History of Guernsey Butchers Was your ancestor a butcher in Guernsey in the late 18th/ early 19th Century ?

10 Jan 2007

• Perrett page updated
• Biddlecomb page created
• Hellier page updated
• Heyward page updated

9 Jan 2007

• Hammond page updated
• Links on main page updated
• Vigars page created
• New books added to Further Reading section

6 March 2004

• Site relocated to http://history.foote-family.com/
• Broken links fixed.

3 May 2002

• Male page updated

21 April 2002

• New page added on Chilcott
• Updates to Best page

19 April 2002

• Updates to Waterman page

10 March 2002

• Updates to Heyward page

21 December 2001

• Updates to Lamble page

16 March 2001

• Two important new links added to main page - with details of the history of the meat trade in UK and Paris.

15 February 2001

• New links added, and further details of the Best family business (thanks to Colin Best).

20 November 2000

• Best family page updated (thanks to Ben Perfitt for putting me right on some of the facts of his Best ancestors).

12 November 2000

• Link to World Guernsey Cattle Federation home page established.

23 July 2000

• Updates to Hellier/ Hillier page (thanks to Claire Robinson).
• Links to images of Town Meat Market, St Peter Port today (on Peter Guilbert's site).

27 January 2000

• Updates to the following families following details from an 1826 Commercial Directory (thanks to Angela Radford).
  • Baskfill
  • Boutcher
  • Croft
  • Foote
  • Gardner
  • Hammond
  • Hayes
  • Kennell
  • Lamble
  • Male
  • Radden
  • Waterman

  also general update and new links added to above.

16 August 1999

• Updates to the following families following further research (particularly 1841 Census) :-
  • Baskfill, Cooper, Croft, Gardner, Hammond, Hayes, Lambert, Payne, Waterman

13 August 1999

• Updates of the following families : Bullen, Kennell, Male, Waterman

5 August 1999

• Major update of the Lamble family's page following research in Guernsey and IGI. More results from this to follow.

18 July 1999

• Thanks to Ray Le Mesurier-Foster, I now have a list of 33 butchers who were in the trade in 1820...which takes me back 25 years earlier than previously.
• This, and other research, has led to updates to the following pages ...
  • Baskfill, Boutcher, Foote, Gardner, Lamble, Lambert, Waterman
• ... and the following new pages
  • Bullen, Croft, Hayes, Kennell
  • Male (thanks to Geraldine Hyland)

2 July 1999

• Further details on Hammond added

18 February 1999

• Following details of 1845 Stallholders added ...
  • Cooper, Hellier, Payne
• ... and updated
  • Foote, Parsons, Waterman
• Following details of other Butchers added
  • Best, Sherwill
• Name Index to replace Search engine

16 February 1999

• Following details of 1845 Stallholders added
  • Hayward/Heyward (thanks to Peter Hayward)
  • Lambert (thanks to Angela Radford)

14 February 1999

• "Other Guernsey Butchers" section added
• Following details of 1845 Stallholders added
  • Radden, Parrett
• Following details of other Butchers added
  • Boutcher, Parsons

8 February 1999

• Site Launched

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