My grandfather Henry Robbins, 1863-1950 lived in Bishops Itchington all of his life. Following his marriage to my grandmother Amy Hemmings in 1891, they lived in the old mansion buildings. Henry was both an agricultural labourer and worked at the limestone quarries at Harbury. Henry was best known in the village as the local pig killer.
The New Inn
This picture taken in September 1916 shows Henry, on the left, standing outside the New Inn at Bishops Itchington. The inn advertises good stabling and the Wadhope family on the right of the picture lived at the inn. I remember the building being used as a shop in the 1950s, but it is now a desirable residence on the corner of High Street.
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When I lived in Bishops in the ’50s and ’60s, that building was Mrs Bowyer’s shop.
Very interesting. Henry was my Great Great Grandfather. His son Douglas was my Grandfather who used to told us about Henry who worked in the Harbury cutting and later as the local pig killer.
Very interesting to read the comment about Mrs Bowyer’s shop. She was my great aunt, and was married to my grandad’s brother Harry. Whenever we visited my grandparents, we always went to the shop to see Auntie Edie.
I am a Richard Carl Pearson, living in Rutland, I think a good part of my Pearson Heritage is from Bishops Itchington and surrounding Villages, I am related to The Hemmings through William Thomas Hemmings 1849-1914. Does anyone have any Pearson information that might help with my family tree please? [Contact the site and they will pass anything on] Thanks
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