South Oxfordshire Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong Type Surname First name Information Parish Date BUR ALLEN Dennis Infant traveller Bix 12/12/1781 BUR AMMON William A poor traveller Cuxham 19/6/1727 BUR ANDROS Mary A traveller Watlington 6/12/1673 BUR ARCHER Ann Selina (1 ½) of Longcot Died in a tent at Caversham Caversham 1856 BUR ARWYN David A Scotch pedlar Watlington 4/1/1717 BUR BAILY Elizabeth A stranger Caversham 12/10/1692 BUR BAKER Gustavus Fills s/o Martha a traveller Cuxham 10/9/1783 Brightwell BUR BAKER ------------ A widow a poor wandering woman 16/12/1642 Baldwin BUR BARNES Elizabeth A widow a stranger Bix 2/5/1662 BUR BATEMAN John A traveller Shiplake 22/2/1792 BUR BAYLISS Hester d/o Edmond a stranger Swyncomb 7/2/1684 BUR BEKTY Thomas Travelling Scotsman Nuffield 20/11/1749 BUR BELL Joseph vagrant Bix 31/10/1748 BUR BELLSON Ayme A stranger Sonning 22/12/1671 BUR BERRY Jonathan Journeyman shoemaker Watlington 12/11/1726 BUR BLACKMAN James Infant stranger Whitchurch 24/3/1770 BUR BLACKMAN Lucy (28) stranger consumption Whitchurch 3/4/1770 BUR BOSWELL Margaret A travelling woman Goring Heath 27/5/1748 BUR BOUCHER ------------- Infant s/o Martha, widow, a stranger and travelling woman Nuffield 13/10/1699 BUR BRADSHAW Sarah Child of a stranger Bix 21/4/1670 BUR BRIDE Marie A stranger Caversham 6/5/1664 BUR BRECKES John This Breckes was a tinker that dwelt, as he sayth, at Plymouth. Sonning 13/6/1608 BUR BROWN Robert A stranger from Gloucestershire, drowned in the Thames 9th September 1824, aged 20. Sonning 11/9/1824 BUR BROWNE John A traveller Sonning 9/3/1757 Brightwell BUR BROWNE ----------- s/o a tinker lying at Antony Spiers of Drues 19/8/1634 Baldwin BUR BUDDS William s/o travelling people Whitchurch 21/5/1683 BUR BUNCE William A stranger Sonning 1/4/1748 BUR BURLEY Mary traveller Watlington 12/2/1729 BUR BUTLER Mary A vagabond Sonning 23/9/1703 RTFHS South Oxfordshire Travellers Parish Register Collection Page 1 South Oxfordshire Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong Type Surname First name Information Parish Date BUR CARTER Charles (9 weeks) Great Brittle, Bucks Goring 13/12/1815 CARVELL or BUR Ann A traveller Watlington 25/2/1683 CATWALL BUR CHAPMAN Mary Traveller smallpox Bix 6/11/1772 BUR CLEE Mary (11 ) d/o Edward + Martha of Didlebury, Salop. consumption Bix 17/11/1810 BUR CLEMENTS Benjamin (40) died at the lodging house, Watlington. Buried by order of the Coroner. Watlington 23/7/1844 BUR COCKEY Benjamin s/o Walter Watlington 30/12/1693 BUR COCKEY John brasier Watlington 10/1/1694 BUR COCKEY Margery Wife of Walter, brasier Watlington 16/8/1698 BUR COLEMAN William (80) of Southampton Sonning 4/10/1828 BUR CONNEL Michael s/o a travelling woman Shiplake 4/3/1722 BUR CONNER Thomas An infant gypsy Bix 7/4/1780 BUR COOK Hannah A vagrant Whitchurch 8/5/1765 BUR COOKE Anne traveller Watlington 10/6/1701 BUR COOKE Sarah Wife of Thomas ragman Watlington 26/8/1727 BUR COOKE Susannah A traveller Watlington 13/6/1671 BUR COOKE William Snr ragman Watlington 7/10/1722 2 unnamed BUR COOKE Children of William ragman Watlington Feb.1716 children BUR CRIPS Thomas s/o Thomas + Mary travellers Nuffield 25/3/1777 BUR CRITCHFIELD Richard A traveller Sonning 8/10/1750 BUR CURTIS Elizabeth Pittman (15 ) Chineham, Hampshire Goring 11/6/1839 