Hounsell
Wills The History of the Hounsells
The Hounsell's that this web site refers to were originally Shipbuilders, Ropemakers and Stonemasons. Some family members believe they originated in the Cologne area of Germany, but we have not yet traced a connection. They were based around Bridport, Dorchester, Long Bredy, Broadwey and Weymouth etc., Dorset, England.
Database
of Hounsell records - Sue Greene and Maureen Bowler have created this and
have kindly allowed us all to share it. Thanks Sue and Maureen.
A
Possible Hounsell Murder (From The Times Newspaper)
More
reports from The Times Newspaper (Thanks to Sue Greene)
The
burial of Hardy's Heart (From unknown newspaper clipping)
Information
with Hounsell associations - The Bridport museum files
Feedback
Page (from forms submitted to the web site)- The
information people are sending in to the web site. (More can be found under
Interesting Snippets and Canadian Connections,)
Interesting
Snippets relating to Hounsells
Canadian
Hounsell Connections - Links with Canada and feedback
from the Web site
A
link to Fred Cooze's web site about The Hounsells of Newfoundland
Captain
Fred Hounsell - from the book "The Serpent's Coil" by Farley
Mowat, p. 90 .
Yet
More Hounsells - Can you fit them in anywhere?- Information
on Hounsells gleaned mostlly from other sources on the web.
Are these your Hounsells? - More information on Hounsells originally
sent in to Rootsweb message boards
My
Family Name Research by Reg Hounsell - How Reg began researching
the Hounsell family.
Some
information on Bridport - Including nformation about the
history of the rope making industry in Bridport.
A
link to a site with pictures of Churches in Dorset - This
will take you to an index and then to pictures of many of the Churches which
were used by our ancestors. For example, Long Bredy, Dorchester, Bridport etc.
A link to a site about Moments in the History of Dorset - Especially
interesting are the articles on Aliens (from abroad, not outer space) in Dorset
1525, and Prince Charles Flight from Worcester through Dorset in 1651. It is
possible that Hounsells had something to do with his escape to France.
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