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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

The Whatmore family of Micheldever and East Stratton, Hampshire

In an early post I described the Watmores who were already in Hampshire by the mid 16th century. Whilst little is currently known about most of these families, that which lived at Micheldever and nearby East Stratton has been researched by Derek Whatmore of Hove and this post is entirely drawn from his work. I […]

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Sunday, September 28th, 2008

The Whatmore Families of Hampshire

The origin of the Watmore and Whatmore families of Hampshire is currently unclear. It is possible that they are indigenous to the county, but no evidence has been forthcoming of a place from which they might have taken their name. The case of Whatmore township in Shropshire - long thought to be the homeland of […]

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