BUR DAVIS Mary d/o Daniel + Mary who said they came from Syseley, Gloster Harpsden 25/2/1776 BUR DEARLOVE George (65 ) Benson Died from exposure to cold in Nettlebed Wood Bix 9/2/1895 from Henley A journeyman shoemaker who was found dead in the New Road by Lady Rotherfield BUR DINGLE James 31/12/1793 Stapleton’s park gate. Greys BUR DORLOW Elizabeth (43) stranger Sonning 7/11/1826 BUR DRAPER Sukey d/o a gypsy Harpsden 27/6/1779 BUR DUTFIELD Fanny (18 months) d/o John + Ann higler Bix 18/8/1793 RTFHS South Oxfordshire Travellers Parish Register Collection Page 2 South Oxfordshire Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong Type Surname First name Information Parish Date EDWARDS BUR (alias Margaret A cripple brought from Middlesex before a Justice’s seal Nuffield 9/2/1676 WILLIAMS BUR ELLOT Margaret Infant traveller’s child (died 6th ) Brightwell Baldwin 7/8/1759 BUR FAULKNER John A stranger Harpsden 1662 BUR FISHER Ann A stranger Sonning 31/1/1730 BUR FLETCHER Richard A stranger born in Calls parish in the countie of Huntforth as it appeared in his passport Sonning 22/12/1611 BUR FLOWER Richard A stranger Bix 12/5/1669 BUR FORBES William Barber a stranger Goring 6/11/1737 BUR FORD Jeremiah traveller Watlington 11/5/1703 BUR FORD Jeremiah A tinker Warborow Watlington 12/8/1704 BUR FORDE Margaret wife of Jeremiah traveller Watlington 18/3/1701 FOSSET (or BUR James s/o the wandering br.man (broom man) Whitchurch 16/1/1652 POSSET) BUR FRERY Anne (7 weeks ) d/o a traveller Watlington 24/7/1828 BUR FRUIN George (56) He had lain rough in the last 7 years ,sleeping in barns. Brightwell Baldwin 09/10/1908 BUR FULLER James A poor traveller Watlington 2/8/1772 BUR GAITON Thomas A stranger Sonning 6/1/1756 BUR GOLDING Ann (48) of Tonbridge Wells Sonning 27/7/1827 BUR GOLDING Ann (74) of Tonbridge Wells Sonning 24/12/1828 BUR GOODY Mary A vagrant Whitchurch 29/4/1745 BUR GREY Alice (57) died at the lodging house Watlington 22/2/1865 BUR GREY Hoseph not parishioner Sonning 10/12/1812 BUR GREY John not parishioner Sonning 10/12/1812 BUR HAINS Robert s/o Robert chair. Watlington 12/7/1705 BUR HALE John stranger Watlington 13/1/1764 BUR HAMBLETON Rich. broom man Watlington 20/3/1723 BUR HAMMOND Samuel A vagrant Whitchurch 22/11/1728 BUR HARRIS Charles Watlington 27/6/1799 BUR HARRIS Eleanor A traveller Sonning 12/7/1737 BUR HARRIS Thomas A pauper who died as he was going through the parish by a Pass Bix 13/12/1786 RTFHS South Oxfordshire Travellers Parish Register Collection Page 3 South Oxfordshire Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong Type Surname First name Information Parish Date BUR HEIGATE Richard A boy of unknown parentage Rotherfield Peppard 19/6/1622 BUR HENES Walter A traveller Sonning 22/5/1732 BUR HERBERT Robert A traveller Sonning 14/5/1798 BUR HILL Mary (about 50) unknown Died at a lodging house, Watlington. Buried by order of the Coroner Watlington 5/9/1842 A stranger travelling from Windsor towards Tyso in the county of Warwick where he had BUR HITCHMAN John Bix 14/9/1658 formerly lived. Dyed and was buried. BUR HOLLIDAY John s/o John of Scarborough , near Beverley, Yorkshire Sonning 3/10/1785 BUR HOLLOWAY Thomas A stranger died at Bix Rotherfield Greys 20/4/1633 BUR HOLTON James traveller Caversham 30/5/1752 BUR HOLTON William traveller Caversham 30/5/1752 (about 35) Cookham Rise He was an unknown man, found dead near Grove Farm, but later BUR HOWARD George Brightwell Baldwin 16/07/1924 identified. BUR HUNT Jeremiah (13) Coventry, Warwickshire Goring 30/8/1821 BUR JACKSON Margaret A travelling woman Watlington 21/1/1726 BUR JOHNSON Joane A traveller Watlington 15/4/1689 BUR JONES Charles (28 weeks) s/o William + Mary cabinet maker inflammation of the lungs Bix 3/3/1793 BUR JONES William (10 months) s/o William + Mary cabinet maker inflammation of the bowels Bix 9/11/1794 BUR LAMB William A traveller Watlington 30/12/1744 BUR LAWRENCE Thomas A traveller found dead in the Hollow Way going up the hill to Whitchurch gate Whitchurch 3/11/1797 BUR LAWRENCE ------------- A very old man a wanderer Brightwell Baldwin 10/1/1650 BUR LEWES James A wandering man Brightwell Baldwin 7/8/1646 BUR LILLY Mary A stranger Whitchurch 28/2/1710 BUR LINKE John A poore man and travaylor Cuxham 21/1/1624 BUR LONGE Edward stranger Goring 21/10/1741 BUR MILLARD Joseph (48) a travelling man who said he came from Halifax, Nova Scotia Cuxham 4/5/1832 BUR MILLER James s/o James a traveller Watlington 18/12/1708 BUR MILLS Anne (32) a travelling pauper Watlington 23/8/1837 BUR MILTON Elizabeth A traveller Sonning 9/12/1631 BUR MOODY Rachel A stranger Goring 16/3/1719 BUR MOOREBY Thos A stranger Sonning 18/12/1670 BUR MORGAN Henry A traveller Sonning 8/6/1749 RTFHS South Oxfordshire Travellers Parish Register Collection Page 4 South Oxfordshire Traveller Burials Collected by Anne Armstrong Type Surname First name Information Parish Date BUR NASH Catherine A stranger’s child Sonning 25/7/1716 BUR NASH Elizabeth A vagrant’s child Watlington 15/2/1713 BUR NEALE ------------ A traveller Sonning 11/7/1766 BUR NICOLLS Joane A traveller Harpsden 8/10/1629 BUR NORRIS Elizabeth (about 70) vagrant Bottom Rd. (said to be of Eling, Hants) Rotherfield Greys 28/2/1831 BUR OWEN Jeremiah (60) vagrant found dead Rotherfield Greys 5/12/1822 BUR RANDALL John A passenger Sonning 29/1/1700 BUR REINARD Richard s/o Richard a travelling man Nuffield 25/1/1707 BUR REUBEN Edom Infant a gypsy’s child died 24th Brightwell Baldwin 26/3/1759 BUR RIGGS Thomas Labourer of Dene, Herefd. Coming here on a Pass Nuffield Aug. 1679 BUR ROBINS Jacob traveller Watlington 2/12/1720 BUR ROBINSON William Sojourner in this parish Watlington 21/7/1880 BUR ROSS John a person drowned Sonning 9/4/1775 BUR PARKER John s/o John brasier Watlington 27/12/1684 BUR PARKER Mary d/o John brasier Watlington 5/3/1685 BUR PARKER ----------- Goodwife a traveller Sonning 18/5/1702 BUR PARRE Francis A stranger’s child Whitchurch 4/7/1655 BUR PEAK Anne d/o William + Elizabeth travellers Whitchurch 10/1/1764 BUR PEARS George (37) a stranger Nettlebed 9/4/1848 BUR PENDLEBURY William A traveller Bix 3/10/1733 BUR PERRY Anne A stranger Sonning 14/7/1673 BUR PERRYN Abraham Sojourner with Thomas Lewindon Goring 20/1/1678 BUR PHILLIPES John A traveller from Ringwood in Hampshire Sonning 20/9/1610 BUR PHILLIPOE Sarah A vagrant Sonning 17/1/1650 BUR PICTIN William A traveller Rotherfield Greys 11/3/1631 BUR PIERCY Jane (74) a travelling pauper Watlington 9/2/1837 BUR PINK Robart A barge man Sonning 20/12/1744 BUR PIPPIN Tissiah A stranger’s child Sonning 1/7/1716 BUR PLANTANY William A traveller Bix 3/10/1733 BUR POOK John Unknown.