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THE HORT FAMILY
of
Gloucestershire &
Wiltshire England
The Hort Family Tree begins here with the 1st known
generation
OR you can choose a generation from the
HORT SITE
MAP / INDEX
My research has found my Hort Ancestors living in the
towns of Hawkesbury & Great Badminton, the villages of
Badminton and Little Badminton in Gloucestershire
England and the tiny village of Sopworth just over the
boarder into Wiltshire.
William Horte 1660
& Elizabeth
1st known generation of Hort
Birth: William Horte b.c.1660
Marriage: William married
Elizabeth (surname unknown) abt 1686 Hawkesbury
Gloucestershire. This Horte family lived
in Hawkesbury a civil parish in the district of Chipping
Sodbury Gloucestershire, four miles from Great
Badminton. There were no Hort's in Hawkesbury before
William but there were others in nearby villages. William
& Elizabeth had at least one child.
1. William Horte b.c.1687.
Chart : Seven
Generations of William & Elizabeth Hort Descendants
2nd Generation
 William Horte
1687
& Unknown wife
Born: William Horte bapt. 10 Aug 1687 at Hawkesbury Gls.
son of William & Elizabeth Horte. It is not known who William Jnr. married but
it is known he had a son:
Family of William & ? Horte
1. JOHN HORT born about 1703.
3nd Generation
John Horte 1703
& Mary Longdon
Born: John Horte/Hort bapt. 20 June 1703 at
Hawkesbury Gls. son of William [Mother not known]
Married: John married Mary
Longdon 27 Dec. 1727 at Hawkesbury.
Wife Born: Mary Longdon was the daughter of Will Longdon & Sarah Bayley
Family of John & Mary Horte
1. John
Hort 1737, Bapt 18 Jan 1737 Hawkesbury Gloucestershire England
2. Edward Hort
1740, Bapt. 25 Dec 1740 Hawkesbury Gloucestershire England
3. Sarah Hort 1748,
Bapt 15 May Hawkesbury Gloucestershire England
4. Mary Hort
1744, Bapt. 29 SEPT 1744 Hawkesbury Gloucestershire England
5. Samuel Hort
1746. Bapt 21 FEB 1746 Hawkesbury, Gloucester,
England
4rd Generation
John Hort 1737
& Mary Haynes
Born: John Hort
was baptised on the 18 January 1737 at Hawkesbury, the son of John and Mary Hort.
Marriage: On the 14th of October 1758 John married
Mary Haynes.
John and Mary
would have seen for themselves the explosion of the Industrial Revolution; first
waterpowered mills replaced the handlooms. Weavers who had earned a living by
weaving at home were put out of work and angrily marched against the mills,
intent on destroying them. However, they failed to stop the progress of the
emerging industrialization. Then the steam engine revolutionized the mills and
factories. The water-powered mills had difficulty keeping up, so industry began
centering around cities rather than country streams.
As people sought work in the villages by the
mills and factories, housing became scarce. As a result, small cottages were
divided to accommodate several families under very crowded conditions. Some
found shelter in people's attics and some even lived in cellars. The crowded
situation resulted in unsanitary conditions, causing the rise and spread of
epidemics and plagues. This may be the reason John Hort had moved from
Hawkesbury to the smaller village of Great Badminton in Gloucestershire in 1758. It is very possible John Hort was employed on the
Beaufort estate. I have found John and Mary having at least four children
all baptised in Great Badminton.
Family of John & Mary Hort
1. Alice Hort
baptised. 1759 Great Badminton, married John Fry
at Hawkesbury 1811.
2. Edward Hort
baptised Great Badminton 1760 - d.1838, married Francis
Brooks 1785.
3. Hannah Hort
baptised 6 April 1762 Great Badminton.
4. Mary Hort
baptised 22 July 1763 Great Badminton
5th Generation
Edward Hort 1760
& Frances Brooks
Born:
Edward Hort bapt. 12 Oct. 1760 at Great
Badminton Gls.
Married: Edward married Frances Brookes of Little Badminton on 18
July 1785 at Great Badminton.
Wife Born: Frances Brooks was born about 1761.
