Hello list
Have you seen the records at the A2A web site? I didn't have time to see
all the Chant references but here is just one example:
SOMERTON RECORDS
Catalogue Ref. DD\SMC
Will and transcript of Henry Fisher of Somerton
FILE - Bundle of counterpart leases by Somerton churchwardens to
various parties, all of Somerton, unless otherwise stated. -
ref. DD\SMC/21 - date: 1762-1864
\_ [from Scope and Content] Wm.Paddock, cordwainer, a mess. on
N.side of West Street and 2ac. arable at Littlemoor Furlong and
Winterfield, 1762; Geo.Harris, gent., a house now converted into a
malthouse on N.side of New Street, 1778; Geo.Harris, jun. gent., as
above, 1794; James Parsons, gent., a barn, stable etc., parcel of
above, 1803; Hy.Whitmash of Yeovil, esq., stable formerly a
malthouse, parcel of above, 1803; Dorothy Calpine, wid., house
called late Knight's in Market Place, 1778; Wm.Thomas, glazier,
house on N.side of West Street, 1778 and 1779; Ann Baltezar, wid.,
house on S.side of New Street, 1785; Harriet Chant, house and
orchard on N.side of West Street, 1794; Samuel Chipper Mogg, gent.,
roofless and decayed house called late Edward's in Market Place,
1797; Thomas Cox, innkeeper, ground on S.side of Market Place where
house called Edward's formerly stood, pt. now a stable and pt. now a
passageway with a corn loft above, 1845; Wm. Chipper Hacker Bryant
of Ratcliffe, Stepney, Middlesex, biscuit maker, a house called late
Hacker's on N.side of West Street, 1797; Wm.Smith, cabinet maker,
house called Hacker's in West Street, 1809; Thomas Connock, farrier
and Hannah Jones, sp., as above, 1840; Chafy Littlejohn, breeches
maker, house and garden on N.side of West Street, formerly Tuckers,
1803; Arthur Mead, mason, house late Cass's in West Street, 1827;
Edwin Frampton, baker, as above, 1854; John Thomas, carpenter,
dilapidated cottage in West Street late Coggans, 1845.
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