The people of Tingewick, Buckinghamshire (England)

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... and finally ...

Sporting hero!

I've just been learning about Henry William Judd son of Edwin and Ann Judd who was an outstanding athlete and cricketer. In 1899 while a member of the Bicester Cricket Club he was presented with a cricket bat with silver plate for making 117 runs in one innings, the first ever century recorded in the village of Tingewick. He was also a member of the Bicester Harriers' Amateur Athletics Club and the same year, he got two firsts - Silver Stick and 100 yards flat race; 2nd in high jump and 3rd in 200 yard hurdles. In another competition, high jump recorded at 4'7", 1st in throwing the cricket ball and 1st in half mile race for Championship of the Harriers' Club. Alas for England's cricket, he emigrated to Tasmania in 1891 ... read more

The newspaper cutting of the match is fascinating as it gives the names of both teams - 11 players from Tingewick Cricket Club and 19 from the village! There is a photo on the Buckinghamshire CC website which may have been taken at the match - Henry is seated in the front row, second from left - can anyone put names to the other faces?

I really appreciate all the stories and photos I'm sent to add to the website. Alas, it often takes much longer than I'd like to get them onto the site, but I do get there eventually - with a full-time job, an elderly mother and a student daughter I do sometimes struggle for time! If you have sent a story or your details for inclusion in the Descendants/Researchers section, please check them and let me know if I've made mistakes - they do happen sometimes I'm afraid. And if you haven't sent anything yet ... why not? This site is only improving and expanding because of all the help and contributions from everyone else.

Check out the What's New list.

There are several new sections I'd like to introduce - I've made a start on a "virtual cemetery" with photos of all the graves. Is there anyone with a Tingewick connection and a smattering of HTML knowledge, plus a bit of time on their hands, who would like to take it on - coordinate the contributions and build the pages? And on the subject of helping, I have photos of some 1822 council minutes that could be transcribed and added if anyone would like to embark on that.

People ask me why I run this site just to help other people. The first answer is - I enjoy it. The second answer is - you never know what unexpected connections you might make. I've been promising to tell the story of The Man From Penketh here for some time, and at last - here it is! This site is dedicated to him, and everyone like him.

About this site

While researching my daughter's ancestry, I became fascinated by the movement of ordinary people through the parish of Tingewick and accumulated quantities of transcripts and notes about them. I have been piecing them together into family trees: however, it is vital to realise that these will be full of errors, having been transcribed on paper from microfilm or original register or from information sent by other researchers: then transferred to computer as source transcripts, then finally built into families on the database.

In the ten years or so since I started the site I've heard from so many really interesting people. I'm getting more and more contributions to all the sections especially photos, wills and family stories as well as links to sites by other researchers. Alas, with family and work commitments etc I constantly fall behind so have added two more pages - Coming Soon and What's New. If you have contributed something and it doesn't appear on one or other of these lists (or the website), please get in touch with me again and remind me!!!

If you would like to be included in 'Tingewick Descendants' section, please email me your details, in the same format as the pages I have already done [or ask me for a template] and I will be delighted to add you.