Category: Persons – Surname beginning with H

Information about persons whose surnames begin with the letter H.

Chico Time

Monday 5th March 2012

Warminster’s very-own acoustic performer Chico Holton has been in touch with dannyhowell.net. With over 40 years of music making to his credit, going way back to the 1960s and his time in the Warminster group the Kingpins (remember them?), Chico is still very much part of the local scene, both performing and recording.

He says: “I really don’t do my covers act anymore. Too old I think, but I still continue to play folk and acoustic clubs where I perform the music I have written and hopefully, music I’ve yet to write.”

And Chico adds: “Since the beginning of this year I have been running, along with ace Bristol singer/songwriter/guitarist Hilary Pavey, the Bath Acoustic Club held monthly at the St. James Wine Vaults, St. James Square, Bath. BA1 2TW, on the first Wednesday of every month at 8.00 p.m.”


He is also organising a concert at the Athenaeum, Warminster on Saturday 6th October, as part of the Warminster Festival 2012.

And Chico shares his musical likes and influences by presenting his long-running show on WCR every Monday night 8 – 11 p.m. It’s called The Roots & Roll Show. He says “Check it out sometime.”

And if all that is not enough and you really want to go into Chico overdrive, see his other work as a much-admired artist (pen and ink prints), as well as the chance to listen to his music, on his websites:

www.chicoholton.com (you can hear snippets of most of the songs that he has written on the Discography page) and

www.myspace.com/chicoholton (where you can check out eight songs in their entirety). Chico informs us that his My Space home-page lists five songs, and below that, if you click on the line that says “See All Featured” a total of eight songs will show. Chico says: “There are a couple of videos of me playing songs while I’m sat on my fireplace at home, on there as well.”

The Hailstone Family

Monday 4th January 2010

In The Illustrated Warminster And District Miscellany, published by Bedeguar Books in 1996, Danny Howell featured an article on Captain Arthur Austin Taylor who lived at Berry Villa, West Street, Warminster. Captain Taylor was the husband of Mary Louisa Taylor, nee Hailstone.

Danny Howell has received a letter from Susan Forester of Eugene, Oregon, USA, in which she writes:

Dear Mr Howell,
I was visiting my parents in Crockerton recently and had a conversation with a friend there who knew the current owner of Berry Villa in Warminster. The reason for my interest is that my great grandfather Captain A. Taylor lived there at one time. I was introduced to the new owner and was able to visit the house. As a child of seven I remember grandpa very clearly. My grandmother and my mother were born there. Much of our family history involved Berry Villa. Janet House brought the article that you wrote on Capt. Taylor which I copied and have now. My mother is still living in Crockerton, aged 91. Her mother was Millicent Taylor Steadman.

I enjoyed your article very much, giving such a sense of history. If there are other sources of information that I could follow that you know about, I would be very interested in following up.

Not sure where the Hailstone side of the family came from.

Anyway you certainly do good work.

I live in Oregon; weather and some of the countryside much like England. Ivy and blackberries running amuk also!

Best wishes for the Christmas season.
Susan Forester.”

Danny Howell has replied:

Dear Susan,
Thank you for your letter dated 18 December 2009, received today (4 January 2010). What a pleasant surprise! I am glad you were able to get a copy of my notes on your great grandfather Captain A. Taylor and his home Berry Villa at West Street, Warminster. It’s wonderful to hear that you are a living connection with it. You say in your letter that you are not sure where the Hailstone side of your ancestry came from. I enclose some notes which should give you something of an introduction to them. Here goes:

The birth of Arthur Austin Taylor was registered at Chippenham, Wiltshire, during the quarter April May June 1869.

The marriage of Arthur Austin Taylor to Mary Louisa Hailstone was registered during the quarter April May June 1890 at Devizes.

Mary Louisa Hailstone was the daughter of Issachar Hailstone. (sometimes spelt Isachar or Isschae).

