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    The Papermaking Wingrove Family  1650 - 1999

Papermaking has been the family trade since at least 1784. All family members male & female were engaged in the trade throughout each successive generation, until the late 1960's early 1970's, when the UK papermaking industry went into decline, with production being replaced by cheaper imports. I do have one distant cousin, John Wingrove who is still a papermaker working at a mill near Bradninch in Devon, otherwise the present generation are pursuing careers outside the Paper Industry.

I have been intrigued by the two lists of names in the family bible since a small child and often wondered who they were, what they were like etc. I have been asking questions within the family for a number of years and noted what was said. I realized upon the deaths of my Grandmother and my father a year later that a lot of family history was going to be lost forever. Like most things it was another 10 years before I started researching, spending a number of years going up blind alleys. It was the advent of the Internet that started my research in earnest and the rest is history. I have to thank  Michael Wingrove, Stu Hadfield and Susan Miller for their vital contributions and without whose help I would not have made the progress I have. All details you are about to read have been checked from Parish Records, Birth, Death & Marriage certificates, Census Records (UK) and IGI records (UK) My research is still ongoing with new facts appearing from time to time. I do have further information about brothers/sisters and their families from Richard Wingrove (b.1793) onwards and will furnish details upon request.

Earliest Reference so far:-
  Stephen Wingrove born 1650, in Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire .

Edward Wingrove born in 1674, in Beaconsfield Bucks, christened in Beaconfield Bucks 23rd April 1674, son of Stephen Wingrove. He married Mary Wright (born in 1675 in Beaconsfield Bucks) 6th December 1702 in Beaconsfield Bucks.

Children of Edward & Mary Wingrove

Richard Wingrove   C. 3 August 1703        Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire

Mary Wingrove      C. 29 August 1706       Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire

Frances Wingrove  C. 15 July 1708           Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire

Richard Wingrove born 2nd August 1703, in Beaconsfield Bucks, christened in Beaconsfield Bucks 3rd August 1703 son of Edward Wingrove and Mary Wright, he married Mary Hope on 21st April 1728.

Children of Richard & Mary Wingrove

 Stephen Wingrove     C 26 January 1728       Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire

 Richard Wingrove      C 6 March 1737           Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire

Richard Wingrove baptized 6 March 1737, in Beaconsfield Bucks, son of Richard Wingrove and Mary Hope. He married Ann Ogborn (born in 1738 in Wooburn Bucks, daughter of Richard Ogbourne and Sara ). on 30th December 1759 in Wooburn Buckinghamshire.

Children of Richard & Ann Wingrove

  William Wingrove   b. about 1764       Wooburn Buckinghamshire

  Richard Wingrove  c.  5 May 1765       Wooburn Buckinghamshire

  John Wingrove      c.  5 March 1769    Wooburn Buckinghamshire

  Sarah Wingrove     c. 26 October 1777 Wooburn Buckinghamshire

  Mary Wingrove      c. 11 July 1779       Wooburn Buckinghamshire

G/G/G/G/Grandfather - John Wingrove Christened 5 March 1769, married Mary Dell on 1 October 1789, at Wooburn Buckinghamshire. It is almost certain that he was a papermaker as there were two paper mills listed at Core's End an area of Wooburn where he lived.

Children of John Wingrove & Mary nee Dell

  William Wingrove      c . 26 June 1791 Wooburn Buckinghamshire

  Richard Wingrove      b. 25 May 1793   Wooburn Buckinghamshire

  Richard Wingrove      c. 29 May 1793   Wooburn Buckinghamshire

  Henry Wingrove        c.  7 Jan 1796 Wooburn Buckinghamshire

  John Wingrove          c.  11 April 1798 Wooburn Buckinghamshire

  Sarah Wingrove         c.   3 July 1800 Wooburn Buckinghamshire

  Thomas Wingrove      c.  1 Mar 1803 Wooburn Buckinghamshire

  Jacob Dell Wingrove   c. 14 Nov 1805 Wooburn Buckinghamshire

G/G/G/Grandfather Richard Wingrove born 25th May 1793 - Papermaker, married Sarah Gibson (born about 1797 in Wooburn) on 13 June 1816 in Wooburn Bucks and then moved to Horton in Buckinghamshire, where his eldest son Samuel Wingrove was born in 1816. Samuel was christened on 3 November 1816 in Colnbrook near Wooburn. There was a move to Bledlow in Buckinghamshire about 7 miles NW of High Wycombe, after the birth of his second son Henry in 1818, John b.1821, William b.1823 and Sarah b.1826. It is believed that following the birth in 1826 Sarah died, Richard possibly left his children with relatives, then went to work in the northern part of County Durham, another papermaking district.