Death Edward died at Great Badminton, St Michael, on
15 January 1838
1841 census for Little Badminton Hawkesbury -Frances
Hort aged 75years head of the household, Independant living with Amelia her
unmarried daughter Amelia aged 45years
Death Frances on 20 July 1850.
Occupation: Edward was a Ag. labourer and like his father
and son John probably worked on the Beaufort Estate. This couple had a family of eight:
Family of Edward & Francis Hort
1. John Hort
bapt. 1786
2. Ann Hort bapt.
1788
3. Amelia
Hort bapt. 1791
1841 Census Amelia aged 45years living with her mother
Frances at Little badminton.
4. Samuel Hort
bapt. 1793
5. William Hort
bapt. 1795 Hawkesbury m.
Sarah ? born 1797 Hawkesbury per 1851 census Death probably 1854 Chipping
Sodbury;
1851 Census: William Hort aged 55yrs a farmer of 12
acres at Hawkesbury, his wife Sarah then aged 54yrs, their daughter Amelia
Pinnell 32yrs, son-inlaw Ezra Pinell a Tailor and their children William 5
& Harriette 3yrs.
1. Amelia Hort b. 1819 m. Ezra Pinnell b. 1814-d.1872
6. Edmund Hort
bapt. 1798
7. Thomas Hort
bapt. 1802
8. John Hort
born Hawkesbury Upton, bapt. 1805 married Ann Fry 1826
6th Generation
John Hort 1805
& Ann Fry
Born: John Hort born at Badminton according to the
1861 census, bapt. 21 July 1805 at Great Badminton,
the son of Edward and Francis Hort.
Marriage: He married Ann Fry at Hawkesbury on the 20th
March 1826.
Wife Born: Ann Fry was born at Badminton according to 1861
census, baptised in Great Badminton in 1805, the daughter of
Thomas Fry and Sarah.
Parents & Grandparents of Ann Hort nee Fry: No marriage
details were found for Thomas and Sarah
Fry. Thomas was born in 1782 in Alderly not far from Hawkesbury, his parents
were Thomas Fry and Ann Hecks who were married at Hawkesbury on the 28th
October 1781.
"Ragged Castle" Home of John & Ann Hort & Family from at
least 1841-1881
1841
UK Census for Hawkesbury : John and Ann Hort and five of their children were living
at "RAGGED CASTLE" Badminton. John and Ann both were aged 35years, Jemima l3years,
(our) Samuel l2years, Frances l0years, Thomas 8years and Sarah a two year
old. Ragged Castle was a lodge for estate workers on the Duke of Beaufort's
Badminton estate.
1851
UK Census for Hawkesbury : The Horts were still at
Ragged Castle, and John's occupation was given as
Surveyor of Roads.
(link to: Road surveyor information in these
times) Both John
and Ann's ages were noted as both being 45years. Children at home at this time
Thomas 17, Sarah Ann 11, William 4, Ann 1,
1861
UK Census for Hawkesbury and Upton : Still at Ragged Castle John aged
55yrs occupation Survey of Roads, Ann 55yrs, son William 16yrs, daughter Ann
11yrs.
1864 Bristol Times newspaper:
Badminton Farmer's Club Show. Held in the
Great Paddock of the Duke of Beaufort, August 1864.
The weather was fine, although
inclined to be rather stormy in the morning. The village was exceedingly thronged and traps bowled in
heavily laden from all parts of the surrounding country.
For the best half peck of white kidney potatoes
1st prize John HORT of Ragged Castle – 5/-
2nd prize William WITCHELL, Petty France – 2/6d
Best half peck of red kidney potatoes
1st George FARR of Acton Turville - 5/-
2nd Alfred WHITING, Badminton - 2/6d
Six best parsnips
1st George STRATFORD, Hinnegar Lodge -10/-
2nd Thomas TOGHILL, Holly Bush - 5/-
3rd William LONG, Badminton - 2/6d
Best basket of vegetables, 6 sorts only
1st William WALKER, Badminton -15/-,
2nd George STRATFORD, Hinnegar Lodge - 10/-
3rd Robert TOGHILL, Badminton - 5/-
Robert Toghill also took 1st prize of 7/6d for best collection of
flowers in pots suitable for a cottager’s window, 3 different kinds,
general..
