| Winsham Families |
| It was always intended that the people of Winsham should
have the opportunity to place the pictures and information about their
lives on the Web
Museum site, and this Gallery is our attempt to enable this to
happen. If you have family pictures that reflect you family's life in
Winsham, then please let us have them, with as much information as you
can. Information on how to contact us will be found on the Home Page.
Scroll down the page for the various families featured. |
The Courtney Family
References to the Courtney family abound in the Museum,
especially in
'The Winsham
I Remember' by W. H. Paull , wh
ere there is a wonderful account of
their influence on the social life of the village in the early decades
of the last century. They were a very musical
family. Below are some pictures taken in the early 1920s. They
lived at Church Farm and there were seven daughters.
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| The Hawker Family The Hawker family have lived in the village for many years, and Charlie lives in Western Way (2009). |
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| The Henley Family A good deal is known about the Henley Family, as they owned Leigh House from the beginning of the 17th Century until the early part of the last Century. Here are four members who are not well documented-does anybody have any information ? |
 Edward Charles Henley |
 Anthony Cornish Henley |
 Edward Francis Henley |
 Cornish Frederick Henley |
| The Phelp's Family-some information please |
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| Enos Rowsel -an account provided by Ian Rowsel, a great grandson of Enos. Enos Rowsel was born on the 22nd of
September 1844 to Sarah Rowsel nee Poor at Handlin, Thorncombe. Sarah
Poor and John Rowsel, born in 1809 in Broadwindsor, were married in
Broadwindsor on 21st May 1826. The census records their surname as
Rowsel. The birth certificate of Enos gives Rousell, Enos used both. The 1841 census records John and Sarah living at
Chalkway, Winsham. They had five children, Elizabeth, James, John, Sarah
and Eliza. In 1851 they were living on Ammerham Lane and Enos had been
born. In 1861, aged 16 he was working as an agricultural labourer and
living with his parents. Sometime after this he travelled north to
Misterton in Nottinghamshire. Here he was working as a brick layer. On
Christmas Day 1866 he married Hannah Moete , the daughter of the
landlord of the Canal Bridge Inn, Stockwith Basin! They went on to have ten children.
Enos became a successful local builder and died at the age of 93 in
1937. |
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 Left: Enos Rowsel taken about 1934 in Worksop Nottinghamshire. It could have been his 90th birthday. Above: Four generations of Rowsel's
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