The 1841 Census for Woodborough, Wiltshire, includes:

Honey Street Wharf, Woodborough
Job Hailstone, aged 35, agent, born in Wiltshire.
Dinah Hailstone, aged 35, born in Wiltshire.
John Hailstone, aged 15, sawyer, born in Wiltshire.
Cornelius or Comelius Hailstone, aged 12, born in Wiltshire.
Matthew Hailstone, aged 7, born in Wiltshire.
Isschae Hailstone, aged 5, born in Wiltshire.
Henry Hailstone, aged 3. born in Wiltshire.
Elizabeth Hailstone, aged 18 months, born in Wiltshire.

The death of Job Hailstone was registered during the quarter January February March 1848, in the Pewsey district, Wiltshire. (aged about 42).

His death left his widow and 7 year old daughter in difficult circumstances, according to the 1851 Census.

The 1851 Census shows the Hailstone family living at Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire:

Dinah Hailstone, head of the household, widow, aged 48, pauper, born at Seend, Wiltshire.
Matthew Hailstone, son, unmarried, aged 17, agricultural labourer, born Woodborough, Wiltshire.
Isachar Hailstone, son, aged 15, cooper’s apprentice, born Woodborough, Wiltshire.
Henry Hailstone, son, aged 12, born Woodborough, Wiltshire.
Martha Hailstone, daughter, aged 7, pauper, born Woodborough, Wiltshire..

The 1861 Census for Stanton St. Bernard includes:

Dinah Hailstone, head of the household, aged 64, widow, born Seend, Wiltshire.
Miriam Hailstone, granddaughter, aged 6, scholar, born Stanton St. Bernard.

The marriage of Issachar Hailstone to Martha Harvey was registered during the quarter October November December 1869 in the Devizes district, Wiltshire.

The 1871 Census for Stanton St. Bernard includes:

No.12 Stanton St. Bernard
Issachar Hailstone, head of the household, aged 34, cooper, born Woodborough, Wiltshire.
Martha Hailstone, wife, aged 31, born Stanton, Wiltshire.

The 1881 Census for Devizes, Wiltshire, includes:

29 Nursery.
Issachar Hailstone, head of the household, aged 44, cooper, born Woodborough, Wiltshire.
Martha Hailstone, wife, aged 41, born Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire.
Martha Louisa Hailstone, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire.
Alfred Hailstone, son, aged 7, scholar, born Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire.
Alice Rose Hailstone, daughter, aged 4, scholar, born Devizes, Wiltshire.

The 1891 Census for Devizes, Wiltshire, includes:

35 & 36 Butts (Crown Grocery Stores)
Issachar Hailstone, head of the household, aged 55, cooper, employed, born Woodborough, Wiltshire.
Martha Hailstone, wife, aged 52, born Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire.
Alfred Hailstone, son, single, aged 17, grocer’s assistant, employed, born Stanton, Wiltshire.
Alice Rose Hailstone, daughter, aged 15, domestic servant/cook, born Devizes, Wiltshire.

The death of Issachar Hailstone was registered during the quarter January February March 1892, at Devizes, Wiltshire. He was aged 53.

Issachar’s widow Martha Hailstone went to live with her son-in-law Frank Hudd and daughter Alice Rose, in Bradford On Avon. The Hudds had previously been in the Channel Islands circa 1899 (probably due to Frank Hudd’s military occupation).

The marriage of Frank Hudd to Alice Rose Hailstone was registered during the quarter April May June 1897 in the Portsea district of Hampshire. (Portsea – another military posting).

The 1901 Census for Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire, includes:

71 Whitehill, Bradford On Avon (occupying 4 rooms of 1 house)
Frank Hudd, head of the household, aged 39, married, Col.Sgt. Army Instructor Wilts, worker, born Bradford On Avon.
Alice R. Hudd, wife, aged 24, born Devizes, Wiltshire.
Alice L. Hudd, daughter, aged 2, born Alderney, Channel Islands.
Frank S.A. Hailstone, son, aged 1, born Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire.
Martha Hailstone, mother-in-law, widow, aged 62, born Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire.

The 1891 Census for Devizes includes:

Le Marchant Barracks
Arthur A Taylor, head of the household, married, aged 24, Colour Sergeant Wilts Regiment, born Chippenham, Wiltshire.
Mary L Taylor, wife, aged 19, born Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire.

