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Subject : On Beacon Hill

Date : Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:53:00 +0000

From : Anthony Bicknell <abicknell1@yahoo.co.uk>

Hi there. 

I heard about your site though my brother Richard Bicknell, though I don't think he has been in contact with you or signed your guest book yet! I have however noticed that my cousin Steve Bicknell (in spain!) has
signed up. 

I thought you might like a little bit of info on my family. I was born, bred and still reside in Hemel Hempstead, Herts. My father is Paul Bicknell born in North London and son of Albert Frederick Bicknell (who
is sadly no longer with us). Paul has one Brother Steve Bicknell Snr (also in Spain!) and two sisters Jane Bicknell (now Jane White) and Beverley Bicknell (now Beverley Finnie). 

There are rumours that my Grandad Bert Bicknell and his sister Rose Bicknell are somehow related to the comedian Brian Connelly, but I'm not sure how...

I've noticed you are into your motorsport, which is of mutual interest to us lot! My family has also lived and breathed cars from a young age. Bert Bicknell owned a petrol station in Hemel Hempstead during the
60's and 70's until my Dad took it over for a while. I am very shortly about to follow in the footsteps with my first garage!

Anyway...keep up the good work on the site and please  get in touch if you know of any other Bicknells connected to us... 

Cheers, Anthony Bicknell
and a reply from the editor!

Thanks for the email. Very interesting and I was pleased to hear from you. I have put your email on the forum and apologise for the software not working at the moment.

Was Bert Bicknell the one who ran Bicknell's Corner garage on the old A1? Or was that different? And did he race Copper 500cc cars and a special in the 50s? I have an article about that somewhere.

I do not have any of your relations on my database and would love to add them there. Then when someone else contacts me I can more easily see who is related to whom and can put you in touch. For this purpose please send me each person's full name, date and place of birth and death, same with spouses and marriage place and date. Thanks. Please also let me know if you want to keep it confidential for any reason (although so much is available on the internet nowadays but I like to ask).

I cannot be certain yet where you fit. All the Bicknells I have been in contact with are either Bridgewater, Taunton or Farnham Bicknells, except possibly the clan based aroung Warwick and the West Midlands from which the cricketing brothers come. I would like to be able to fit you guys in. I know a Rose Bicknell living in Winchester but she is probably younger than your grandmum.

It will take a while to piece this together but I would love to make a start.

All the best, Marcus
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Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:36:00 +0100
The Hendersons (Jenny Henderson)
From:The Hendersons <hendersonfamily@ukonline.co.uk>

Dear Marcus, 

I am descended from Elhanan Bicknell. I think you have been in touch with my mother Phillippa Hunter Johnston and her sister (my aunt) Monica Bicknell Lightwood, daughters of Laurance Ray, son of Laura Bicknellperhaps Ive skipped a generation or two! There is some
connection with David Roberts too. 

Monica has a huge volume of photographs, inside and out, of Cavendish House on Clapham Common where Elhanan (or was Henry Sanford?) livedowards the end of the 19th century. As Im sure you know, Cavendish House was demolished, so this is a very valuable record. I arranged for
copies of the entire collection to be taken and lodged at the Mine Library in Lambeth or perhaps it was in the Lambeth Archives, but I also have copies of a few of the photos here, showing the pictures and a lovely marble bust of a pretty young woman in a veil (a most remarkable
work actually, because of the diaphanous quality of the veil inconceivable in stone, and yet there it is!) that are still in the family (all with Monica at her home in Berkshire) and some views of the house and garden. Are you interested? 

When I was a student, I lived for two years at a London University hall of residence on Clapham Common, only a hundred yards or so from where Cavendish House was; no doubt that is why Cavendish Road, now part of the South Circular is so called. 

Outside the public library on the north side of Clapham Common there is a piece of stone which was found in the garden of Cavendish House I forget exactly what it is and of what date, but definitely a Roman memorial stone of some sort. 

I wondered if you knew that there are Bicknells here in Coxley, near Wells in Somerset. Graham Bicknell is a farmer, about my age (50 ish), his father, Eric has sadly lost his mind and has been out of action for 12 years or so. I triedto interest them in your work a few years ago, so
perhaps they made contact. If not Ill try again, as I know them better now. Interestingly the local pronunciation of their name tends to be Binknell. I wonder if this has happened before elsewhere and has become fixed in writing, producing another variation on the name. 

