servants

Marriage

Reference: Surrey Parish Registers 1536-1992

Date: 6 Jun 1880

Address: Holy Trinity Church

Place: Botleys and Lyne, Surrey, England

Individual

Name: Benjamin George Bond

Gender: Male

Status: Bachelor

Father: John Bond

Spouse

Name: Temperance Tapscott

Gender: Female

Status: Spinster

Father: John Coombe Tapscott

Marriage

Reference: Devon Marriages And Banns; Ref: 1920A/PR/1/16

Address: St Mary's Church

Place: Uffculme, Devon, England

Individual

Name: Henry Tapscott

Gender: Male

Age: 68

Residence place: Uffculme, Devon, England

Father: John Coombe Tapscott

Spouse

Name: Frances Jane Martha Cook

Gender: Female

Age: 63

Residence place: Uffculme, Devon, England

Father: Thomas Cook

Census England 1881

Address: Bridge Street

Place: Uffculme, Devon, England

Census England 1871

Address: Silver Street

Place: Uffculme, Devon, England

Census England 1891

Address: Bridge Street

Place: Uffculme, Devon, England

Baptism

Reference: Devon Baptisms; Ref: 2961A-PR-1-6_0070

Date: 2 Feb 1847

Place: Culmstock, Devon, England

Name: Thomas Tapscott

Gender: Male

Residence place: Culmstock Village

Father: John Coombe Tapscott

Father's Occupation: Inn Keeper

Mother: Mary

Transcript Notes: Mother nee Slee

Baptism

Date: 25 Oct 1846

Place: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Name: Frances Jane Martha Cook

Gender: Female

Residence place: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Thomas Cook

Mother: Sophia

"No 4415: Tapscott Henry vs Tapscott Martha and Talbot".

(The Year 1810)

No 158 Thomas Ballyman Slee of this Parish

and Ann Comb of this Parish were

Married in this church By Banns

this eighteenth Day of March in the year 1809

By me J. Windsor (?), Vicar

This marriage was Solemnized between us Thomas Ballyman Slee and Ann Comb

In the presence of William Veal (?), M Stack (?)

NB. Register entry shows Year as 1809 but it is the second entry for the year 1810!

Register England & Wales 1939

Address: 52 Polefield Road

Place: Prestwich, Lancashire, England

Closed records for this Address (as at 30/06/2023): 0

Birth

Reference: GRO Ref: 1909 Q1 Prestwich, Lancashire 8D 356

Name: Daniel Thomas Mackey

Maiden Surname of Mother: Singleton

"MACKEY, Daniel of 75 Polefield Rd, Prestwich, Manchester died 14 February 1978. Probate Manchester 15 March. £15427 782103078P"

Census England 1861

Address: Town Quarter

Place: Culmstock, Devon, England

Census England 1861

Address: Ashill

Place: Uffculme, Devon, England

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Marriage solemnized in the Parish of Uffculme

in the County of Devon in the Year 1835

John Gollop of

and Ruth Pike both resident in this Parish

were married in this church By Banns with Consent of

[blank] this fifth Day of

August in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty five

By me George T Smith, Vicar

This marriage was Solemnized between us x the mark of John Gollop and x the mark of Ruth Pike

In the presence of x the mark of Richard Lovel, x the mark of Sarah Lovel

No. 343

Temperance Ballyman Slee, Daughter of Thomas

Ballymore Slee and Ann Slee,

Uffculme. Born 14 of August 1819

Baptized November 14th 1819 by me,

Charles Williams

Baptism

Reference: Somerset Baptism Index 1813-1837; Ref: D/P/HAM H 2/1/4

Date: 6 Jan 1813

Address: St Andrews Church

Place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Name: Ann Horwood

Gender: Female

Residence place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Father: John Horwood

Father's Occupation: Farmer

Mother: Elizabeth

Baptism

Reference: England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975

Date: 4 Aug 1774

Place: Uffculme, Devon, England

Name: Thomas Ballyman Slee

Gender: Male

Father: Samuel Slee

Mother: Temperance Westron

Baptism

Reference: Somerset Baptism Index 1813-1836 (Page 5); Ref: D/D/RR 308A

Date: 20 Aug 1815

Address: Church of All Saints

Place: Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset, England

Name: Aaron Bragg

Gender: Male

Residence place: Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset, England