The 1901 Census for Sutton Veny (Crockerton) includes:

Crockerton
Arthur Austin Taylor, head of the household, married, aged 31, Army Colour Sergeant Infantry, born Chippenham, Wiltshire.
Mary L. Taylor, wife, married, aged 29, born Devizes, Wiltshire.
Millicent M. Taylor, daughter, aged 9, born Devizes, Wiltshire.
Arthur A. Taylor, son, aged 8, born in Ireland.
Harold H. Taylor, son, aged 6, born Aldershot, Hampshire.
Emily E. Taylor, daughter, aged 5, born Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Stanley S. Taylor, son, aged 2, born Guernsey, Channel Islands.
Winifred W. Taylor, daughter, aged 9 months, born Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire.

I hope this information gives you an insight into the Hailstone background. Should you require further info, I am always happy to help where possible. For now, I will wish you and your family a happy New Year. Do keep in touch. Best wishes, Danny Howell.

Unclaimed Estate Of Michael Edwin Hosey

July 2009

Michael Edwin Hosey, died in Warminster, on 30th June 2009. His estate, as yet, remains unclaimed.

Michael Edwin Hosey.
Reference Number: BV2097914/1.
Date of Birth: 29/06/1937.
Place of Birth: Warminster, Wiltshire.
Date of Death: 30th June 2009.
Place of Death: Warminster, Wiltshire.
Marital status: bachelor.

www.unclaimedestates.com/estates/michael-edwin-hosey-822839

No One Ever Knew What “Fish” Did

Friday 22nd February 2008

Craig Hill

Craig Allan Hill, or “Fish” as he was popularly known to many, was born in 1973, to parents Allan and Jackie. He attended St. John’s School and Kingdown School, Warminster. He went to school and came home from school, but what exactly he did no one ever knew! His whole life seemed to revolve around roaming in Norridge Woods, shooting, or sitting on the banks of Shearwater.

On leaving school he went to college, to pursue his love of game keeping, but found this wasn’t his chosen career after all. He tried several different jobs before announcing that he was going to become a “rigger’ in the Royal Air Force.

His life in the Air Force proved to be an amazing experience for him. He travelled the world, spending time in Cyprus, the Falklands, Gibraltar, Iraq, Antarctica, and a final posting to RAF Leeming for time in the “office’.

Craig settled into the RAF way of life very easily; playing rugby, touring South Africa, which led him to do the biggest bungee jump in the world, as well as coming face to face with cheetahs. The RAF even had a fishing team, which allowed him to pursue his love of fishing. As a member of the team he was able to fish different banks around the country, taking part in competitions against the Army.

His all-time passion was clay-pigeon shooting, and he was a member of the RAF clay-pigeon shooting team, representing the RAF around the world. He was due to receive his colours for shooting, in May 2008.

The RAF even taught Craig to iron! And he used to say his main reason for joining the RAF was so that he “never had to eat sprouts or apple pie again”!

Although he had a busy life in the RAF, Craig was still, very much, a home boy. He regularly came home to Warminster from RAF Leeming on a Friday evening, to catch up with family and friends for a drink or two, a little fishing and shooting, and then went back to work late Sunday night.

His other passion was his two nieces, whom he absolutely adored and with whom he spent as much time as possible.

In the latter part of 2006 Craig met Sarah Davis and they set up home together at West Street, Warminster. Sarah was a rock to him and stood by his side ever step of the way through his fight against cancer.

Craig died on 14 February 2008, one year to the day from the diagnosis of cancer. He was 34. Throughout his battle against the cancer he amazed everyone with the way he just carried on with his life, even attending clay-pigeon shooting competitions. He would organise his treatment for early in the day so that he could attend the final round of competitions.

Craig was given a full military funeral at the Parish Church of St. Denys, The Minster, Warminster, on Friday 22 February 2008. The church was full to capacity with his family, friends, and RAF colleagues.

