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From: "John Henley" <>
Subject: Re: LONDON-D Digest V00 #710
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 10:30:57 +0100


Hi Philippa,
The Vicar of Swallowfield until 1981 was the Revd. T.J.W.Morgan, he is now
84, retired and living in Llanelli.
Hi successor from 1981-1993, The Revd. J.G.Sumner, is now leading a
community in Glastonbury.
The current incimbent of Swallowfield is at The Vicarage, Swallowfield
Street, Swallowfield, Reading, Berks.
In mitigation, I believe the original deal with CROs was meant to be that
the registers would go to the C.R.O. for safekeeping, *in exchange for a
copy for the parish to keep* - in practice this seems to have rarely, if
ever, happened.
HTH
Cheers

John Henley
researching
HENLEY, PARKER, PRENTICE, SECKER, RAPER, DURDEN
[London/Middx./Essex/Suffolk]
ROLFE, (O)RAFFERTY, EVANS, PARSONS, SYMONDS [Berks/Hants/Wilts]
HILL [Staffs/Cambs/Berks]

-----Original Message-----
From: Philippa Cooper <>Date: 27 April 2000
1:20Subject: Re: LONDON-D Digest V00 #710
>Things can get out of hand, I know. 18 years ago I left 6 pounds 50 pence
>with a vicar in Swallowfield (Bucks) with a promise from him that he would
>search the birth records of the Parish Records when they came back into his
>charge - there was a fairly valid reason as to why they were absent- and I
>am still waiting!! I was silly and didn't take his address so never
chased
>him for it. Goodness knows what it would be worth today. Write it off as
>experience I suppose, but what HE doesn't know is that I am coming back one
>day!!
>>Philippa, in idyllic autumnal Adelaide.>>---

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