Father: Samuel Bragg

Father's Occupation: Cord Wainer

Mother: Sarah

Baptism

Reference: Somerset Baptsim Index 1813-1880 (Page 5): Ref: D/P/PITN 2/1/5

Date: 26 Feb 1815

Address: St John the Baptist Church

Place: Pitney, Somerset, England

Name: Elizabeth Howard

Gender: Female

Residence place: Pitney, Somerset, England

Father: Samuel Howard

Father's Occupation: Labourer

Mother: Charlotta

Census England 1881

Place: Bartley, Hampshire, England

Census England 1901 (Household of Henry G Cockle)

Address: 159 Merton Road

Place: Wimbledon, Surrey, England

NB. There is nothing on the Census Schedule to indicate that Ada is the daughter of Temperance, but it seems likely given her husbands early death.

Burial

Reference: England Deaths & Burials 1538-1991

Burial Date: 29 Apr 1886

Burial Address: St Andrews Church

Burial Place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Name: Ann Tatchell

Gender: Female

Burial

Reference: National Burial Index For England & Wales

Burial Date: 2 Jul 1843

Burial Address: St Andrews Church

Burial Place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Name: Edith Small

Gender: Female

"LAVIS - Sept. 1, at High Ham, Aquila Lavis, aged 68"

Census England 1911

Place: Henley, Somerset, England

Birth

Reference: GRO Ref: 1842 Q2 Langport, Somerset X 431

Name: Edith Small

Maiden Surname of Mother: Tiley

Baptism

Reference: Somerset Baptism Index; Ref: D/P/HAM H 2/1/7

Date: 8 Jan 1843

Address: St Andrews Church

Place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Name: Edith Small

Gender: Female

Residence place: Low Ham, Somerset, England

Father: John Small

Father's Occupation: Farmer

Mother: Grace

"BY order of the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors - the petition of Hugh Hughes, late of Plymouth in the County of Devon, Surgeon in the Navy; Thomas Ballyman Slee, late of Uffculm in the County of Devon, Shopkeeper; and Robert Garking, late of Brixham in the County of Devon, Shopkeeper, but now prisoners for debt confined in His Majesty's gaol of St Thomas, Exeter in the County of Devon, will be heard before His Majesty's Justices of Peace for the said County, at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, which will be holden at Exeter, in the and for the said County, on the 27th of June instant, at Ten in the Morning; and that schedules annexed to the said petitions, containing lists of the creditors of the said prisoners, are filed in the Office od the said Court, No 9, Essex-Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, to which any creditor of the prisoners may refer, and we do hereby declare, that we are ready and willing to submit to be fully examined touching the justice of our conduct towards our creditors."

HUGH HUGHES

THOMAS BALLYMAN SLEE

ROBERT GARKING

"SMALL, Frank of Henley, High Ham, Somersetshire died 2 April 1932. Probate London 28 June to Mary Ann Small, widow, and William Small, labourer. Effects £155 10s"

Marriage

Reference: Somerset Marriage Index

Date: 3 May 1800

Address: St Andrews Church

Place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Individual

Name: John Horwood

Gender: Male

Residence place: Pitney, Somerset, England

Spouse

Name: Elizabeth Cozens

Gender: Female

Baptism

Reference: England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975

Date: 5 Jan 1778

Address: St Andrews Church

Place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Name: Elizabeth Cozens

Gender: Female

Father: Samuel Cozens

Mother: Eleanor

Register England & Wales 1939

Address: 47 Edward Street

Place: Bridgwater, Somerset, England

Closed records for this Address (as at 13/10/2016):

Register England & Wales 1939

Address: Bridge Farm

Place: Henley, Somerset, England

Closed records for this Address (as at 25/02/2016):

Census England 1911

Address: 103 Chorley New Road

Place: Horwich, Lancashire, England

Census England 1861

Address: Compton Road

Place: High Ham, Somerset, England

NB Andrew is actually Louisa's illegitimate son, so should have been recorded as Step-Son!

Census England 1871

Address: Burlane

Place: High Ham, Somerset, England

NB Andrew is actually Louisa's illegitimate son, so should have been recorded as Step-Son!

A copy of the Register of the Parish of Culmstock in the

County of Devon for 1795

Baptisms 1795

May 31st. Elizabeth the daughter of John & Mary Tapscott, a month old.