I enjoyed exploring your website - do put a brief entry in the visitors book on my behalf if you like. 

Best wishes, 

Jenny Henderson, 
Coxley, 
Wells, 
Somerset BA5 1RD
and a reply from the editor
Dear Jenny
Thanks for the very interesting email (below). We have been in Norway for a week so please excuse the delay in replying.
No, I don't think I have been in touch with your mother and aunt because they were not on my family tree. I have added them, 
and you, and I attach a pdf print out of the complete tree of Henry Sanford Bicknell. I can provide you with this in print out form 
if you like, and the larger tree electronically. David Roberts the artist was Henry's father in law.
We are in touch with several others in Henry Sanford's line including (from left to right) 
* Frank Arthur Bicknell and his family, 
* your second cousin Nick Ray (architect in Cambridge), descended from Laura May Bicknell like you, and 
* Richard Holborow Stanton, (lawyer in London)
They are on copy so you have their emails. Which of them did you know about?
I would be very grateful for more information about individuals in your family, everyone from Laura down if you have them. 
Date and place of birth, date and place of marriage, full name and DOB of spouses and children please. It all helps build up
a picture when someone else contacts me in the future. The photos of Cavendish House are of interest and I would love to 
see copies of some of them. Can you or Monica scan and email some? It was Henry Sanford's house I think, as his father 
Elhanan lived in Herne Hill. There is a well know bust of Henry Sanford's stepmother Lucinda, with copies around, but your 
bust might be a different one. I do not remember seeing one with a veil.

The other Bicknells near you are also of great interest. There are at least five branches of the Bicknell family in Britain, 
of which four (Bridgwater, Farnham, Taunton and Woolavington) are recorded in depth on my family tree. The fifth is the 
Midlands branch, to which the cricketers Martin and Darren belong. But there are no proven links between any of the five 
branches yet, although I live in hope. I do not know of a Wells branch so I would assume Eric and Graham are Taunton 
Bicknells, as you are. Neither are recorded so I wonder if you know them well enough to get their family trees down in case 
they fit somewhere? Anyway, lovely to hear from you and I hope we can be in touch soon with some more detail.
Best regards

Marcus

Marcus Bicknell,Homefarm Orchard, Threehouseholds, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks HP8 4LP
marcus@bicknell.com
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Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:32:01 +0200
Steve Bicknell in Spain
email <stevieb@telefonica.net>

Hi there, i cant believe there are so many Bicknell's around!!! Found about the web page through skype and it's just amazing. Our
family, my mum and dad, Steven Bicknell (Snr.) and Linda, moved over here to Spain about twenty years ago, originally from Hemel Hempstead, Herts. Love to hear from anyone connected, tried through the Friends Reunited Family Tree option but didn't get very far. You nver know!

All the best, Steve. :)

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Monday, June 17, 2002 at 02:51:28
Brian Bicknell
Personal_DateOfBirth: 03.10.1971
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK
Contact_Email: rwars@nildram.co.uk
Comment: was just surfing , thought i'd search for my name.. wiull look in detail later....

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on Saturday, June 1, 2002 at 02:08:07
Alice Janet Bicknell
DateOfBirth: 4-13-27
Clare, Michigan, USA
Contact_Email: lfoss2@hotmail.com
Comment: I think it is great!  We have Phyllis Bicknell Carroll's updated work, which grew out of the 1902 Genealogy.

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May 14, 2002 at 17:15:09
Dennis N. Reed
born 10-8-1942
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
email: dreed8@juno.com
Contact_URL: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/r/e/e/Dennis-N-Reed/index.html
Comment: I found it to be very informative. I learned something of the origin of my mother's surname today. Thank you for having shared that information.

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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 12:37:13 +0100
Barry Rodwell
CORNWALL, UK
rodwellb@carlyonbay99.freeserve.co.uk
Bicknell advert of 1846 for sale details on request

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Sunday, March 31, 2002 at 19:50:37
Jenifer Ann Clarke   née Bicknell                 Bridgwater/Taunton, Somerset, England
Email: Jenny@clarketa51ba.freeserve.co.uk
Comment: I was delighted to find so much history on the Web Site relating to the BICKNELL faimily.  My surname was BICKNELL Before marriage and my family originate from WARWICKSHIRE.  I do hold some family history on the Warwickshire Bicknells.