About 2/3 years after the death of his wife Sarah, Richard re-married in Gateshead on 25th July 1829 to Margaret Parker (b.14 November 1802 in Lanchester Co Durham) and a further three children were born. It is known from birth records of his children from his second marriage that he was working in the north of County Durham, (Lanchester 1832 - Medomsley 1835). He is recorded in the 1841 census as living and working in Scotswood near East Denton Northumberland, also sons Samuel & Henry are also recorded living with their families in Scotswood during this census.

It is not known for definite at present how the family fared but indications reveal that they prospered and were well-to-do. There are present-day buildings, roads, schools & areas all bearing the Wingrove name, in Newcastle and around the Tyne & Wear district, that bear credence that the family prospered. At some time before 1850, Richard, his wife, daughter Mary Ann (Mary Ann's Marriage) and youngest son Jacob, converted to the Mormon faith (See Sunderland Ward Histories) and emigrated to America in 1851, his wife Margaret following in 1854, after this nothing is known.

Children of Richard Wingrove (b.1793) & Sarah nee Gibson

  Samuel Wingrove  b.1816 - Horton Buckinghamshire

  Henry Wingrove     b.1818 - Horton Buckinghamshire

  John Wingrove       b.1821 - Bledlow Buckinghamshire

  William Wingrove    b.1823 - Beldlow Buckinghamshire

  Sarah Wingrove     b.1825 - Bledlow Buckinghamshire

All the men were Papermakers; Samuel moved south arriving in Dartford Kent
in 1851 and is recorded in the census, Samuel moved to Godalming near
Guildford Surrey about 1866 where he died in September 1884. William his
brother moved to Richmond in Yorkshire, then he also arrived in Dartford
Kent about 1855/6, William remained in Dartford until his death in 1888.

The remaining children, Henry - John & Sarah moved to Richmond in Yorkshire
and then split up for a short period, coming back together again in Aston
Warwickshire where Henry & John remained until their deaths, Henry 1887 and
John 1894. Sarah died in Great Horwood Buckinghamshire on 26 May 1908
aged 83, it is assumed that after the death of her brother John, she went
to live with relatives.

Children of Richard Wingrove (b.1793) & Margaret Nee Parker

  Mary Ann Wingrove    b.1833 - Lanchester County Durham

  Richard Wingrove       b.1834 - Medomsley County Durham

  Jacob Wingrove         b.1837 - Scotswood near Newcastle-upon-Tyne

G/G/Grandfather was Samuel Wingrove - Papermaker (eldest son of Richard Wingrove & Sarah Gibson) born in 1816 at Horton in Buckinghamshire and baptised at Colnbrook near Windsor on 3rd November 1816. Followed his father in to the papermaking industry as was the custom, on 1st September 1839 married Jane Shanks (born in 1818 at Benwell near Scotswood a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne) at St John Church Newcastle, then lived in Scotswood Northumberland working in the paper making industry (listed in 1841 census). Before starting upon an odyssey around England's Paper-mills which lasted most of his life, he moved his family to Godalming in Surrey about 1865, where a number married and settled, Samuel died in Godalming Surrey December 1884.

Children of Samuel (b.1816) & Jane nee Shanks (b.1818 at Benwell Northumberland)

  John Wingrove   b.9th December 1839   Castle Ward in Newcastle Northumberland

  Sarah Wingrove        b. 19 January 1841 Scotswood in Newcastle Northumberland

  Mary Anne Wingrove  b. 24 January 1843 Durham Northumberland

  Elizabeth Wingrove    b. 30 October 1844  Durham Northumberland

  Jane Wingrove          b. 18 August 1846         Blackburn in Lancashire

  Samuel Wingrove      b. 21 May 1849 Hope in Flintshire (now called Clywd)

