Chipping Norton Info

Our Day in Chipping Norton


We checked into “MY” hotel – the Crown & Cushion, and went downstairs for lunch in the original bar, which has what must be the original 500 year old fireplace.  At 2PM, we met two wonderful ladies, Jan Cliffe and Lynne Hayes, who basically handed me this part of the family history on the proverbial silver platter.

Jan and Lynn met at a class where they learned to read the old scrivener’s hand that was used for legal documents in the 1700’s.  They are currently transcribing all the old wills, mortgages, deeds, etc., of the Chipping Norton area.

Jan & Lynne showed us around town, taking us to the parish church and walking up the pathway behind the church to show us where “Insall Road” would be located.  She explained that the road was named for a field belonging to John Insall and how it came to be “enclosed”.  It had only recently been developed as a housing estate.  More on that later.

Mr. David Nobbs of the local historical society opened their museum for us and we were able to index a few more names and dates from the card files.

It turns out that Lynne also had a Thomas Insall in her history and she had already written a report on two different Thomas Insalls that could possibly be her relation.  We confirmed which Thomas Insall belonged to me, which was not the same as Lynne’s.  So, from the wealth of information given to me by Jan and Lynne, here’s more of the Insall family saga.

 

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