Jenifer thanks. I think your email address got messed up by cyberspace. I would very much like to contact you to know more about your antecedants. Could you please email me directly at marcus@bicknell.com
Thanks, Marcus

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Sunday, March 24, 2002 at 03:14:14
Tracy Bicknell                                       Camp Springs, Maryland, USA
Email: Luv4eagles@aol.com
Comment: Very interesting!!

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Sunday, March 10, 2002 at 12:01:46
Ronald William Bicknell              Greens Norton, Northamptonshire, England
Email: ronald.bicknell2@btinternet.com
Comment: I have just found the site, and would like to add more to my family history. I have traced my lineage back to 1786 at Southam Warwickshire, and I am interested in confirming all data before 1851. I would also like to meet any local contacts. I would appreciate contact with any other Bicknells in England researching their family tree.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2001
Geoffrey Vincent Bicknell            Canberra, ACT, Australia
Email: geoff@mso.anu.edu.au                http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~geoff
Contact Description: Mainly links to my research and lecture notes
Comment: I haven't explored it a great deal yet. Previously I had been in touch with Derek Bicknell and had promised to help out with some research on our Australian family. I hope to do this in the new year.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2001
Linda Lou Blum                         Black Canyon City, Arizona, USA
e-Mail: dream6team@aol.com            http://mountainsideautotrans.com
Description: auto transport business within the USA
Comment: Very interesting and informative.
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Thursday, September 20, 2001 at 13:18:13
David James Bicknell   Exeter, Devon, England
djim@connectfree.co.uk
Comment: GREAT    Shall be revisiting to learn more
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Saturday, September 8, 2001 at 06:16:16
Elaine Kay & Jackie Lorraine Bicknell  Spokane, Washington, U.S.A.
grandmoomaw@aol.com
Comment: Very informative web site!  We are both married into the Bicknell family and want to learn more about our husbands' sorrid past!  (:
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Friday 6th July 2001
Jeanne Ray                            Location: Lima, Ohio, USA
Email: jayray@surge.net
Comment: I think the site is great.  My mother was a Bicknell and my cousin is doing that side of our history.  I found this site by a message on Genforum and am glad that I did.  I will be back to check out our roots.
Jeanne
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Monday, March 19, 2001 at 11:54:24
Christopher Gerardo Bicknell  Chalfont St Giles, Bucks, England
christopherb@ndirect.co.uk
Comment: It is reallllllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyy cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllllllllllll
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Saturday, March 17, 2001 at 19:46:34
Peter Hamish Bicknell            (Born)Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
pbick16131@aol.com
Comment:     Such detail! I only stumbled across the site by entering my name in a Google search.  Unfortunately, I know very little of my background. I was born in Portsmouth, Hants. on 21.7.36. My father was George Percival Bicknell (born in Portsmouth 1.02.1901). His older brother was Charles Bicknell (no details). They were the sons of Charles and Maria(?) Bicknell (no details), both of whom I believe to have died before I was born. I always understood that we had distant relatives in the Aldershot area, but never met them.
    For some inexplicable reason, I have always been closer to my mother's family. She was Phyllis Mary Sansom of Lytchett Minster in Dorset (born 11.02.1911).
    Forgive me for intruding. I imagine I must fit into the overall picture somewhere!
Kindest regards,
Peter "Hamish" Bicknell (currently in retirement in West Sussex)
PS: I shall return when I have more time!
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Tuesday, March 6, 2001 at 08:16:01
Peter Dale Bicknell                Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
peterb@mbmgroup.com.au
Comment: A lot happening. I was just filling in 5 min or so and stumbled on your page. I'll be back for a more thorough look when I have more time.
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Edd Sheridan                            London, United Kingdom
eddsheridan@aol.com
Sunday, March 4, 2001 at 22:07:28
Comment: I think its great.
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Wednesday, February 14, 2001 at 12:08:53
Brian Furness                            Alfreton, Derbyshire, UK
brian.furness@ntlworld.com        http://www.trafficator.net
Comment: Had I not found such an interesting web site I would now be publishing an ad for an Alvis...
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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 03:08:00 GMT
Derek Bicknell                         Location:  Aldershot, Hampshire, UK
WebSite: http://www.bicknell.net  del@bicknell.net
Comment: Thank you for all your support in building the Genealogy for the Bicknell Pages.
Your site and the Newsletters are a wonderful piece of work an much appreciated.
Warmest regards, Del.
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Updated 25th April 2005 - version 7 - MB


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