  Thomas Wingrove      b. 9 September 1851 Dartford in Kent

  Rosina Wingrove        b. 27 April 1854 Dartford in Kent

  Isabel Wingrove        b. 9 August 1856 Dartford in Kent

  Henry Wingrove        b. 9 April 1859 Dartford in Kent

  Ruth Wingrove          b. 25  March 1861 Dartford in Kent

  Helen Wingrove        b. 14 September 1864 Dartford Kent (Known as Ellen)

G/Grandfather Thomas William Wingrove - Papermaker born 9th September 1851 in Dartford Kent. He was another travelling Wingrove moving from Godalming near Guildford Surrey, around 1873 to East Farleigh near Maidstone Kent where some of his children were born. Thomas married Mary Ann Hadler (b. 1854 East Farleigh) during March 1875 in Maidstone Kent. Thomas died December 1899 in Tiverton Devon.

Children of Thomas William Wingrove (b.1851) & Mary Ann (b.1854) nee Hadler

  Thomas Henry Wingrove  b. 28 June 1875 Tovil near Maidstone Kent

  William George Wingrove  b. 10 December 1877 Tovil near Maidstone Kent

  Walter John Wingrove      b. 14  November 1879 Tovil near Maidstone Kent

  Bertram Wingrove     b.  26 April 1882 Tovil near Maidstone Kent

  Harry Wingrove         b. 18 October 1884 Tovil near Maidstone Kent

  Fredrick Wingrove      b. 08 March 1886 Tovil near Maidstone Kent

  Percy Wingrove          b. 28 June 1891 Eynesham near Witney Oxfordshire

  Edith Annie Wingrove  b. 21 April 1893 Myrtle Cottage High Wycombe Bucks

  Lillian Jane Wingrove   b. March 1895 Tiverton Devon

Grandfather Percy Wingrove - Papermaker born 28 June 1891 in Eynesham near Witney Oxfordshire he lived and moved with the family until the death of his father. Then moved to Rishton working in the local papermill. He married Mary Prichard on 5 March 1921 at Blackburn Registry Office. Two children were born, William Henry & Joyce, Percy died 2  July 1932 aged 42, due to a ruptured gastric ulcer. He served in the Royal Liverpool Rifles during WWI, in India. Mary his wife died during March 1983 in Maidstone Kent.

Children of Percy Wingrove born 28th June 1891 and Mary Prichard.

  William Henry Wingrove b. 14 January 1922 Rishton near Blackburn Lancashire

  Joyce  Wingrove born Rishton near Blackburn Lancashire

William Henry Wingrove - Papermaker born 14th January 1922 in Rishton Lancashire, he went to work in Rishton papermill aged 14 after the death of his father Percy. William volunteered for the army in 1941 joining the 2nd Bat Irish Guards, he suffered severe wounds in a tank battle after D-Day and was eventually discharged as unfit for further service. He married on 2nd January 1947 to Martha Alexander McBride and three children were born, William Henry, Thomas Bertram McBride and Donald Andrew. He was the last of a long line of papermakers, first working in Rishton, then Glory Papermill in High Wycombe, Butlers Court Papermaking Research Establishment near Uxbridge and finally Dartford Papermill, retiring with ill health in 1977 as senior papermaking foreman, he died in 1984 aged 62.

Children of William Henry Wingrove & Martha Alexander McBride

  William Henry Wingrove  
             born Alexandria, near Dumbarton Scotland

  Thomas Bertram McBride Wingrove  
             born Loudwater, near High Wycombe Bucks

  Donald Andrew Wingrove  
             born  Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire

Thomas B M Wingrove

                     May 1999

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To find out about Paper Mills in the Wye Valley, read Shorters English
Paper Mills Vol VI (1635 - 1800) this will provide all info about Mill
Owners, Start Up dates etc. The extract below only lists the mills I was
interested in, there is much more information and mills in the area.

South Buckinghamshire 1635 - 1806
Wycombe Marsh to Loudwater (A40)
     4 mile stretch on on River Wye:- 33 Paper mills
Glory Mill at Wycombe Marsh:- Founded 1627 was still operating in 1965
(Wiggins Teape)
Wooburn:- 6 Paper mills including; Core's End Mill - Soho Mill - Princes Mill
Horton:- 1 Paper Mill; Founded 1635 - 1806

Thomas B M Wingrove



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