A request has been received from Nick Hide (NickHide@msn.com) for information about Mrs. Sophia Georgiana Chapman, who died in 1905, and is listed in the history section as being a previous tenant of Birds Place. Mr Hide is trying to gather infomation about her family, and would be grateful if anybody could help. You can contact Mr. Hide by the email given above, or by telephoning 020 8445 2787. |
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Recently someone contacted me about putting the details of their music tuition services onto this site. Apologies to that person, as a recent system failure caused me to lose all details! If he could contact me again..... WM. |
Buxton Church to Oxnead Tunnel (Oct 2003) When I was a youngster I heard stories about a tunnel between Oxnead Hall and Buxton Church. This was supposed to been used by Cromwells troops during the Civil War. My late cousin who used to work at the Hall told us that somebody entered the tunnel, but a mixture of flooding from the River Bure and foul air drove them back. Can anybody confirm this and if so do they know where the entrance is in Buxton Church. John Masters |
Reminiscences & Personal History. (Jan 2003) You can not guess the surprise today when I came across the Buxton Web Site. I was born in Buxton just after the war, 1946 to be precise, in my grandmothers front room, 2 Council Houses up the Crown Hill, I think it's called Aylsham Road now. The last time I drove passed there I saw concrete gnomes in the front garden under the window of my birth. My Grandmother was Ethel Riches and is buried in the Church yard with my Grandfather Robert Riches and my Great Grand Parents John and Susan Riches along with my Aunt Bessie. I have been living in Southern California with my family for 16 years now having emigrated from England in 1987. After my father died my mother Myrtle Masters (Riches) came to the U.S. to live with me. She is the youngest daughter of Ethel and Robert who had thirteen children, two died early but the rest lived well into, and over 90. My Aunt Ruby still lives in Buxton as well as my cousin Margaret and her son Steven. Keep up the good work and I'll be dropping in from time to time to keep up with the news. John Masters Lomita California There´s More... Well I've finally been able to sit down and take a good look through your web-site, and it's a credit to you. Browsing through I've come across a couple of photo's with people I know and am related to. The first is in ' Villagers' , The first photo of the coach passengers, seven of them are my relatives: 2 Uncles, 2 Aunts, and 3 cousins. According to my mother it must of been taken about 1950/52 on one of Woodcock's trips. The second is of George Derisley delivering milk on a horse and cart from Ivy's Farm - I can just remember him doing this. Also when I was a bit older I went with him when he was a part-time gamekeeper for Portfleet (I think), and we used to scare the crows off the the spuds with a 12 gauge and shoot Hares. I still have relatives living in the village and have both Grand-parents and Great grand-parents buried in the church yard. |
We have had an enquiry from CANADA about Old Smiths. Tara (Smith) Huard wishes to track down details/relatives of a Man Named Smith who left Buxton for Canada. If anybody knows anything, let us know and we will pass it on, or you can email Tara directly - tarah@sasktel.net. My grandfathers name was Benjerman, but he came to Canada at a young age. I am particularly looking for Benjerman D. Smith or Thomas J. Smith and their father's name was Herbert George Smith. Herbert was born Nov 14th 1856 and Thomas and Benjerman were killed in WW1 and are on the memorial in Buxton church. We would like to know if they had any other brothers or sisters and any documentation of them from the church would also be fantastic. Thank You so kindly for your time and help. |
Feb 2002 - We have had PENNY from CANADA fill in our Survey.
WHAT A WONDERFUL & HUMEROUS WEBSITE!!
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
I'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT BUXTON FROM A FORMER RESIDENT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO VISITING YOUR TOWN IN THE NEAR FUTURE!!
CHEERS FROM CANADA,
PENNY
| A message from Scott Swabey. Hi from the webmaster of buxton youth fc. I am currently down at the falklands and will be back in march. I wish all a happy xmas in the village that know me and wish you all a happy new year. I will send some pictures by e-mail of the penquins and stuff whilst I am here for you to put on the site if you wish (Webmaster:Sure Scott, send em on.) Cheers Scott Buxton Youth FC U14 have won the last two matches and are playing at home in a cup match on the 6 Jan at the rec it would be nice for all in the village to go and support if they win this they are through to the next round. My son Thomas Swabey is the leading goal scorer and has recently been in the North East Norfolk News in the Hatrick Heroes slot. Scott H Swabey |
Scott's pics are now up on the Buxtonians Abroad page.
AH HA! We have had some comments sent in from the good ol' US of A using our Survey.
From: Caralen MacKenzie-Hicks
Email: peakscmh@hotmail.com
Site: www.cascobay.com/peaks
How Heard of Site: Random Browsing
Who am I: An Alien
What a delightful site! As you can see I marked myself as an "alien" since I am not from your wonderful Norfolk. I had the pleasure of visiting Norfolk in April and during my stay in Aylsham found my way to Buxton. After a short ride on the Bure Valley Railway I spent a splendid morning walking around Buxton/Lamas before returning the few miles to Aylsham on the railway footpath. I too have been producing a community website for the past 3 years (Peaks Island, Maine, USA - www.cascobay.com/peaks ) though you display much more humor than mine has. My site is read mostly by people wanting to visit the island where I lived until just recently and wanting to know what is available for their vacationing pleasure. Like you, I have produced the website in my spare time just as you do (my real job is in education), and have at times found it hard to update as often as I would like. I hope to return to Norfolk next summer for futher exploration. Norfolk reminds me in many ways of my home state of Maine here in the U.S. I'm sure I will return to you site frequently over the next year. Keep up the good work!
Caralen MacKenzie-Hicks Brunswick, Maine USA
It's nice to know people appreciate the site, rather than moanin' and whingin' all the time.(WM)
Letter Reference No 100.
To: info@REMOVEbuxton-norfolk.co.uk
From: source unknown.
Date: 20/3/2001 14:23
Name:
Subject: I'm angry!!!
Content:
I just thought I would like to say hello to the person who threw up near my house on Brook St the other night, at about 10:20 ish.
I hope you suffered the next morning.
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