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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