Last Edited 29/Jun/2002
Places of Abode of my Ancestors
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WETTON LINE |
WETTON - A small hamlet in Staffordshire - in the beautiful Manifold Valley - only 12 miles from Crich over the border in Derbyshire. |
| Wirksworth - It is very likely that the CRICH Wettons originated in Wirksworth. |
| CRICH - is a parish, partly in the hundreds of Morleston and Litchurch, Scarsdale and Wirksworth, the village is about five miles east of Wirksworth and four west from Alfreton. The Cromford canal passes along the western side of the parish, and through a tunnel at its north western and southern extremities; from the latter point a railway runs northward within a very short distance of the village. | |
| The village stands high on an exposed ridge, a prominent landmark is Crich Stand (100ft+ high)- site of a memorial tower built in 1923 to Honour the memory of those Sherwood Foresters Soldiers who died in the Great War. There are numerous old stone quarries in the neighbourhood, (including one containing the British Tram museum) and lead mining was very important. | |
| The church, which is dedicated to St Mary, and has a conical spire, is built of the rough grey lime-stone of the hill on which it stands. The Wetton family provided Parish Clerks over several centuries. | |
| CRICH is reportedly a place of considerable antiquity, coins of Adrian and Dioclesian having been found in the adjacent lead mine, whence it is conjectured that lead was first obtained here by the Romans. | |
| In 1996 the village was used as the location for the TV series 'Peak Practice' | |
| Thomas Wetton born here in 1822. (Crich PRs) | |
| After being wounded in the Crimean War Thomas was hospitalised at Chatham Army Hospital and after release was the 'Hero of the Day' at the Crimean War peace celebrations in Crich in 1856 (The Derby Daily Express Feb 1924 article) - having been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for distinguished conduct on the field of battle .(Regimental Papers) | |
| Webber Wetton was raised in Crich (Crich PRs) until (probably after the death of his mother in 1875) he was sent (along with brother George) to a boarding house in Duffield. (1881 Census) | |
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Derby |
Thomas
Wetton joined the joined the 95th.
(Derbyshire)Regiment here in July 1840 (Army
Papers)until he was discharged to
pension in 1856. Webber Wetton lived with his father and sister in Derby until joining the Royal navy in 1885 (RN Papers) He married Mary Wilson of Derby at All Saints Church on 25 Dec 1896. (Certificate) |
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Portsmouth - Hampshire |
'Pompey' houses the largest Royal Naval base in England - HMS Victory. |
| Webber Wetton was posted to HMS Victory in October 1899 as 'Boatswain in Charge of Stores'. (Navy List 1899) | |
| Eric Lionel Wetton was born here on October 27th 1903. (Certificate) | |
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Sheerness - Kent |
A seaport (and naval station, with Sheerness Dockyard - closed C1970), on Isle of Sheppey at the mouth of the Thames River - now Channel crossing port. |
| Birth place of Sir William Penney, father of the British atom bomb. | |
| Webber Wetton was appointed to Sheerness Dockyard as 'Master Rigger' after WWI duty on HMS Indomitable. (Navy List 1919) | |
| Webber
Wetton died here in February 1923. Buried in Isle of Sheppey General
Cemetery plot KK 5 ( Grave Certificate of Purchase)
Dorothy Mabel Townend worked in Sheerness as a Button maker. |
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| Eric Lionel Wetton married Dorothy Mabel Townend here in Dec 1925 (Certificate) | |
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Gillingham - Kent |
Named after Gilling the Norseman. |
| A dormitory town for workers at Gillingham Dockyard (later named Chatham Dockyard)and soldiers from the Royal Engineers home base at Old Brompton and the Royal Marines at Chatham. | |
| Also home for the families of many sailors attached to HMS Pembroke RN Barracks Chatham | |
| Home
of the 'Gills'Football Club. Home of Inventor Louis Brennan Torpedo pioneer r |
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| Eric and Dorothy Wetton moved here after their marriage and brought his mother Mary to live with them in Livingstone Road. (Oral) | |
| Pearl,
Ruby and Brian (Bryan) were born here at the Royal Naval
Nursing Home - Canada House on Barnsole Avenue. Dorothy died in the old Royal NavalHospital |
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Sheerness - Kent |
Burton
Townend moved here after
retiring from the RAMC in 1909. He worked at Minster Hospital.
Dorothy Mabel Townend worked in Sheerness as a Button maker. Burton Jr, Rosina, Violet, Florence, Mabel, Ida, Daisy Townend grew up here. A number are buried here. |
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Millbank - London |
Burton served at the Hospital here and Dorothy Mabel was born there. |
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Cheriton - Kent |
Home of Shorncliffe Army Camp. Burton Townend (Staff Sgt RAMC) posted here after service in Bermuda. Was in Gibralter from 1891-1897. Took part in Boer War in South Africa (1899-1903). (Army Papers) |
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York - Yorkshire |
Burton
Townend joined the West Yorkshire Regt here in April 1888. He
tranferred to the Medical Staff Corps in 1890. (Army
Papers)
Became RAMC in 1898 |
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Pontefract - Yorkshire |
William Townend had a
Tobacconist Shop in the Corn Market. (1888 + 1892
Kelly's Directory) Lawson William Townend shown in Refreshment House in the Corn Market aged 47yrs. Burton at school here aged 10yrs (1881Census) |
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Hunslett - Yorkshire |
Burton
Townend born here C 1871 (1881Census) Lawson William Townend married Mary Burton C1870 |
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Knottingly- Yorkshire |
Lawson WilliamTownend born
here in 1834. (1881 Census) William Townend married Hannah Hepworth of Womersly here 10 Oct 1820. ( IGI) |
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Cleckheaton - Yorkshire |
William Townend born here in 1789 (1851 Census) |
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