Liddingtons of Lydney (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Thursday, May 24, 2012, 02:10 (4569 days ago) @ unknown

Hi Carol, welcome to this great forum and website !
Can you be more precise as to what you wish to know, or already know, thanks. I ask as a quick look at this site's Parish Records shows there are 338 for "Liddington" and it's spelling variations (tick Soundex box when searching), almost all of which are in Lydney parish (which may explain why it's a new name to me, with me being from t'other end of the Forest). Have you lookedup these ?.

Also via this site's Homepage you can search for Census Records, Memorial Inscriptions, Old documents such as Wills, Old Photos, etc etc; there's so much that may be of interest. Finally this Forum is itself a great source and is also searchable, see box at top right. That said the only hits seem to refer to people from out of the Forest in Wiltshire, unusually no-one seems to have researched this name before ?.

Searching the Old Photos gives:
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/gallery/berryhill/pages/page_25.html

Searching the main site gives this old query, a relation of yours perhaps, given the timing I guess you may be from out of the UK ? (which is fine, of course).

"I am looking for the name of Liddington in Lydney,Gls.
Especially the descendents of Isaac and Ann (nee Carter),both born near Malmesbury Wilts, and came over the border around 1850. My grandfather was their son,John,born 1856 in Lydney. Many thanks.
Kathleen Wye"
Liverpool, NSW Australia
Sunday, November 05, 2000 at 11:34:47

Also Thomas Liddington in the 1879 Trade Parkend Directory, a shopkeeper.
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/kellys/Parkend_1879.htm

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From this site's PRs as a quick start I find:

Record_ID: 39872
Entry_Number: 1106
Year: 1867
Month: May
Day: 26
Parents_Surname: LIDDINGTON
Child_Forenames: John
Fathers_Forenames: John
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Aylburton
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: A.R.Bennett Curate
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: PFC209 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 139
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex: L352

So far I'm puzzled I've not found Rosina's Baptism but sadly I haven't much time at the mo (2am in London)
Their marriage:

Record_ID: 34613
Entry_Number: 249
Year: 1889
Month: Oct
Day: 5
Grooms_Surname: LIDDINGTON
Grooms_Forenames: John
Grooms_Age: 23
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer in tin works
Grooms_Residence: Lydney
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: LIDDINGTON
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: John
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Brides_Surname: BEACHLEY
Brides_Forenames: Rosina
Brides_Age: 20
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Lydney
Brides_Fathers_Surname: BEACHLEY
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Robert
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: Mark of Robert Beachley
Witness_2: Sarah Jane Lee
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Henry S Prinsep[?]
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/16
Page_Number: 125
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex_Groom: L352
Soundex_Bride: B240

Using the great "advanced search" feature (see base of PRs search page) I can only find three of their children's Baptisms ?:

Record ID 118704
Entry Number 392
Year 1891
Month Feb
Day 15
Parents Surname LIDDINGTON
Child Forenames William Robert John
Fathers Forenames John
Mothers Forenames Rosina
Mothers Surname
Residence Crump Cottage
Occupation Labourer
Officiating Minister R.Maynard Turner
Event Baptism
Memoranda Born 7th Dec[ember] 1891[along bottom of entry]
Notes [Date of birth should be 1890 as entry is Feb 1891!] Lydington deleted and replaced with Liddington
Register Reference 851113
Page Number 49
Parish Chapel Lydney

Record ID 105999
Entry Number 681
Year 1893
Month Oct
Day 1
Parents Surname LIDDINGTON
Child Forenames Arthur Beaumont
Fathers Forenames John
Mothers Forenames Rosina
Mothers Surname
Residence Viney Hill
Occupation Tinplate-worker
Officiating Minister E S Smith
Event Baptism
Memoranda
Notes
Register Reference P348 IN 1/1
Page Number 86
Parish Chapel Viney Hill

Record ID 119180
Entry Number 868
Year 1896
Month Mar
Day 29
Parents Surname LIDDINGTON
Child Forenames Frederick Arnold
Fathers Forenames John
Mothers Forenames Rosina
Mothers Surname
Residence Lydney
Occupation Tin worker
Officiating Minister J.C.E.Besant
Event Baptism
Memoranda
Notes [J.C.E.Besant underlined]
Register Reference 851113
Page Number 109
Parish Chapel Lydney

Hope this helps as as a start, as I said a more specific query would help ?.
More to follow in the morning I'm sure... meanwhile if you haven't please take a look thro' the PRs, must be some more kin there. Happy Hunting !