Weare Giffard and Its History • Contents

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Introduction

• Acknowledgements and Subscribers
• Editorial Notes

Agriculture and Horticulture

• Cider
• Farms and their Families
• Strawberries

Buildings

• Buildings of Interest
• Chapels
• The Church
• Village Hall
• Wells

Communications

• Halfpenny Bridge
• Highways and Byways
• Railway
• Road Names

Distinguished Personalities

• Giffards and Fortescues
• John Brinsmead
• Robert Smith
• Rolles and Clintons
• Sheila Hutchinson

Early History

• Ancient History
• Civil War
• 1600 to 1800
• Weare Giffard Name

Education

• School

Industry

• Corn Mill
• Forges and Carpentry
• Limekilns
• Pottery and Clay
• Quarries
• Rolle Canal
• Shipyard
• Tucking Mill

Mystery and Mayhem

• Crimes
• Ghosts
• Murder Most Foul

Natural History

• Natural History
• Our River

People of the Parish

• 19th Century
• 20th Century
• The Great Wars
• Modern Times
• Tomorrow’s World

Documents

• Canal Employment 1851-1868
• Chammons-Chamings Family Tree
• Electoral Roll 2001
• Facts Figures
• Fry Family Line
• Giffard-Fortescue Family Line
• Grigg Family Line
• Moore Family Tree
• Muster and Subsidy Rolls
• Population 1801 1981
• Protestation 1641
• Tithe Map 1839
• Documents-Glossary

• front page
• about
• noticeboard
• maps
• for visitors
• living here
• moving here
• businesses
• history
• organisations
• parish council
• village hall
• gallery
• other stuff