A Copy of the register of the Parish of

Culmstock in the County of Devon

Baptisms 1787

June 24th. Mary daughter of John & Mary Tapscott, Born the 25th of last April.

Marriage

Reference: England Marriages 1538-1973

Date: 3 May 1888

Address: St Andrews Church

Place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Individual

Name: Joseph Mitchell

Gender: Male

Age: 22

Father: John Mitchell

Spouse

Name: Elizabeth Hawker

Gender: Female

Age: 21

Residence place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Father: Arthur Hawker

Baptism

Reference: Somerset Baptism Index; Ref: D/P/HAM H 2/1/2

Date: 20 Sep 1754

Address: St Andrews Church

Place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Name: Eleanor Petty

Gender: Female

Father: John Petty

Mother: Elizabeth

Baptism

Reference: England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975

Date: 2 Dec 1737

Place: Uffculme, Devon, England

Name: Temperance Westron

Gender: Female

Name: Henry Westron

Name: Ann

Baptism

Reference: England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975

Date: 15 Jan 1746

Address: St Andrews Church

Place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Name: Samuel Cozens

Gender: Male

Residence place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Father: Simon Cozens

Mother: Mary

Marriage

Reference: Somerset Marriages; Ref: D/P/PITN 2/1/3

Date: 27 Jan 1772

Address: St John the Baptist Church

Place: Pitney, Somerset, England

Marriage Type: By Banns

Individual

Name: Joseph Gould

Gender: Male

Status: Bachelor

Residence place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Spouse

Name: Anne Oram

Gender: Female

Status: Spinster

Residence place: Pitney, Somerset, England

Marriage

Reference: England Marriages 1538-1973

Date: 1 May 1736

Address: St Andrews Church

Place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Individual

Name: Simon Cozens

Gender: Male

Residence place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Spouse

Name: Mary Hann (Alias Nelm)

Gender: Female

Baptism

Reference: Somerset Baptisms; Ref: D/D/ RR 253

Date: 12 Jul 1778

Address: Church of the Holy Trinity

Place: Long Sutton, Somerset, England

Name: Hannah Nutt

Gender: Female

Father: George Nutt

Mother: Mary

Baptism

Reference: Somerset Baptisms; Ref: ALF 2/1/4

Date: 6 Jun 1779

Address: St Andrews Church

Place: Aller, Somerset, England

Denomination: Anglican

Name: John Horwood

Gender: Male

Father's Name: Selvester Horwood

Mother's Name: Mary

DEATHS.

"TAPSCOTT - April 30, at Cowick Street, St Thomas, Exeter, Mrs Jane Tapscott, late of Culmstock, aged 81."

Burials in the Parish of St Thomas in the County of Devon

in the year 1878

Baptism

Reference: Somerset Baptisms; Ref: D/P/HAM H 2/1/10

Date: 2 Oct 1865

Address: St Andrews Church

Place: High Ham, Somerset

Name: Joseph Mitchell

Gender: Male

Residence place: High Ham, Somerset

Fathers Name: John Mitchell

Occupation: Labourer

Mothers Name: Aquilla

Baptism

Reference: Somerset Baptisms; Ref: D/P/HAM H 2/1/2

Date: 24 Jan 1761

Address: St Andrews Church

Place: High Ham, Somerset

Name: Anne Gould

Gender: Female

Fathers Name: William Gould

Mothers Name: Elizabeth

Baptism

Reference: Somerset Baptisms 1839-1899 Page 77; Ref: D/P/L SUT 2/1/9

Date: 25 Nov 1860

Place: Long Sutton, Somerset, England

Name: Martha Jane Richards Vigar

Gender: Female

Residence place: Long Sutton, Somerset, England

Father: William Vigar

Father's Occupation: Butcher

Mother: Martha

Census England 1901

Address: 1 Gold Street

Place: Tiverton, Devon, England

Certified Copy of an Entry of Death

1877 Death in the Sub-District of Bridgwater in the County of Somerset

Census England 1861

Place: Henley, Somerset, England

Census England 1881

Address: Pedwell

Place: Ashcott, Somerset, England

Census England 1891

Address: Pedwell

Place: Ashcott, Somerset, England

Census England 1901

Address: Main Street

Place: Ashcott, Somerset, England

Census England 1911

Place: Ashcott, Somerset, England

Register England & Wales 1939

Address: 4 St Saviours Avenue

Place: Bridgwater, Somerset, England

Closed records for this Address (as at 08/12/2023):

