Redmarley D'Abitot -> Redmarley, Great Witley Stourport ? (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Wednesday, October 24, 2018, 20:45 (2226 days ago) @ rhianonturrell

Hi,
many thanks for that. I'd never heard of Chartism until this week so have been reading up a little on it all, and like you I've not found anything linking it to the Great Witley Redmarley. I have been very impressed with the good folk who run the Genuki website, as soon as I raised a query with the site regarding the mention of Chartism at Great Witley, one of their people got back to me and we've been discussing the whole issue. The website's pages have now been amended to hopefully ensure no ambiguity or confusion.
It's interesting that the old Gazetteer they used (from 1868) appears to be itself confused and has included the mention of F.O'Connor (aka Chartists) in the wrong Redmarley, as well as saying Lawband instead of Lowbands. That geographical error surprised me as I always thought of the Victorians being extra careful to get their facts right. The amended webpage is here.
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WOR/GreatWitley/Gaz1868

Having said that, it doesn't help that this very interesting old Worcestershire book written by Noakes was also written in 1868, like the Gazetteer, and to add further possible confusion just uses the term Redmarley when discussing Redmarley D'Abitot, despite the D'Abitot name being associated with the village since Domesday. This is the same book from the link in the excellent Genuki pages.
http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~fortroyal/NoakeGuide/308.html