When Little Liz Shut Up Shop After 20 Years Trading At Boreham

First published in Warminster Wylye Valley And District Recorder, December 2007:

Many Recorder readers will remember Hibbs’ Antiques, at 166 Boreham Road, Warminster – a well known business which occupied the premises for 20 years and was run for 17 of those years by husband and wife team Norman and Elizabeth Hibbs, from Heytesbury. Norman died on 28th December 1994, and Liz continued trading at Boreham for another 2½ years before deciding to call it a day. It was in May 1997 that Elizabeth Hibbs announced that she would be closing the shop two months later, in July, so Danny Howell, ever keen to record some local history, went along with his camera and cassette-recorder, to capture on photographs and audio tape, the final throws of two decades of trading at Boreham. This is what he wrote:

Liz Hibbs may be lacking in height, but her good-natured and likeable manner is ‘head and shoulders’ above lots of people, and when I called at the antiques shop at Boreham I wasn’t the least bit surprised to find her welcoming and friendly. In fact, that’s how I’ve always known her to be. She didn’t mind answering my questions and she seemed keen to tell all about the shop and some of the things that had happened along the way. She began with her recollections of the early days.

“Norman and I moved into the shop in June 1977. It had previously been Mr. Boscawen’s grocery shop and we took out a lease with him,” said Liz. “Prior to taking the shop, Norman and I used to have a stall at various antiques markets, including Bristol, Henstridge, Salisbury, Bournemouth and Frome. We had got interested in old things.”

“Before we went into antiques Norman ran his own building business, based at Heytesbury, and I was a housewife. I was into self-sufficiency, keeping goats, geese, chickens, rabbits, and ducks and I did gardening. We grew a lot of vegetables. This was at Coombe Castle, Heytesbury, where I still live now (1997). We did the antiques markets for four or five years before taking the shop.”

Had the shop been worthwhile? “It’s been successful, or we wouldn’t be here now,” said Liz. “The recession in the 1980s and the opening of the Warminster Bypass, in 1988, affected our trade, but we gained because we did a lot of restoring old pine. We didn’t know what would happen when the Bypass opened, it was a worry, but we survived.”

“A feature about antique shops in the Sunday Observer noted that ours was the shop ‘where you can get the bizarre and the unusual.’ The most unusual thing we sold here was a stuffed goat. I bought it on a Saturday, sold it to a Bath antiques dealer on the Monday, and he sold it again at Bath Market on the Wednesday. Norman used to say that he could sell anything to anyone. Once, when two Dutch cyclists stopped at the shop, Norman thought he could sell them a chest of drawers. How they would take their purchase away didn’t come into it. As it happened, Norman sold them an ancient wheelchair, which he took to the Railway Station for them and put on a train for the first part of the journey back to Holland.”

“A famous customer we had was Johnny Cash. One Friday, a big camper wagon pulled up outside the shop. Two Americans got out and had a look at some guns we had in the window. They came in and went out again. And then, Johnny Cash and his wife June Carter came into the shop. They were all together. They were doing a tour of Britain, doing concerts. They spent just over £360. They bought a Chinese water clock and some pictures. Johnny Cash was dressed all in black and he was just very ordinary. There was nothing different about him.”

“The down side of the shop has been three or four burglaries, during one of which we had a thousand pounds worth of jewellery taken. And we had an arson attack once. We think that was Animal Rights people, because we had some stuffed animals in cases, and someone had been in the shop not long before and made some threats because we had them.”

“Liz, however, is an animal lover, hence her involvement with smallholding before she got the buzz for antiques. And she once acquired two live cats during a house clearance, who both became members of the Hibbs’ household.

One day, at the shop, in 1979, Liz didn’t feel well. Unbeknown to her, she was suffering a brain haemorrhage. Luckily, Phyl Butler, landlady at the nearby Yew Tree, passed by and noticed her collapsed on the floor. Phyl called the emergency services and Liz soon received medical attention. She made a complete recovery. “I owe Phyl my life,” said Liz. “If it wasn’t for her I probably wouldn’t be here today.”

And was there anything particular that Liz was fond of out of the antiques the business had seen? She quickly replied: “My speciality has always been Victorian china, but I also collect old postcards of Warminster and Heytesbury. I have several hundred cards.”

After telling me that she would be closing the shop door for the last time on 31st July 1997, Liz paid tribute to Mike and Jean Ogden, at nearby Boreham Post Office. She said: “They’ve been good friends and a great support, looking after the shop when I’ve had to go away.”