Mr Samuel Toghill of Sopworth came 2nd in Best two year old colt or
filly for agricultural purposes – winning a piece of plate worth £2 10/-.
Best pen of 8 long-woolled, four tooth ewes having each produced and
reared a lamb in the present year
1st Mr Francis FRANKCOM, Little Badminton - £3
2nd Mr Henry ARNOLD, Tormarton - £1 10/-
For the best sow above 12 months old
1st Mr James GOULTER, Acton Turville - £2,
2nd Mr Theophilus GOULTER, Acton Turville - £1
But for the best boar above 3 and under 12 months old the Goulters’
positions were reversed.
These two also did well in the thick cheese but for thin cheese Mr John
Cornock of Hillesley came 1st and Mr Theophilus Goulter was 2nd
Lad above 16 and under 18 years of age who shall plough half an acre in
the best and most workmanlike manner
1st prize Edward PERKS, Hornsby’s plough - £1,
2nd Henry THORNBURY, Howard’s plough - 12/6d,
3rd Frederick MILSOM, Young’s plough - 7/6d.
Boy under 16 years of age who shall plough as above
1st Frederick HICKS , Hayne’s plough - £2,
2nd Henry MILSOM, Young’s plough - £1,
3rd William VINES, Hornsby’s plough -10/-
Interestingly the Duke of Beaufort won 1st prize for the best selection
(12 specimens) of mangold wurzell, Swedes and common turnips! Prize of
£3. 2nd was Mr William BEARD of the Warren Farm, Tormarton, £1 and
commended was Mr Joseph BENNETT of New House Farm, Tormarton – no prize
money for him.
Mr George LIMBRICK of Horton was one of the judges - he judged the root
veg section as above, as well as cart horses and sheep.
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1871
UK Census for Hawkesbury : John and
Ann Hort and their youngest daughter Ann were still living at Ragged Castle
the address
given as 189 Sopworth Road Badminton.
1881
UK Census for Hawkesbury : Ann Snr. had passed away prior to this
census and John Hort was noted as retired surveyor and a widower aged 77years
still living at Ragged Castle with his spinster daughter Sarah, who's age was
given as 42years. Their neighbors at the 1881 census were given as the Cook
family living at Folly Farm and the Newman family living at Swan Grove.
Death of Ann Hort: March qtr. 1872 aged
66yrs.
Death of John Hort: March qtr. 1883 aged 78yrs.
Ragged Castle
:
Duke of Beaufort's Badminton Estate
Home of the Hort Family
The Hort family lived here at Ragged Castle from
about 1834-
1881.
I am very grateful to Roy Beckett from
Sopworth Wiltshire for locating this beautiful old photo
of Ragged Castle. Roy and his family visited the ruins of Ragged Castle in 2003 especially to
photograph it for me to include in the Hort book..
John Hort was most probably employed by the Duke of Beaufort as a
surveyor on the Badminton Estate.
Family of John & Ann Hort
Between the years 1826 and 1850 John and Ann Hort had at
least eight children.
1. Jemima Hort
was a l3year old at the time of
the 1841 census. On the 1851 census she was 22years, a nurse and living at
Clifton in Bristol, with a well to do the Jebbs, Charles Jebb was listed as a
Fund Holder his wife Eliza & their four children as well as another nurse
Prescilla Prankhurst, butler William Curry, coachman William Probert, ladys maid
Sarah Morgan, cook Josephine Wood, and housemaid Ann Burbridge.1861 Census seems
Jemima may have married a William Hort also born at Badminton Gls.
*My Great Great Grandfather Samuel came
to Australia in 1853
2. Samuel Hort (my direct ancestor) was
baptised on the 14th March 1830. His parents were then living at
Little Badminton. Samuel was living with his parents at Ragged Castle in 1841.
He is not mentioned on the 1851 census, at this time he was 2lyears old so was
probably working elsewhere.
Marriage: Samuel married Caroline Carey in 1851.
Click here for Link to
Samuel & Caroline Hort & Family pages.
