Staff Discount

Staff Discount?

Ian BARNSLEY works for an extremely well known newspaper in Lincolnshire and, having seen the column come out for the last 348 times, has decided that it is time for me to look at his surname.  The surname comes from the place of the same name.  Remember that this would only have been his name when he was away from home; everyone knew who he was otherwise.  The other thing to remember is that just because someone has the same place or occupational surname as you does not mean they are a relative.   The reason that there are so many people with the surname SMITH is down to the fact that this was one of the most popular occupations during the time that surnames took off.  If you are lucky and your ancestor is important enough to get listed somewhere he could have more than one name.  James de BARNSLEY being someone with a bit of get-up-and-go moved his business to the nearby village of Dodsworth.  To the people of Penistone he is now James de DODSWORTH not James de BARNSLEY.  Barnsley  by the way gets its name from the fact that the –leah or grove belonging to Beornheard.  A similar name is that of Barnsdale which was the hill belonging to Beornheard.  Towards the end of the 19th century there was just one family of the surname Barnsley in Lincolnshire.  At the same time there were dozens of families living in Birmingham from whence Ian’s grandfather Cyril came.  Ian mentions the fact that there are few BARNSLEY families now living in Barnsley.  Over time they may have moved back but, as I have already said, at one time those that lived in Barnsley would not have had BARNSLEY as a surname unless they left the town.
Roger TINDALL has written asking for information on John TINDALL who he believes was born in the Rasen area.  There is one John TINDALL who was born around 1760 in Coleby but this is not the one.  He married Sarah FARROW of Middle Rasen in 1794.  The family then moved around the area,  married at Owmby and had a child, Thomas, born at Tealby who later died in Searby in 1879,  do you have any links to this family for Roger.  Let me know and I’ll pass it on.
 Bits and Bobs
For sale at eBay - Vellum Indenture -1854 Deed - Messingham,  Transfer and Confirmation of Mortgage of a Messuage Maltkiln and Hereditaments at Messingham, Lincolnshire for securing £400 and interest. The document also has two receipts on the back signed by William CHATTERTON for the repayment of the moneys in two parts dated 6 November 1862 and 23 May 1867 - Parties: William CHATTERTON, George FRANKISH, George KIRKLAND, Harriet KIRKLAND, Richard KIRKLAND the younger, Sarah KIRKLAND the elder, Sarah KIRKLAND the younger, William KIRKLAND - Other names include: William BARNARD, Rev Henry Vincent BAYLEY, John KIRKLAND, Richard KIRKLAND , Rev George Daniel RENAUD, Mary Ann SMITH (nee KIRKLAND) Richard SMITH, Mr SOWERBY Document signed by: George FRANKISH, X The Mark of Sarah KIRKLAND, George KIRKLAND, Richard KIRKLAND, Sarah KIRKLAND, Harriet KIRKLAND, William KIRKLAND  Witnesses:  Thomas FREER, Thomas WILSON