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Facts and Events
For the full list of census entries for Sarah (1841-1881), see those of her husband William Painter.
<tpphoto><id>1319672</id></tpphoto>Arnold-Forster, (Mary), Bassett Down: An OldCountry House (Country Life, London, n.d.), illus., blue cloth
Notes for Sarah Cole:
There`s a lovely passage in an old book (Basset Down, A Country House, by
Mary Arnold Forster, published in 1950) which records an interview with John
Painter about his mother Sarah:
`He talked to me again about his old mother.
`A rare brave old soul she wur - bless her. Yuss, us lived in Hook, and her’
d walk oop t’yur farm to thâ ields at at Beech Copse; and udlie down wiâ I
in ditch till ‘twur daylight, and then her’d begin leasing. Her’d work all
day leasing t’carn, and cum whoam at night wi’a bushel o’carn. Her’d drag I
along on top of t’sack o’carn, on her tail(tail was the stuff skirt of a
working woman’s dress). I wur but a lil chap, and I’d fall asleep fur two
or three mile while her dragged I goin’whoam. It wur night afore us ud get
whoam. Three or four mile it wur t’walkdown to Hook, but her’d be oop afore
it wur light ... Two sacks o’carn she’d reckon to get in havest and it ud
keep us in wheaten bread through hte year.’
‘What did a gallon of the bread cost - was it about one and ten pence?’ I
asked. Yes, one and
eight pence to one and tenpence ‘twas according - That wur afore Jonas Clark
wur farmer there. It wur farmer Stratton wur there then. Robert Leighfield
(pronounced Livell) who lives up at Beech Copse now, he wur a lil chap
then - bout my size - he and his mother lived at
crossroads where you have a red postbox now. She’d make my mother a cupo’
tea sometimes an’ gi it to her when she come by... Yuss, he said at last, my
mother she wur jest about a brave
old soul. She wur eighty-eight when she died; I do believe sh’ve gone to
Heaven, if so be theer be such aplace ... for wummin.``
NOTE: t’sack o’carn = the sack of corn
1881_census: 1881 England Census 1881 England Census
Name: Sarah Painter
Age: 71
Estimated birth year: abt 1810
Relation: Wife
Spouse`s name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Ridgeway, Gloucestershire, England
Civil parish: Liddiard Tregooze
County/Island: Wiltshire
Country: England
Street address: Upper Hook
Condition asto marriage: Married
Education:
1881_census: Employment status:
Registration district: Cricklade
Sub-registration district: Wootton Bassett
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Sarah Painter 71
William Painter 76
1881_census:Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 2021; Folio: 69; Page: 4; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341488.
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