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From: Arthur French <>
Subject: Re: CHAM(M)INGS & CHANTER
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 11:07:34 -0700


Hello Fiona

I have no connection with your names, but I thought the task of tracing
them was interesting!
As you say, they're not common. I looked in the Devon FHS Indexes of
the 1851 Census. There seems to be a cluster of CHAM(M)INGS in
Okehampton and just north of there in Broadwoodkelly, Iddesleigh,
Inwardleigh, Jacobstowe, and Throwleigh. There's a CHAMING in Exbourne,
and a CHAMIN in Coldridge. So, are there any CHANTERs near there?
They're in Morchard Bishop, Chulmleigh, Bishop's Nympton, and a little
further east in Crediton and Sandford.
You could try these names on your Grandma and see if they stir any
memories!

Arthur French
<www.eclipse.co.uk/a-french/>

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