What's on the other pages

Welcome to the Extended Craxford Family web site and magazine. In these grey pages we have gathered together an expanded and descriptive listing of the main red pages and the colour supplements. In the next column is a listing of those articles which have been published over the course of the last six months or so.

On the next page is an alphabetical index of family members that have had articles written about them. We hope this list will grown as more contributions are received. In due course we will add an index of places and events with which the family has been associated.

The fourth page is an article about starting out on the quest of a family history and points out some useful sources and sites of information while the last page in this section is dedicated to TNG - the database and authoring software with which this web site has been developed. References are also made to the TNG Community

The red pages: The Craxford family

PAGE 2: RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

A series of articles entitled "RESEARCH DONE". Stories from around the family which don't quite fit in the other section pages.

PAGE 3: BACK TO OUR ROOTS (NORTHAMPTON)

Articles from Gretton, Cottingham and further afield. The page was redesigned in December 2011.

PAGE 4: LEICESTER AND THE CRAXFORDS

Newfloridian was born and bred in Leicester (still looks in the Sunday paper to see how the Foxes are getting on) but lost touch with the city in the early 1970s.

PAGE 5: THE WEST MIDLANDS CONNECTION

Stories of the migration from Gretton to the Birmingham area.

PAGE 6: CRAXFORD CUTTINGS

Minor anecdotes, newspaper clippings and the small details - items that probably would not occupy a whole article but which are of interest nevertheless - that you would need to search the hidden corners of the database to find.

PAGE 7: THE EDITORIAL

The editor's page and a chance to rant and rave and rumble!

PAGE 8: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Your chance to send your thoughts and comments about items which have appeared on these pages

PAGE 9: MEETINGS AND REUNIONS

The first of what we hope will become a record of gatherings of the family in the future.

The colour supplements

These supplements contain information and articles about individuals and families allied too but not directly linked to the main part of the Craxford tree. The general format of the supplement will be the same but will be immediately recognisable by a different coloured masthead.

SUPPLEMENT A: THE BLUE PAGES
The Nessworthy and Simpson families including a discussion about the origins of the Nessworthy surname. Also mentioned: Atkinson, Welch, Offenberg

SUPPLEMENT B: THE OLIVE PAGES
The families Matkin, Liston-Smith and Cotterill

SUPPLEMENT C: THE PURPLE PAGES
Featuring the Craxfords and Lane-Craufords of London and their association with the Britannia Theatre, Hoxton

SUPPLEMENT D: THE TEAL PAGES
The families of Naylor, Ball, Haywood, Unwin and Cook are all ancestors on our maternal side.

SUPPLEMENT E: THE BROWN PAGES
The Eldridge, Curtis and Manooch families

SUPPLEMENT F: THE ORANGE PAGES
The Anker, Griffin, Moore and Walpole families

THE TARTAN PAGES

The TARTAN pages are contained in a totally separate section of the site. It is a celebration of the site administrator's graduation class from the Faculty of Medicine at the Universities of St Andrews and Dundee, Scotland. Based on the Yearbook of the '69 Club, it contains anecdotes, photographic libraries and reports of reunions.

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Several of the documents posted on the histories pages have been stored in pdf format. If you do not have a copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader module (which allows viewing, printing and saving the file on your PC for later use - it can be downloaded from the Adobe site given below. The download is free and quite quick. Just complete the on line form.

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Please contact us

If you have any questions or comments about the information on this site, please contact us at Alan. We look forward to hearing from you.

Alan D Craxford - Site Administrator

Page added: December 10th 2005
Last update: March 15th 2022

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Recently added articles

HOW THE TANSLEY FAMILY BECAME INTERTWINED WITH THE EXTENDED FAMILY
(Added September 8th 2021)
The first part of the saga of the Tansley family.
THE TANSLEY FAMILY ORIGINS

THE UNFOLDING SAGA OF THE TILLEY FAMILY
(Added July 6th 2021)
The introduction to the family in three parts
TILLEY: ORIGINS AND ALTERNATIVES 1: THE LANGTONS
TILLEY: ORIGINS AND ALTERNATIVES 2: UPPINGHAM
TILLEY: ORIGINS AND ALTERNATIVES 3: LEICESTER

THE CLAYPOLE FAMILY ARRIVES IN COTTINGHAM AND MIDDLETON
(Added June 1st 2021)
The final instalment in two parts followed the family to the Welland Valley in Northamptonshire.
CLAYPOLE: DESTINATION COTTINGHAM PART 1: THE JOURNEY
CLAYPOLE: DESTINATION COTTINGHAM PART 2: ARRIVAL

THE ONGOING SAGA OF THE CLAYPOLE FAMILY
(Added April 13th 2021)
The second of two instalments which led elements of this Leicestershire family via Northampton to the Amber Valley in Derbyshire.
CLAYPOLE: ONWARD INTO NORTHAMPTON AND DERBYSHIRE

AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR IS LOST TO THE WEBSITE
(Added March 17th 2021)
Terry Radford, a contributor to and associate editor of the TEAL pages for over ten years sadly died this week.
TERRY RADFORD: IN MEMORIAM

TWO BIGAMOUS RELATIONSHIPS AFFECTING FIRST COUSINS
(Added March 13th 2021)
The first of two instalments which led elements of this Leicestershire family via Northamptonshire to the Amber Valley in Derbyshire.
CLAYPOLE: FROM GREAT EASTON TO KETTERING

THE EVOLVING HISTORY OF THE BEADSWORTH FAMILY
(Added August 1st 2020 - November 1st)
The first five epiodes of a double trilogy detailing the journey of several generations of the Beadsworth family from Rutland into Leicester and Northamptonshire
"A HISTORY OF THE BEADSWORTH FAMILY: Part 1: ORIGINS "
"CONCERNING THE BEADSWORTH FAMILY IN LEICESTER: Part 1"
"CONCERNING THE BEADSWORTH FAMILY IN LEICESTER: Part 2"
"FOLLOWING BEADSWORTH FAMILY TO COTTINGHAM: Part 1: ARRIVAL"
"FOLLOWING BEADSWORTH FAMILY IN COTTINGHAM: Part 2a: WILLIAM"
"FOLLOWING BEADSWORTH FAMILY IN COTTINGHAM: Part 2b: ANTHONY"

DID A HUSBAND AND WIFE COME FROM THE SAME FAMILY
(Added July 11th 2020)
It is well accepted that in small isolated communities, the choice of spouse usually comes from within the family, from another family into which there were already married or from near neighbours.
UNPICKING A FAMILY CONUNDRUM

THE UNFOLDING SAGA OF THE COOK FAMILY
(Added June 7th - June 30th 2020)
Three stories recounting the history of several generations of the Cook family over two centuries and two counties
"WHAT'S COOKING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE? COUSINS ALL! "
"WHAT'S COOKING IN HERTFORDSHIRE? COUSINS ALL! (Part 2a VINCENT)"
"WHAT'S COOKING IN HERTFORDSHIRE? COUSINS ALL! (Part 2b GEORGE)"