GALE of Alton Priors, Wiltshire
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in progress.
The family of my gt, gt
grandmother Sarah Gale who moved to Bristol from Alton Priors. Perhaps as early
as 1841.
No trace of her in the 1841 census.. The Gales have lived at Alton Priors for
centuries.
1595 Oare, Wiltshire near Alton Priors
1690 Edward Smith, of Manningford Bruce, & Mary Gale, of Alton Priors married at? ... ... 5 Oct. 1690
Button's land in Oare, however,
was held from at least 1595 to the later 18th century by members of the Gale
family.
(fn. 298) In 1615 it comprised some 50 a. and feeding rights for 160 sheep,
and in 1715 amounted to some 64 a.
with feeding for 75 sheep. (fn. 299) Only five farms existed by 1803. (Source
British History Online)
1723 Diary of Thomas
Smith, Esq., of Shaw House, Melksham, extending over the space of nearly
two years.
It commences February 28th, 1721, and concludes with the end of the year 1722.
The writer died 21st July, 1723.
Mentions of Alton Priors and Gale
Friday, 25th. After Dinner
I had a Message from Bro. Selfe that Mr. Norris and his Spouse were wth. him,
So desir'd I would come to them with Peggy, whither we went and tarried till
Evening, and this Day
my Servant Robert Gale perfectly left me on the Account of the death
of his Brother, so that we are
in much disorder, having our New Servant Maid Jane Calway that came to us but
yesterday was
To night gone Home in my Absence very Sick.
Wednesday, 15th. In the Evening I was with Bro. Selfe three or four Hours, having
only Thos. Gale
with us some part of the Time, besides the Family.
Munday 4th. I rode out in
the Morning to Rhoteridge, and after Dinner was at Bro. Selfe's with his Son
in Law, Son,
Mr. Jacob Selfe and Mr. John Guppy 'till Evening. Tho. Gale was there
wth. us some time when I dealt with him for my fat Lambs.
Friday 3rd. I din'd at Beanacre wth. the Gent, that have been the Travellers
Mr. Methuen and Mr. Jacob Selfe, besides the
Family of the House, my Family, Mrs. Methuen and Miss Harvey: afterwards Tho.
Gale was w»h. us some time, Young
Tho. Beaven and Priest of Bath, the latter stay'd but very little time and came
to my House: we were treated with
Punch and other Liquors, and I think not much to Excess.
1785 Will of William
Gale, Gentleman of All Cannings , Wiltshire Date 03 December 1785 Catalogue
reference
PROB 11/1136links to the Catalogue Dept Records of the Prerogative Court of
Canterbury Series Prerogative
Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers Piece
Name of Register: Ducarel Quire
Numbers: 577 - 632
1774 William Gale, of Manningford Abbots, labourer and sojourner, & Mary Higgins, sp. ... 30 May 1774 married at?
1790 24th May....Richard
Gale fron Alton Priors marr Bethiah
Weeks from lockeridge. Another Entry (Banns)
which states Richard is from Fyfield?
1827 5th April .....Charles Gale from Alton Priors marr Sarah North from Overton at?
1839
George Gale born 1839
26th November at All Cannings, Wiltshire, England. 1861
Age: 22 Residence Salisbury St Edmund, Wiltshire, England 1864 10 June age:
24 Marriage to ELIZA RAMSEY Morphett Street Primitive Methodist Church, Adelaide,
South Australia 1930 14 Feb age: 90 Death Kadina, South Australia, Australia.
Source ancestry.co.uk
1849 Sarah Hams was born
in Alton Priors, Wiltshire in 1849, the 2nd of 9 children of
James Hams and Harriet Gale.Sarah was a farm worker. Her siblings were Emily
(1846),
Charles (1851), Ann (1854), Henry (1856), Jane (1859), Frank (1861),
George (1864) and James (1871).
1855 Post Office Directory
of Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Dorsetshire, ... - Page 6
Alton Barnes is a township, parish, and small village, adjoining Alton Priors,
in the
Swanborough Hundred,Gale Maria (Mrs.), shopkeeper Giddings Charles, farmer,
West Stowell
Simpkins James George, farmer Tasker Thomas grocer ...
1874 Records of a quiet
life
Augustus John Cuthbert Hare, William Leonard Gage - 1874 - 373 pages
... the residents in Alton-Priors wrote : " I can truly say that the glimpse
of his figure approaching our home made my
... his kindness in coming daily into our parish to spend an hour by the sick-bed
of Charles Gale, a poor man, who, ...
Augustus J. C. Hare - 2007
- 512 pages - Google Books
the sick-bed of Charles Gale, a poor man, who I believe, through his instrumentality,
to have died in peace with
... She told me that that which first made her feel a sorrow for sin was a sermon
which he preached in Alton-Priors Church.
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Alton Priors Wiltshire
Adam's Grave on Walker's
Hill is the most dramatically sited long barrow in Wiltshire. It is remarkable
how
prehistoric man improved the landscape by his works: in this instance this site
positively enhance the appearence
of the hill where it lies.This long barrow is about 60m (196ft) long and 6m
(19ft) high. On either side are ditches still 6m
(19ft) wide and 0.9m (3ft) deep. At the SE end there are traces of a sarsen
stone burial chamber. In 1860 John Thurnam
opened this chamber and three or four incomplete skeletons and a leaf-shaped
arrowhead were found. Originally,
it seems to have been a retaining wall of sarsens and drystone around the barrow.
In AD 592, when two warriors,
Coel and Caewlin, fought beside it, Adam's Grave was known as Wodnesbeorg.