Register England & Wales 1939

Place: Henley, Somerset, England

Closed records for this Address (as at 09/09/2017): One

Census England 1851

Address: 39 Great Bland Street

Place: Newington, Surrey, England

Census England 1841

Address: St Mary Street

Place: Bridgwater, Somerset, England

Register England & Wales 1939

Address: Howe's Farm

Place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Closed records for this Address (as at 17/02/2016): One

Register England & Wales 1939

Address: Hill View

Place: Chapmanslade, Wiltshire, England

Closed records for this Address (as at 05/04/2017): One

Register England & Wales 1939

Address: The Lodge

Place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Closed records for this Address (as at 05/04/2017): None

Register England & Wales 1939

Address: 66 Lindsey Road

Place: Ilford, Essex, England

Closed records for this Address (as at 18/02/2016): None

Register England & Wales 1939

Address: 70 Drove Road

Place: Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England

Closed records for this Address (as at 18/02/2016): 3

Census England 1891

Place: Henley, Somerset, England

Census England 1911

Place: Henley, Somerset, England

Baptism

Reference: Somerset Baptisms 1813-1839; Ref: D/P/L SUT 2/1/5

Date: 12 Jun 1827

Address: Church of the Holy Trinity

Place: Long Sutton, Somerset, England

Name: Octavius Vigar

Gender: Male

Residence place: Long Sutton, Somerset, England

Father: William Vigar

Father's Occupation: Farmer

Mother: Ann

Marriage

Reference: Somerset Marriages 1754-1812; Ref: D/P/L SUT 2/1/3

Date: 24 Sep 1812

Address: Church of the Holy Trinity

Place: Long Sutton, Somerset, England

Marriage Type: By Banns

Denomination: Anglican

Individual

Name: William Vigar

Gender: Male

Occupation: Farmer

Residence place: Huish Episcopi, Somerset, England

Spouse

Name: Ann How

Gender: Female

Residence place: Long Sutton, Somerset, England

Witnesses: Robert Stuckey, Elizabeth Vigar

Census England 1851

Address: Rail Farm

Place: Uffculme, Devon, England

Census England 1861

Place: Long Sutton, Somerset, England

Birth

Reference: GRO Ref; 1921 Q4 Lewisham, Kent 1D 1841

Name: Gladys I Taylor

Maiden Surname of Mother: Rowsell

Birth

Reference: GRO Ref: 1913 Q3 Bury Lancashire 8C 990

Name: Marjorie Beswick

Maiden Surname of Mother: Hamilton

Page 90.