Coincidentally, Mike and Joan bade farewell to the Post Office the day before Liz shut up shop. The Ogdens are headed off for a happy retirement in Westbourne, Bournemouth.

Had Liz any regrets about her decision to shut up shop? She said: “I shall miss the people. You never knew who was going to walk in through the door. I’ve met lots of friends. We’ve had regulars who have come in time and time again.”

And the future? Liz concluded: “I hope in the future to do bed and breakfast and I still might do the odd antique fair. I can’t leave it alone. I can’t stop looking for things. There are always things to look for. That’s the fun of it. Old things are very interesting.”

The antiques shop did, indeed, close on 31st July 1997, and a week later Liz made her appreciation known with an advert in the Warminster Journal. It read: “THANKS. I would like to thank all the people of Warminster and district for their custom and support over the last 20 years, for my antique shop at 166 Boreham Road. I would especially like to mention my dear friend Phyl Butler for her kindness to me, we have shared many, happy, sad, tragic and funny moments. She is a really great lady. Thanks also to Angie, Steve, Kath, Vic, Ginny, Jenny and Chloe for the surprise champagne and strawberrys on Wednesday afternoon, and to all my friends for their gifts, cards and best wishes. Yours sincerely, ELIZABETH HIBBS.”

BUSINESS HOURS
Open most days about 9 or 10
Occasionally as early as 7, but some days
as late as 12 or 1.
We close about 5.30 or 6
Occasionally about 4 or 5, but
Sometimes as late 11 or 12.
Some days or afternoons, we
Aren’t here at all and lately
I’ve been here just about all the time,
Except when I’m some place else.
But I should be here then, too.

The wording above is stated on a handwritten notice on a sheet of white paper, which could be seen in the window to the left of the door of the antiques shop at 166 Boreham Road, Warminster, during the early part of 1997. In June 1997 another handwritten line was added to the above, which read ‘Dulce est desipere in loco.’ Translated this means: “It is pleasant to unbend and play the fool now and then.”

The Death Of Steven Hanney

Saturday 17th September 2005

Steven Roy Hanney.
Steven Roy Hanney, of Wotton under Edge, formerly of Frome, passed peacefully away on September 13, 2005, aged 49 after a brave fight. Much loved Husband of Barb, Father of Paul, Robert, Leila and Adam and Brother to Jane. Funeral service at St. Mary’s Parish Church, Wotton under Edge on Wednesday, September 21 at 11 a.m., followed by interment at Wotton Cemetery. Family flowers only please, donations if desired may be sent for Weymouth Lifeboat c/o Grimes and Goscombe Funeral Services, Chipping Manor, The Chipping, Wotton under Edge, GL12 7AD.

Warminster Man Died From An Overdose Of Painkillers And Anti-Depressants

From the Wiltshire Gazette & Herald, 29th December 2000:

Lonely Man Committed Suicide
An inquest heard how Warminster man Martin Gidman took his own life when “pain and inner loneliness” became too much for him to bear.

Mr Hidman, 46, was found on the kitchen floor of his Silver Street home after he failed to turn up at a nearby antiques shop where he worked.

Wiltshire coroner David Masters was told at the inquest in Salisbury on Friday, December 22, that he died from an overdose of painkillers and anti-depressants.

Antique dealer Paul Tanswell said he had known Mr Hidman for about 15 years and described him as a popular man who was charming and witty.

He said he had been diagnosed with pancreatitis, for which he was prescribed strong painkillers.

The inquest heard Mr Gidman worked hard for charitable organisations, but that was taking its toll on him.

“His life was a good one and he had a lot of friends who cared for him,” said Mr Tanswell.

The coroner said that a note was found near Mr Hidman “which sadly is a clear indication of what was to come to pass”.

He recorded a verdict that Mr Hidman killed himself.

John W. Hall – Pioneer Of The Tariff Reform Movement In The West Of England

John W. Hall, born 14th June 1830, was a native of Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School and came to Warminster in 1858. He married Sarah Harris, the eldest daughter of Thomas Harris, a well-known Warminster man who had business connections with Bristol.

