Genealogy Chat

Hi Joseanne. Couldn't get back here - computer problems again. Grrrrr. Thank you for the site -- I'll check it out further tonight!

Lisa the vicar William Vaux comes up on this site http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk won't help you but it's worth noting incase he is related.

Lisa, If it was St Andrews in West Tarring I could probably find out the dates he was vicar there as I know one of the Lay Readers there. West Tarring is in Worthing. Josie

Hi Joseanne. It very well could be Nuthurst! There aren't any capital N's on the page to compare it with - but it certainly looks like it could be an N. William's son, William, lived in Horsham and Nuthurst is 'between' (well, almost) Horsham and Shipley. I just googled Nuthurst and Vaux -- and the result was: in 1823 a vicar in West Tarring was named William Vaux! There weren't THAT many Vaus/Vaux running around Sussex and to mention William Vaux is odd. My 'first' William Vaux/Vaus was a church warden for St. Mary's Church, Shipley in 1756. One of his son's was named William Vaus/Vaux. Perhaps Vicar Vaux was related somehow, since William was a name that was handed down at least 7 generations. (My William Vaus/Vaux - the son - was a farmer, so it couldn't be him.) Thank you, Joseanne! I've got a lot of googling that I can do now.

Could it be Nuthurst that is a parish not that far from that area. I don't think Coneyhurst isn't a parish now but of course it could well have been back then. There is also a parish of Coolhurst but I'm not sure where that is but it is still under the Horsham area. St Marys is the parish church of Shipley.

Hi Nell. Walworth Road goes on for a bit, so I'm not quite sure where he lived -- but I don't know that I've ever checked a census for him -- perhaps I might get more information -- thank you for the 'idea'. :) Roger, I can't quite read the writing -- it looks like Wainks Gate in the parish of _ _ ithurst. Perhaps one night when there's nothing else to do, I can try every google search I can think of. Thank you for your help, eh?

Hi Lisa, Two places near here end in hurst - Billingshurst and Coneyhurst. Billingshurst is the larger one. I can't think of a place ending in gate very near here. There are a Colgate, a Faygate and a Tilgate about 10-15 miles away. Roger

Lisa Glad to have been of help. You can probably find Walworth Road on streetmap co uk too. nell

Hi Roger! No, I don't know exactly where they lived. They were in the area between c1748-c1840. The will actually mentions three properties: ____ Gate in the parish of __hurst; Brooks Green; and property 'lying and being in the parish of Shipley'. William Vaus was a churchwarden for St. Mary's Church; he or his son donated a bell to the church; and I have a photograph of a headstone, but that's all I know about 'locations'. I know he and his son were farmers; in a will dated 1846 - his son was a corn dealer of 'Walworth Road, Surrey'. Thank you for the list of farms, Roger.

Lisa, I live just a few miles from Brooks Green and Shipley. I have a detailed street map which shows the names of farms etc. Do you know the name of your people's property? There is a Bouges Farm, a Purveyors Farm, Bakers Farm, Hoes Farm, Duncans Farm, Trawlers Farm and palmers Farm within a mile or so of Brooks Green. Roger

Nell, if you're still about... I checked out the British History site and it mentions Itchingfield. Quite some time ago I found a possible marriage record for the ancestor from the will (William Vaus). Guess where the wedding took place? Itchingfield. There are too many similarities for this marriage not to be my ancestor's. Thank you for finding the Itchingfield reference.

Hi Nell. I found reference to Brooks Green and it mentioned the area having 9 buildings. My ancestor owned property there, and I am now curious about the area, since it was quite small. Thank you for the UK map. I'll take a look! Oh, thank you Nell! Off to check that out as well.

Extensive historical detail about the surrounding area here: www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=18280

Hallo Lisa www.streetmap*co.uk has a Brooks Green in Sussex. There's a Shipley nearby. If this is the right place its quite small. I don't think I'd call it a town! There's nothing on the Shipley page of Genuki apart from a county map showing the Shipley parish. nell

A 1788 will mentions Brooks Green. After checking Google, I see that it is a small town in the parish of Shipley. Would anyone know anything else about Brooks Green, please?