3. Frances Hort
(female)
1841 census Frances was aged 10 years living with her
parents John and Ann at Badminton Gls
1851 census: This Frances (Hart) entry in the 1851
census is possibly Frances Hort above, aged 19yrs occ, general servant living at 27 Church Street Badminton with Mary Ann Williams
head of household occ Butcher, Charlotte Maria Williams aged 2yrs daughter,
servant Charles Batterton 28yrs occ Butcher.
4. Thomas Hort
was born about 1834 at
Hawkesbury.
Marriage: Thomas married Matilda Jane Howell
(born Barth Somerset) the daughter of Mary Ann
Howell.
Children: none mentioned on any census
1841 census: Thomas living
with parents John and Ann Hort and siblings at Badminton
Gls.
1851 census: Thomas 17yrs, a labourer living with
his parents at Ragged Castle Badminton..
1861 census: Thomas 26yrs a
lodger, occupation Messenger, living at No.21 Little Welbeck Street Marylebone
Middlesex:
1871 census: Living at No.4 Landsdown Terrece
Middlesex, Thomas 36yrs, Officer in the High Court of
Admiralty, his wife Matilda 34yrs, mother inlaw Mary Ann Howell aged 76yrs, &
a Lodger WH ? a Clerk of Honwell Lunitic
Asylum.
1881 census: Thomas and his wife Matilda
Jane were living at Liverpool Road - 2 Beach
Villas Earling Middlesex, Thomas 46yrs was employed in
the Civil Service - Bentford. Also living at the same
address were Matilda's mother Mary Ann
Howell a widow aged 86yrs, Fred W Ford a 19yr old
unmarried cousin, Clerk, born Nailsworth Gls., Amelia Summer, 33yrs,
a General domestic servant, born Northholt Middlesex &
William R Ridgwarp unmarried a London photographer.
1891 census Address Poplar Cottage Earling
Middlesex. Thomas now 56yrs, Civil Servant (..........unable
to read) of the Probate Court Library, Royal Court of
Justice London. Matilda aged 54yrs, and a Lodger Francis
Wallace Ford, solicitors clerk a cousin of Thomas who'd
now been living with the family for 10years.
1901 census: Living at the following address 34 Castle
Bar Rd Earling Middlesex were Thomas
66yrs, still working at Royal Court of Justice London,
Matilda Jane aged 64yrs, Thomas's cousin Frederick Wallace Ford a solicitor's
clerk, now been with the family 15yrs (born Horsley Gls) and Caroline Ann
Isaac a 19yr old neice is employed as a ladies companion domestic (born Bristol
Somerset).
The Royal Courts of Justice is the building in
London which houses
the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and
the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.
Thomas Hort worked here from 1861.
Baptism certificate of Thomas Hort 1834
Proof of age of Thomas Hort for work in the Civil Service England. Proof
document written by Thomas's father John Hort of Ragged Castle Gloucestershire.
5.
SARAH Alice Hort
(1) was baptised on the 28th of July
1836 and died as a year-old infant on the 31st August 1837
Great Badminton, and was buried an Anglican at St Michael’s.
6. Sarah Alice Hort (2nd)
was baptised on the 29th of May 1839 at Hawkesbury Gloucestershire;
she was obviously named after her deceased younger sister. It was very common
when a couple lost a child that they would give another child the same name.
!881
UK Census: Sarah was now 41yrs old living with her father John, still
living at Ragged Castle. see census photo below.
Sarah lived to be 74yrs dying at Great Badminton and buried at St Michael's.
7. William Edmund Hort was born about 1845 at
Hawkesbury Upton Gloucestershire..
Married: William married Sophia Ann ? a
school mistress, born c.1850 Shefflelis High Green Yorkshire .
1851 census: William aged 4 living with his parents
and siblings Thomas, Sarah & Ann.
1881 census: William aged 36yrs occupation Waiter
(Domestic Servant), Sophia 31yrs School mistress, children Minnie Sophia 6yrs,
Walter John 4yrs & Henry Joseph 1yr. Place of residence Theddingworth
Leicestershire.