Burials in the Parish of Littleham, Exmouth

in the County of Devon in the year 1847

Census England 1871

Address: 21 Rowland Grove, Wells Road

Place: Lewisham, London, England

Census England 1881

Address: 16 Mount Ash Road

Place: Sydenham, Kent, England

Plus three lodgers

Birth

Reference: Victoria Births; Regn No: 8323

Date: 1879

Place: Collingwood

Name: Vernon Grant Tapscott

Gender: Male

Father: Charles Flay

Mother: Agnes Jane

Death

Reference: Victoria Deaths 1836-1985; Regn No: 10151

Death date: 1879

Death place: Collingwood, Victoria

Name: Vernon Grant Tapscott

Gender: Male

Age: 5 Months

Father: Charles Flay

Mother: Agnes Jane Grant

Death

Reference: New South Wales Deaths 1788-1945; Regn No: 2493

Death date: 1887

Death place: Canterbury, NSW

Name: Emma I E Tapscott

Gender: Female

Father: Thomas H

Mother: Susanna

Marriage

Reference: Kent Marriages; Minster (Sheppey) marriages 1837-1884

Date: 1 Apr 1839

Address: the Minster Abbey Church

Place: Sheppey, Kent, England

Marriage Type: By Banns

Individual

Name: James Rawlings

Gender: Male

Status: Widower

Age: Full Age

Occupation: Shipwright

Residence place: Sheerness, Kent, England

Residence address: Bell & Lion Street

Father: James

Father's occupation: Labourer

Spouse

Name: Ann Herniman

Gender: Female

Status: Spinster

Age: Full Age

Residence place: Sheerness, Kent, England

Residence address: Bell & Lion Street

Father: James

Father's occupation: Labourer

Baptism

Reference: Devon Baptisms; Ref: 2961A-PR-1-6_0084

Date: 15 Jul 1855

Place: Culmstock, Devon, England

Name: Frances Malyn Tancock

Gender: Female

Residence place: Culmstock, Devon, England

Residence address: Mill Moore, Culmstock

Father: Robert

Father's Occupation: Yeoman

Mother: Malyn Olivia

Baptism

Reference: Devon Baptisms; Ref: 2961A-PR-1-6_0086

Date: 9 Oct 1856

Place: Culmstock, Devon, England

Name: Robert John Tancock

Gender: Male

Residence place: Culmstock, Devon, England

Residence address: Mill Moore, Culmstock

Father: Robert

Father's Occupation: Yeoman

Mother: Malyn Olivia

Burial

Reference: Devon Burials; Ref: 2961A-PR-1-14_0052

Burial Date: 3 Nov 1857

Burial Place: Culmstock, Devon

Name: Robert John Tancock

Gender: Male

Age: 1

Burial

Reference: Devon Burials; Ref: 2961A-PR-1-14_0051

Burial Date: 10 May 1856

Burial Place: Culmstock, Devon, England

Name: Frances Malyn Tancock

Gender: Female

Age: 1

Marriage

Reference: Wiltshire Marriages Index 1538-1933

Date: 29 Dec 1817

Place: Dilton, Wiltshire, England

Marriage Type: By Banns

Individual

Name: Robert Wheeler

Gender: Male

Status: Bachelor

Residence place: Dilton, Wiltshire, England

Spouse

Name: Ruth Moody

Gender: Female

Status: Spinster

Residence place: Dilton, Wiltshire, England

Witnesses: George Mills, Jeremiah Milard

Baptism

Reference: England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975

Date: 2 Apr 1744

Address: St John the Baptist Church

Place: Pitney, Somerset, England

Name: Ann Oram

Gender: Female

Birth place: Pitney, Somerset, England

Residence place: Pitney, Somerset, England

Father's Name: John Oram

Mother's Name: Elisabeth

Baptism

Reference: Devon Baptisms; Ref: 2961A-PR-1-4_0002

Date: 10 May 1761

Place: Culmstock, Devon, England

Name: William Tapscott

Gender: Male

Date of birth: 13 Sep 1760

Father: Samuel Tapscott

Mother: Hannah

Baptism

Reference: Somerset Baptisms; Ref: D/P/HAM H 2/1/10

Date: 8 Jul 1888

Address: St Andrews Church

Place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Name: Rose Rowsell

Gender: Female

Residence place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Father: Ethelbert James Rowsell

Father's Occupation: Farmer

Mother: Rosabell

Baptism

Reference: Somerset Baptisms; Ref: D/D/RR 242A

Date: 13 Jan 1822

Address: All Saints' Church

Place: Langport, Somerset, England

Name: Alfred Rowsell

Gender: Male

Birth place: Langport, Somerset, England

Residence place: Langport, Somerset, England

Father: James Rowsell

Father's Occupation: Tailor

Mother: Ann

Burial

Reference: Somerset Burials 1813-1858 Page 64; Ref: D/P/HAM H 2/1/6

Burial Date: 25 Feb 1843

Burial Address: St Andrews Church

Burial Place: High Ham, Somerset, England

Name: Anne Howe

Gender: Female

Birth Year: 1760

Age: 83

Burial

Reference: Essex Burial Index 1530-1994; Ref: D/P 592/1/31

Burial Date: 5 Jul 1868

Burial Address: Emanuel Church

Burial Place: Forest Gate, London E7, England

Name: Amy Ethel Rowsell

Gender: Female

Residence place: Stratford, Essex, England

Residence address: 63 Marten Street

Age: 6m

Burial

Reference: Essex Burial Index 1530-1994; Ref: D/P 592/1/31

Burial Date: 29 Jan 1867

Burial Address: Emanuel Church

Burial Place: Forest Gate, London E7, England

Name: Ethelbert John Rowsell

Gender: Male

Residence place: Stratford, Essex, England

Age: 3m

Burial

Reference: Devon Burials; Ref: 2961A-PR-1-4_0040

Burial Date: 20 Dec 1789

Burial Place: Culmstock, Devon, England

Name: William Tapscott

Gender: Male