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My mother - Diane Wyles - has been researching and gather all types of interesting historical data regarding Duddington. Although not easy to find - there a number of old and telling pictures available if some effort is put into locating and acquiring them. Sometimes, the data derives from the private collection of individuals who lived in Duddington and subsequently contacted my mother for genealogical reason. There are plenty of local historians who swap information - a type of currency - to gain access to what we know. This system works because you never can tell exactly what it is that you have got! Although some of these pictures are not labelled - it is possible to identify which building amounts to what house, etc.
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Diane Wyles located the page featured below - some years ago before we had a website. It is a page from the Parish Records of "Thorpe Achurch" which is situated around 19-miles south of Duddington. We know that the Wyles was in Duddington at this time - and in other surrounding areas (such as Bourne - in 1301). Here, "Henrie Wyles" is recorded as being the "Son" (written "Sonne") of one "Robert Wyles" - during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. I believe that in this year - 1598 - there are Tax Returns recorded for the Wyles family of Duddington. The text reads: Marriages 1598 - Christinngs - Burials May 23rd Henrie Wyles the Sonne of Robert Wyles This is what the Parish Records of Duddington would look like if they existed for this time period. I have been told that the 1500s, 1600s, and early 1700s Parish Records for Duddington - once stored in the St Mary's Church - were destroyed during an extensive flooding incident involving the overflowing (nearby) River Welland. There are the Bishop's Transcripts, of course, (a copy of the Parish Records for the exclusive use of the Diocese) and I have been in communication with the Peterborough Diocese regarding this matter. However, I was forwarded an interesting link from the US which states that the Church of England, in 1966, once published the Duddington Bishop's Transcripts dating from 1604. This would suggest that somewhere this data is in the public domain. Why it would only be from 1604 is a mystery at this time. If we could find this information, then we would be able to fill-out our Duddington Family Tree - and perhaps shed some light on how long our family has been living in Duddington (the early 1500s is the current records we possess - but the family looks settled even then). It is interesting to note that "Births" are not included - and neither is the name of the mother. As spelling was not yet standardised in the 1500s - we have "Chirstinngs" istead of "Christenings".
Address: Jack's Cottage - 107 Stamford Road Easton On The Hill, Stamford, Northants, PE9 3NU, UK This cottage managed to accommodate two-adults, two-children (one of them a teen), and two dogs. The back garden is huge - particularly as it heads-on to a huge farming field full of crops (wheat, I think) - which is open to those who are staying in the area. Being from a superb of Greater London, we are use to living in flats, and not going anywhere that would violate another's privacy - so the open space and the fresh air was a welcomed break! Although there is a main-road (A43) running along the front of the cottage - we drove on it to get there - the rest of the place is comprised of a broad, open countrysude. When my family lives on a mission - they disgorge from the premises like Paratroopers jumping out an aeroplane! Everyone knows their place - and what they have to do! Diane Wyles (my mother) sponsoered this Field Research Trip - so we had to balance on-point academic enquiry with enjoying the holiday for what it was. Northants is a wonderful area to get away from the clutter of the city - and an individual soon gets used to the far more natural way of life. The reality of the situation is that only the well-off can afford to live in these areas all the time - with the likes of us just visiting from time to time providing we can earn and save the money. On the other hand, the correct deployment of the mind and body sets a good example for the developing children who are learning to balance fun with productivity! Duddington was a five-minute drive to the left, whilst the village of Easton-on-the-Hill was five-minute's drive to the right. King's Cliffe was fifteen-minute's to the left - whilst Stamford was thirty-minutes to the right, and so on! We we located very centrally to all the places we needed to visit - whilst being strategically placed to travel further afield (such as to Rockingham and Kilby) if the need arose. And travel we did! Kai-Lin played in the Duddington play area (Highfield) every single day - even on the way home! I loved walking around the isolated streets of Duddington (only 115 people own property in the area) photographing and filming. Even Ketton was only ten-minute's to the left - so we got to go to many important places. Of course, there is always more places to visit - and we already have a list (starting with Tixover) for when we next visit!
After photographing and filming the War Memorial in the centre of the village - dealt with elsewhere on this website - we drove up the hill to the Church. Remember that we are always looking for clues pertaining to the Wyles surname - but are willing to collect any and all supporting evidence that others might find useful for researching their surnames. Genealogy is a funny business - with data collected years ago containing no apparent or obvious meaning - suddenly becoming vitally important when one more "connecting" piece of information is added. In this regard, researching family history is similar to building a jigsaw - sometimes you cannot be sure what you have got! Like many of the so-called "villages" - Easton-on-the-Hill appears to be bigger than a village. I think that as these places are so spread-out - have acres of free space to move about in - these designations stiill hold. It seems to still be a village - even though it has the size and population of a town. Like a number of Churches in the area - the local people and Priest has taken time to record the details of all the graves in the Churchyard and publish this data in an indexed book. This is how we found "Alfred Norman Wyles" (1921-1962) buried in the yard - with Diane Wyles later discovering that he was born in Stamford (son of William Wyles). He joined the RAF during WWII - fought-in - and survived the "Battle of Britain"! Diane Wyles directed us to this place as a means to contextualise Daringold and perhaps find-out more details. Well, the stones were so worn that we could not read the older ones - and those that we could read - had nothing to do with the Crowe family. Furthermore, the St John the Baptist Church was locked shut and looked like it had not been open for a long time. Therefore, we could not gather any data from its interior. Bisbrook (sometimes spelt "Bysbrook") is situated seven-miles to the West of Duddington - not far from Uppingham. We visited on the way back from visiting Rockingham Castle on July 29th, 2025. This is the place that one "Daringold Crowe" (b. 1605) and her family originated. Daringold married Robert Wyles of Duddington on June 12, 1623 - when she was aged eighteen-years old. Daringold lived into her 63rd year - dying in 1668. Bisbrook is situated in the Oakley area - with a "Leicester" postcode. The village is small and picturesque. The Crowe family was certainly recorded as living in Bisbrook during the 1600s. As we could not find any visible graves - we will have to access the Parish Records for the village and see what is available. Whatever the case, Robert Crowe - the father of Daringold - had to provide a dowry for his daughter in her marriage to Robert Wyles - which consisted of a parcel of local land. Owning land was everything in those days and was a marker of status and social stability. Hopefully, if we visited Bisbrook again in the future, perhaps we can arrange for the Church to be open. Indeed, this was the only Church that was locked-shut. It is shame as the Church is old and beautiful! As matters stand, this visit was vitally important for the research into our family history. No stone must lay unturned, so-to-speak. Everything is useful and we must physically visit as many places as possible to add depth to this genealogical prefect. Every experience adds knowledge to the real life of the Wyles family and everyone who was associated with it. Somewhere in this graveyard - perhaps recorded in the above photographs - the Crowe family is buried. One day, we will find them! |
AuthorAdrian Chan-Wyles - Last Male Descendant of the 'Wyles' Family of Duddington! Archives
October 2025
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