Mr. Hall immediately went into partnership with a Mr. Thomas Hazell Reynolds, manufacturing horse nails and dealing in wholesale ironmongery goods. Hall took sole control of the business in 1860, trading in Warminster at Back Street (since renamed Emwell Street) and later in the Market Place. He began to manufacture paint and varnishes with great success, and John Hall & Co.’s Wiltshire White Lead And Paint Works, at Weymouth Street, Warminster, which were built in 1876, became one of the largest industrial concerns in the town by 1900.

John Hall had a marvellous intellect and often set his friends mathematical posers, the answers to which he had worked out mentally himself. He often set his teasers in the local newspapers.

John Hall became well-known as the pioneer of the Tariff Reform Movement in the West of England (in which he was assisted by the Warminster-based agricultural engineer John Wallis Titt). John Hall’s first public advocacy of the cause in Warminster was at a meeting of the Young Men’s Debating Society at the Common Close Lecture Hall.

In 1886 he founded the Warminster And District Fair Trade League and played a leading part in establishing the head office in London of the National Fair Trade League. He wrote many letters to the press on the subject of fair trade and tariff reforms, and was a regular contributor to The Morning Post, The Daily Express, and The Sheffield Daily Telegraph. He published many pamphlets, the two best known being The Curse Of Cobden and Free Food Dumpers And Their Victims. His last public speaking engagement was in August 1908 at an open-air entertainment at Heytesbury Park, about three miles east of Warminster, in connection with the Women’s Tariff Reform League.

John Hall suffered for years with bronchitis, but was taken seriously ill with heart trouble on Easter Day 1909. He died, within weeks of his 80th birthday, at his home, Town Hall House, at High Street, Warminster, on the evening of Wednesday 26th May 1909. His funeral was held at the Parish Church of St Denys, the Minster, Warminster, on the following Saturday afternoon.

John Hall’s wife, Sarah, predeceased him in 1888. The couple had seven children

John Hall had been a founder member of the Longleat Lodge of Freemasons. He was also a Primo of the Royal Ancient Order of Buffaloes in Warminster and was an honorary member of the Ark Lodge of Oddfellows and the Jubilee Lodge of Shepherds. He had also served as a vice-president of the Ratepayers’ Association.

A memorial fund for John Hall was set up by the Warminster Tariff Reform League but the Warminster Urban District Council found it difficult to decide how and where to commemorate the lifework of Mr Hall. Proposals included the erection of a column in the centre of the High Street, outside Hall’s former home; a plaque on his house; or a clock attached to the Obelisk at the western end of Silver Street, Warminster. The delay caused by the lengthy debates of Council members, some of whom were not in accord with Mr Hall’s ideals, proved too much for some of the subscribers and the organisers of the fund. Mr Hall’s family finally requested in July 1911 that a clock and plaque be erected on the Conservative Club building at Silver Street, Warminster. This was done, and the clock and two plaques were officially unveiled on 31st May 1913 by the Rt. Hon. Walter Long, M.P.

The building housing the Conservative Club, which was situated opposite the entrance to Ash Walk, had previously been a pub called the New Inn (and had been known as the Admiral Vernon before that). It is currently [up until 2009] used by Obelisk Antiques. When the Conservative Club moved to Church Street, Warminster, in 1930, the clock and the two accompanying commemorative plaques, which each measure about one foot high by two feet wide, were also transferred.

The top plaque reads:

“This memorial was unveiled by the Rt. Hon. Walter H. Long, M.P., and presented on behalf of the Memorial Fund subscribers by the Warminster Tariff Reform League to the Conservative Club, Warminster.”

The other plaque reads:

“This clock is erected as memorial of the life work of John W. Hall of this town. Born 1830. Died 1909. He was the pioneer of the Tariff Reform movement in the West of England and he also played a leading part in its advocacy throughout the country consistently supporting it for nearly half a century. It is also a mark of the admiration & respect in which his memory is held by his numerous friends & fellow workers throughout the Empire. A.D. 1913.”

The Conservative Club moved again, in October 1968, to Prestbury House, at Boreham Road, Warminster, but the clock and the plaques remained in situ at Church Street.

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