Hampshire
A summary of Tim Silver's links with Hampshire
The earliest Silver I have found (so far) is my 4x gt. grandfather, John. He was born c.1773. Where? I'm not sure, but he married in Odiham, All Saints church on 29 August 1796. In the 1841 census, John was living with his wife, Hannah, just four doors away from their son Thomas (my 3x gt. grandfather) and family in Potbridge. From then until c.1908 my Silver's were all Hampshire folk, living mainly in the Winchfield area.
Main areas of interest -
Crondall; Hartley Wintney; Odiham; Potbridge; Winchfield
Extended family locations -
Aldershot; Alton; Alverstoke; Awbridge; Barton Stacey; Basing; Basingstoke; Baughurst; Bishops Sutton; Blackwater; Bournemouth; Church Crookham; Cliddesden; Compton; Cove; Crookham; Dogmersfield; Dunley; Dunley Manor; East Wellow; Eling; Elvetham; Eversley; Fareham; Farnborough; Fleet; Greywell; Hartley Row; Hawley; Hook; Martyr Worthy; Nately Scures; Newnham; North Warnborough; Old Basing; Portsmouth; Romsey; Ropley; Rotherwick; Sherfield; Sherfield English; Silchester; Southampton; Stockbridge; Totton; Upton Grey; Wellow; Whitchurch; Winchester; Yateley
Crondall, 51.233100N 0.864400W, is a village and large civil parish in the north east of Hampshire, England and is all that remains of the old Hundred of Crondall referred to in the Domesday Book of 1086. Various earlier spellings have in common the use of a "u" instead of the "o" and the village is still properly pronounced "Crundel" although some recent incomers prefer to pronounce the "o". The map of Hampshire in the 1722 edition of William Camden's Britannia or Geographical Description of Britain and Ireland shows symbols for habitation in Farnborough, Cove, Ewshot, Aldershot and Crookham in the Crundhal (Crondall) hundred. ©Wikipedia
My 3x paternal gt. grandmother, Mary Gains was born in Crondall c.1799 (at least, she was baptised in Crondall on 28 July 1799). Mary married Thomas Silver on 9 November 1825.
One fine attraction of Condall is the 'Plume of Feathers' pub - old beams, well kept ale and good food at a reasonable price.
Hartley Wintney, 51.305640N 0.901290W, is a large village and civil parish in the Hart district of North-East Hampshire. The parish includes the joined village of Phoenix Green to the south and surrounding hamlets of Dipley, West Green, Elvetham and Hartfordbridge, as well as large wooded areas such as Yateley Heath Wood and part of Hazeley Heath. The River Hart flows to the north-east of the village. The River Whitewater forms the western parish boundary and the M3 motorway forms the southern boundary.
The village has a typical wide Hampshire main street, lined with local businesses, shops, public houses and a Baptist church. At the southern end is the village green and duckpond (with thatched duck house). The red-brick parish church of St John overlooks the green and the elegant Mildmay oak trees beyond. The oaks were planted by Lady St John Mildmay in response to the call, in 1807, by Admiral Collingwood following the Battle of Trafalgar for landowners to plant oaks to provide timber for naval ships. The cricket green, home of the oldest cricket club in Hampshire, is behind the shops adjoining a second picturesque duckpond and Dutch-gabled farmhouse.
In 1831, the village (excluding Elvetham and Hartfordbridge) had a population of 1139. In 2004, the ward had a population of 4954 and is expected to only increase to 5022 by 2008.
Hartley Row is a former hamlet within Hartley Wintney. ©Wikipedia
There are 63 individuals with the surname Silver in my tree who either were born in, lived in, or died in, Hartley Wintney. Other significant connections come via the surname Baldwin and one was my 2x gt. grandfather, James Baldwin, who was baptised in Hartley Wintney on 1 June 1828.
Odiham, 51.254066N 0.939481W, is a historic village and large civil parish in the Hart district of Hampshire, England. It is twinned with Sourdeval in the Manche Department of France. The current population is 4,406. The parish contains an acreage of 7,354 acres with 50 acres of land covered with water. The nearest railway station is at Hook, on the London and South Western Railway. The village had its own Hundred in the nintenth century, named The Hundred of Odiham.
RAF Odiham aerodrome lies to the south of the village.
Three of my direct Silver ancestors were married in All Saints church, Odiham. My gt. grandparents James Thomas Silver & Ellen Sophia Baldwin, James' parents Oliver Silver & Jane Hooker and Oliver's grandparents, John Silver & Hannah Howard.
Potbridge, approx. 51.280960N 0.923270W. There's not much to know really. It appears to have been a hamlet throughout the 1800's but has now been lost under the M3 motorway.
Nonetheless, for about 100 years Potbridge was 'home' to four consecutive generations of my Silver lineage - James & Ellen Silver, James' parents Oliver & Jane Silver, Oliver's parents Thomas & Mary Silver and Thomas' parents John & Hannah Silver.
Winchfield, 51.285563N 0.910010W, is a small village in the Hart District of Hampshire in the South-East of England. It is situated 1 mile south-west of Hartley Wintney, 8 miles east of Basingstoke, 2 miles north-east of Odiham and 38 miles west of London. It is well connected to London Waterloo and Basingstoke by rail.
Winchfield consists of a recently rebuilt village hall (in 1998), a church, a 17th Century inn called the Winchfield Inn and a combination of old residential properties and new ones.
Winchfield parish currently has a population of some 610 people. The population is scattered across this wide parish, which includes Potbridge, settlement around Winchfield church, Winchfield Hurst and Shapley Heath.
34 Silver's were born in Winchfield and the last one was to my gt. grandparents James & Ellen Silver, my grand aunt Lily in 1901. Lily's older brother was my grandfather, Wilfred Silver, born 27 November 1898. This Silver family moved to Feltham, Middlesex c.1908.