1891 census: William was now a Coal Agent aged 46yrs
living with his wife Sophia at the school house at Hinton in the Hedges Nth
Hampshire. On the census night Sophia is noted as away visiting at the "Duke of
Cumberlands Head' Inn The inn keeper was John Keen and his wife Susan and family
Edward J., Sarah, William & Ellen.
At home with William on census night were his five sons,
Walter John now a clerk to his father aged 14yrs, and Henry, George, Arthur,
Francis,& Charles.
Death of Sophia: Sophia was only 47yrs old when she
died at Derby in March 1897
1901 census: William was now a widow and employed as a
Photo Canvasser. He was living as a boarder at the home of George Henry Barnett
a painter and his wife Sarah Jane and their five children; at 3A Spring Gardens,
Bradshaw Street Derbyshire.
Williams sons Charles and Frank were boarding at The School
of Handycrafts in Chertsey Surry in 1901, Frank is noted as a pupil Handsewn -
Bootmaker and Charles as a pupil. Son Arthur was now 17yrs and a servant/driver
working for Mrs Mary Richardson a widowed farmer and her four daughters. This
farm was located at Alleshew, St Edmund, Markeaton Road The Hollies in
Derbyshire. Son Walter J. now 24yrs was working at the Windsor Hotel in London
Road St Peter Derbyshire as Hotel Boots Domestic Servant..
Children:
1. Minnie Sophia Hort b.c.1875 Brookland Kent
d. Kirky in Ashfield, Notts abt 1951 aged c.80yrs. Minnie married GEORGE
DAVID DAVIES
Family:
Son ? Davies
b. Derby in 1905
2. Walter John Hort b.c.1877 Hunstanworth Durham
3. Henry Joseph Hort b.c. 1880 Theddingworth Leicester
4. George Alfred Hort b.c. 1883 Stapleford Abbotts
Essex
5. Arthur Tuos? Hort b.c. 1885 b.c. 1885 Clifton
Oxfordshire
6. Frances Edmund Hort b.c. 1886 Clifton Oxfordshire
7. Charles Percy Hort b.c. 1887 Clifton Oxfordshire
1851 census William was 6yrs and a scholar, living
with parents John & Ann and siblings Thomas, Sarah & Ann at Ragged Castle
Badminton Gloucestershire.
1861 census William still living with parents John &
Ann and sister Ann at Ragged Castle Badminton Gls.
1871 census William aged 26yrs, was employed as a
Butler to George Guy & Ann Eleanor (nee Charteris) Greville the Earl of Brooke &
4th Earl & Countess of Warwick at St James Palace, St Martin in the Field,
Westminster London.
Click here for link to information on Earl & Countess of Warwick
1881 census
William's occupation now given as a
waiter, domestic servant, his wife Sophia Ann aged 31 years is a schoolmistress,
their children Minnie Sophia 6years,
Walter John age 4years, and 1year old Henry Joseph, their address at this
time was Theddingworth Leicestershire.
1891 census William's occupation now a
Coal Agent, his children Walter John 14yrs clerk to his father, Henry Joseph
11yrs scholar, George Alfred 8yrs, Arthur 6yrs, Frances Edmund 5yrs, Charles
Percy 4yrs. Their address is now the School House Hinton, Parish of Hinton in
The Hedges, Nth Hamptonshire: Wife Sophie Ann was away at the time of the census
and visiting John & Susan Keen and their four children at the "Duke of
Cumberland Head Inn" Clifton Parish of Deddington Oxfordshire. William and
Shopie's eldest child Minnie "Sophie' was working as a servant to Charles P
Douglas a Farmer and his aunt Mary A Douglas at Chipping Warden Nth
Hamptonshire.
1901 census William Edmund now a Photo
Canvasser aged 56yrs and a widower,
(Sophie having died some time in the past 10yrs). William was boarding at 3A
Spring Gardens, Bradshaw Street Castle Derbyshire, with the Barnett family
George Henry 32yrs, wife Sarah Jane 31yrs, and children Ethel Selina 10,
George Henry 8, John Cyrus 6, Alfred 4 & William 1mth.
8.
