Photographs of bygone Durnfords

Durnfords of All Cannings (and later Devizes)

          ^{Charles Durnford   1837 -1918             +           Charlotte (nee Laamb) 1835 - 1903    -                 (son) Edward John (Jack) 1872 -1944                                                                                                                                                                      as Grand Master of the Freemasons Lodge                                                                                                                                                                                     of Fidelity, Devizes 1911.}

                ^{All the above photographs were taken in Devizes and are now in the possession of Charles' descendants in the USA.}

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^{Descendants of John and Susanna Durnford of Potterne}

Sons and Grandchildren of James and Mary Ann (Woodman)

                                    Albert (1852 - 1932)
                               ^{(Probably photographed in Rugby about 1893)                                                      Frank Sydney (1869 -1912)
                                                                                                                            ( Photo at East Retford, Notts.)} 
L to R. rear standing.                  Alice Lydia,             Emily ( Minnie Emmeline)
Middle Row.         Elsie Annie,           ALBERT & LYDIA JANE,               Albert George
Front.                    Ellie (Eleanor Flower),                 Mary Victoria ( always known as Totsie - even when 100 yrs.old) 

                                                                                         
                                                                           James Frederick's (1861-1943) family.                                                                                     Gladys Blanche(1893)                                           Zepherina Mildred(1895)
                                                                   William James(1900)    Annie Martha Durnford(nee Loney)    Constance Margery (1898)                                                            

          ^{John Robert  (1887 -1962) (on the right)}                                                                                               

                                                                          ^{( Nephew of Frank Sydney)  taken at East Retford,Notts. circa 1907}

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                                      ^{Sarah Alice Durnford (Brown) 1892 -1967 (Grand-daughter of Sarah )
                                                           Photo at Salford, Lancs. circa 1927}

Places where the Durnfords lived   

^{Potterne ( photographed in 1950). The area where John Durnford's smithy},
^{(and the houses owned by his mother  Elizabeth) ,stood is outlined in white}

All Cannings Church where many generations of Durnfords were christened,married and buried.

St. James, Southbroom, Devizes taken around the time when the Durnfords were the Shoeing Smiths at Southbroom.

Many of the Devizes Durnfords were married at this Church and at least two Durnford brothers from All Cannings who married Devizes girls.

The Old Forge, Southbroom, Devizes as it is today. This was the Forge run by John Durnford 1763 - 1831( and later his son Thomas
1805 - ?).  The horses were taken through the archway into the yard at the rear for shoeing. The Blacksmiths forge and buildings together
with the adjoining houses were owned by his wife Elizabeth.

Potterne where John Durnfords eldest son John 1797-1880, following in his fathers footsteps as a Blacksmith, set up his own Blacksmiths business and raised his family.

The Bell Inn Potterne in the early 1800's which  Thomas
Durnford 1826 -1913, the son of John the Blacksmith at Potterne, owned for a time after he ceased to help his father at the Smithy.

The Bell Inn, Potterne ( photographed in 1999)

The Lodge, Wiltshire County Lunatic Asylum.

Charles and Charlotte lived here with their family when Charles became the Bailiff for the Asylum properties.

24, Victoria Road, Devizes

Charles Durnford retired to this house from the Lodge and died here in 1918.

'Hillsboro', Bath Road, Devizes.

The house built and occupied by Edward John (Jack) son of Charles and Charlotte.

No. 2, Landsdowne Terrace, Devizes

Occupied by James Durnford  when he returned from Swindon around 1868 until his death in 1896. His youngest son Frank Sydney was born here. One of a terrace of six houses which are  some of the most outstanding old properties in Devizes today

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