Carbrooke Heritage News May 2014

 

On Friday May 9^th we welcomed Lesley Brighting, her husband ( from New Zealand), sister and brother in law to Carbrooke, as they came in search of their Carbrooke roots. Their ancestors were Robert Thimblethorpe, and wife Hannah. Robert’s son was Henry Thimblethorpe born 1814, who married Hannah Steele from Letton. and moved away from the village sometime mid 1800’s.

We began with a short look around Carbrooke, and visited ‘Stone Cottage’ on Broadmoor Road, where Henry had lived in 1841. Then on to the old Methodist Chapel, as it is recorded that Henry sold the land on which it  was built. Then to the church to see the grave of Robert and Hannah (and second wife Martha) and tour of the church.  At 2pm we held a tea party in the village hall, with local history information on show. Village residents arrived to welcome them, and it was surprising to all of us, when Mick Wigg bought some fascinating documents relating to his house on Drury Lane, which unbeknown to us was built by Robert Thimblethorpe. Mrs Minns bought a copy of her family tree which shows one of Robert’s daughters marrying a Thomas Starke Minns.

It was a very enjoyable afternoon, and we presented the Brighting family with some local books and information (including the most recent copy of New Penny News!)

I enclose a letter of thanks from Lesley:

On behalf of us all, thank you once again for this afternoon - we do appreciate the work that has gone in behind the scenes to make it such an interesting and worthwhile time for us.  As I said to you, it was far beyond what I was expecting, and we came away with so many interesting bits of information about our ancestors and the local area. We enjoyed meeting some local people, too - as I don't have contact details for them, please pass on our sincere thanks for the effort they put into making our visit so memorable - we appreciate the Carbrooke generosity.

Sincerely Lesley Brighting

We are now looking forward to our next visitors, on Friday June 6^th, we will welcome John and Dorothy Johnson form America, descended from James and Elizabeth Sayer, and Robert Johnson all of Carbrooke. Please come along to greet them at 2pm in the village hall.

Next meeting: Wednesday 9^th July 7pm in the Church. All welcome to our informal meetings.

We are also hoping for another visit to Norwich Records Office on Wednesday 2^nd July, contact me if you are interested in going. Still seeking local information relating to WW1 .