20th April 2023 • The HERALD • Page 33 v F @heraldpublishing v SOLENT SKIP HIRE LTD FOR ALL YOUR COMMERCIAL AND DOMESTIC WASTE MINI ~ MIDI ~ MAXI SKIPS ALSO CUBIC YARD BAGS OWN BAG COLLECTION AVAILABLE 023 8066 0123 01590 619700 • 01962 588288 Email: office@solentskiphire.co.uk M.D.S. DIGITAL INSTALLS/SERVICE • DIGITAL AERIALS/FREEVIEW • SKY DIGITAL/FREESAT DIGITAL • EXTRA TELEVISION POINTS • TELEPHONE LINES/POINTS • TELEVISION SYSTEMS SETUP/TUNED • WALL MOUNTED TV’S QUALIFIED, FAST FRIENDLY SERVICE FREE SURVEYS/QUOTES BEAULIEU: 01590 611011 MOBILE: 07717 194441 The Residents of Rhime Hall, Part 2 by Robin Somes, Fawley and Blackfield Memories is time, we’ll explore some other residents of Rhime Hall, as recorded in the Poll Books of 1834. ese books registered all those with su cient property to qualify to vote in elections. e books mention 7 others in Rhime Hall, including Joseph Barnard, copyholder of house and land at Copthorne. Joseph was born around 1753; in 1777 he married Martha Flight. ey had four children; the youngest son, John, is not mentioned in Joseph’s will, so likely died before his father. Joseph and his elder son, Henry, were bricklayers. e 1841 census shows the relatives close together around the hamlet, with the eldest daughter, Sarah, married to Humphrey Browning. Joseph’s other daughter, Mary, married Joseph Bowling, otherwise known as Walton; the tangled web of his life seems far too complex to consider here! Nearby lived the Rev. George Downing Bowles; born around 1789 in Olveston, Gloucestershire, he completed a BA and MA at Oxford, and was ordained as a deacon and priest in 1812 and 1815, respectively. He married Anne Stilling eet in Worcester in 1818, continuing his career with appointments in Buckinghamshire and Somerset, before settling as the curate of Fawley and Exbury in 1826. e couple had four children; Caroline, Charles, at the old malthouse, where Jubilee Hall now is. In the will, David bequeathed ve hundred pounds to his daughter Frances Wheeler, along with his houses, land, furniture, silverware, glass and china; clearly a man of considerable means. Curiously, though, he states “I give to Sarah Bound the wife of my brother Thomas Bound the sum of one shilling, and no more”. We can only guess how Sarah might have incurred David’s displeasure. e Bound family originally came from Lymington a hundred years earlier, where another David Bound, (likely the brothers’ great-uncle) worked as a salt boiler on the marshes there. A bricklayer, a curate, a maltster and a salt-maker; four very di erent men in a tiny hamlet. Next time we will conclude the story with three more. Robin Somes has recently published a new local history book titled Digging up the Past which is now on sale in e Herald o ce. e book includes a collection of 28 illustrated articles, rst published in e Herald between 2021 and 2023, featuring historical events, family connections, and personal recollections of life around Fawley and the Waterside villages. e book is on sale for £5 (cash only) from e Herald o ce or via Robin’s online shop: shop.robinsomes.co.uk George Jr, and the youngest, Edward Stilling eet Bowles, who died aged 3 in 1832. A er leaving Fawley, the Rev. Bowles retired to Worcester, where he died in 1863. George Bowles Jr. followed a similar career, studying at Oxford, then becoming Rector of Wendlebury in Oxfordshire, in 1866. e brothers David (1757–1837) and omas Bound (1760–1834) lived opposite. e family likely gave their name to Bound’s Salterns, north of Ashlett Creek. e 1798 Land Tax records show that David paid rent for the salterns, which omas operated, and he also owned two properties, one occupied by omas. David’s will describes him as a maltster – one who makes malt for brewing beer – so he probably worked Part of the will of David Bound LOCAL HISTORY BOOK FOR SALE! VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT erapy dog volunteers are being sought for an expansion to a small dog therapy charity. Dogs for Health is a registered charity providing trained volunteers and dogs to visit and support people within the community. e dogs andvolunteers receive training and assessments to enable them to safely visit and allow people to share in the pleasure of being around a dog. eir website www. dogsforhealth.org.uk has further information and application information. You can nd their adventures on Facebook: dogs for health Share the love of your dog with others for a few hours a week.
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