Cracking the Smith Code - DRAFT
For the purposes of Smith family history research we are looking at the period between 1791 when Lucy Smith was born and 1820 when her son Robert Smith was born at Bradfield, Berkshire, England. At the time, the Burghfield Manor House was owned by the Earl of Shrewsbury. His name was Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot (8 November 1803 - 4 June 1868) and he was the Lord of the Manor. Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, James Cecil's cousin's son The Burghfield Manor House “The Old Manor” is found on Folly Lane, Burghfield, SU 66 NE (north west side). Trash Green 4/10 The Old Manor II Small Manor, now house. It is 2.5km from the Theale Train Station. This house was built in 1685 and is now known as The Old Manor, Whitehousegreen, Sulhamstead even though it lies within the Burghfield Parish. It’s not marked as a manor house in the Ordinance Survey but as a small plot. The Historic England Archive holds a buildings file collected by the National Monuments Record for 'The Old Man
