The database has therefore been updated accordingly.

If they were from County Mayo it is important to understand that this was a county in Ireland hit very badly by the famine.
In fact, when people come from Mayo and live in England the following is said to them by other Irish people:
Question "What part of Ireland are you from?"
Answer: "County Mayo."
Response: "God help you!"
This is because many emigrated from there due to the dire poverty.

It must have been awful. Thank you for your reply. Patsy

I don't think any particular significance can be given to the name Mayo lurking around Blakeney. My first teacher in primary school in North London was a Miss Mayo. I doubt if she was Irish because I could understand her clearly. The next teacher I had was a Mrs Butler who was Scottish and I couldn't understand a word she said. In the same way my family name Essex was around in Gloucestershire at least as far back as a marriage at Minchinhampton in 1594 but nobody seems to know how "East Saxon" rolled up there.

I am sure that you are correct. Have also found Mayos in Somerset in the 1800s who were not Irish.

It's interesting to seek links. I am going to get back to the Pritchard/Hatch saga in a few days time. Happy New Year everybody. Patsy

Thanks for your kind words, hope you and yours enjoy a great Christmas too, and all the other forum members too of course.
atb Jeff

Have only had a quick look and will study all of these sites in depth after Christmas.

Thanks to everyone for all their help.

Hope that you have a very Happy Christmas. Patsy

This is a nice FoD website, relatively new I think, it also has some interesting pages abt Blakeney (and the rest of the area).
http://deanweb.info/blakeney.html

Finally, have you looked at the various Old Maps websites, the earliest Ordnance Survey maps should be useful to you as they were published from the late 1800s.
I haven't used this website much myself, it's a relatively new one which appears to be more user-friendly than most, and allows seameless zooming into very close detail. I recommend you open the links into new windows for best viewing.
This link will hopefully go to the earliest OS map of the Blakeney area, c1884. http://maps.nls.uk/view/101453691
This should lead to the general "menu" page, each red box is an individual map http://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=11&lat=51.78486&lon=-2.40174&layers=6

If you look at the Blakeney Section (Photographs) - I did add a few years back, an old postcard of the Old Furnace at Blakeney - as my Wickenden family lived at Nibley Mill, which was very close to this area.

I presume WOODSIDE is near OLD FURNACE.

1881: I have looked for PHILIP PRITCHARD and a possible for the SARAH JAMES (who is named as registering the death 1883) but cannot find them.

PHILIP PRITCHARD's wife and daughter CAROLINE HATCH are enumerated at Blakeney in 1881

HANNAH PRITCHARD is described as unmarried.

SARAH JAMES:

1881: There is a family JOHN 34 ( b. OLDCROFT) & HARRIET JAMES with children in Old Furnace .

JOHN JAMES had a sister SARAH A. JAMES d/o CHARLES & ANN JAMES aged 18 in 1871 but think I am clutching at straws.

Patsy

Fod Records

Burial at Viney Hill - 10 February 1883

Philip PRITCHARD - age 55 years
residence: Woodside

and

Marriage at Viney Hill - 24 May 1880

Frederick HATCH - age 21, Bachelor, residence: Viney Hill
father: William HATCH - labourer

married

Caroline PRITCHARD - age 21, Spinster, Servant, residence: Viney Hill
father: Philip PRITCHARD, labourer

witnesses: Stephen BARLEY and Hilda WALBY

The person present at the death was -

SARAH JAMES ( X) of OLD FURNACE ,EAST DEAN.

I cannot find any trace of PHILIP on the 1881 census.

Not sure if this is Philip the ex husband of Hannah . Had hoped that it might lead somewhere.

I note Old Furnace is a sub district of Newnham on the certificate and wonder how far from Blakeney?

Patsy

There is also a report of ALFRED HATCH making a miniature Hay Rick for the harvest festival 23 Sept 1899.

Patsy

Gloucester Journal Saturday 09 May 1896

DEATHS

HATCH – May 2, at the Infirmary, Gloucester, Jane HATCH of Hartpury, aged 15 years.

There is also a report of an assault on her, aged 11, in 1892(although the alleged assailant was acquitted). Not the best of lives.

First child William Pritchard was bapt. Tregare 1811 , then JAMES PRITCHARD 13.10.1813 at Dingestow nr to Tregare

There were other children then PHILIP PRITCHARD 19.2.1818 ( candidate m. Hannah possibly)

Cannot see JAMES P. in 1841, he was in Newland/ 1845.

JAMES P. of Blakeney m. MARY MONTGOMERY 15.11.1845 NEWLAND

You mentioned Llandogo and the Longs.

James Pritchard's wife Mary Montgomery was from Llandogo and their son Philip was b. 1849 ish /Llandogo.

It's like unravelling knitting!

Patsy