Ann Hort
was the last child born to John and Ann Hort in 1850 at Hawkesbury Upton
Married: Ann was 27yrs when she married 25yr old William George Isaac
at Hawkesbury Gloucestershire on 17th October 1877.
Children:
1. Caroline Ann Isaac b.c. 1882 Bristol Somerset. In
1901 Caroline was living with her uncle and auntie Thomas & Matilda Hort at 34
Castle Bar Rd Earling Middlesex
History of Ragged Castle built
c.1748
Update: Email from Jill Martin 5 April 2008:
We refer to it [Ragged Castle] in our "Hawkesbury
Chronicles" (I'm one of the authors/compilers) along the lines of the following:
It was built around the same time as Worcester Lodge (Badminton Park) c.1746.
"According to one legend it was built from superfluous stone from the
construction of Worcester Lodge; another is that it came about when the
seven-mile wall around part of the Badminton estate was being discussed, and the
question of whether the local quarry would yield sufficient stone. The Duke
(of Beaufort) had no doubt that it would, and wagered that there would ot
only be enough to build the wall but to build a castle as well".
English Heritage Register of buildings at risk 2007
Ragged Castle or Keeper's Lodge
Badminton Park, Hawkesbury
C (C)
Listed Grade II*, Registered Park and Garden Grade I
Poor. Vacant
Private
Folly Castle. Set on motte at end of a main drive from
Badminton House. Circa 1750 by Thomas Wright of
Durham. Largely hidden by trees, ruinous and
dilapidated. No roof and floors collapsed. Established
ivy/vegetation on walls.
Sarah Ball 0117 975 0666
South
Gloucestershire (UA)
Link to English Heritage Register.
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:QeY8O0HRIYsJ:www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/BAR_South_West_2007.pdf+Badminton+House+Ragged+Castle&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&client=safari
Historic Parks & Gardens in South Gloucestershire
English Heritage
Register Grade I.
Great Badminton and
Little Badminton Conservations Areas.
Landscape park and
pleasure grounds late C17 and C18: remains of extensive formal park with avenues
and cross rides including work by George London and Henry Wise, Charles
Bridgeman late C17 early C18. William Kent c1746. Thomas Wright c1747-50.
‘Capability’ Brown c1760s with flower gardens and pleasure grounds C19, and
recently, for the Dukes of Beaufort. Includes Italianate orange garden; walled
kitchen garden; numerous garden buildings; avenues, woodland walks, specimen
trees, clumps.
House (LBII)
1660s-90s, 1730s-50s by Francis and William Smith of Warwick, Kent, with
pavilions by James Gibbs; c1810 by Wyatville; 1838-51 and later by T H Wyatt and
D Brandon. Swangrove House (LBI), a maison de plaisance, c1703 by William
Killigrew of Bath; bath house, orangery, almshouse c1714, Worcester lodge (LBI)
c1740 by kent; root-house (LBII*) 1747 by Wright; Castle Barn (LBII) 1748 by
Wright. Ragged Castle (LBII*), cottages ornees (LNII*), castellated barn, Deer
House (LBII*), 2 Gothic ‘Slait Lodges’
(LBII*) all c1750 by
Wright; Church (LBI) 1785 attributed Charles Evans, probably Wright; Bath Lodge
(LBII) early C19; dovecotes; numerous other listed features including estate
cottages, houses and shops, farmhouses, farm buildings, ice houses, bridges,
walls, gates and railings, etc.
Ruins of Ragged Castle in 2003
Photo's compliments
of
Roy Beckett
It's sad to compare these photos of
Ragged
Castle to the
home it was in its hay day.
Ragged
Castle
Update 4/2/2007: Ragged Castle
The newspaper article below dated Thursday December 11th 1958 was received from Al Hort who
visited our ancestors home in 2005. The article gives a wonderful description of
the castle and its interior which probably hadn't change from when our ancestors
occupied the castle some 117yrs previously.
"Lonely little Woman in a Lamp-Lit Castle"
Links
Samuel & Caroline Hort &
Family 7th Generation
Samuel Hort, his wife Caroline nee Carey and two of their
children arrived at Geelong Victoria Australia in 1853
aboard the ship "TIME & TRUTH".
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