Changes to www.lasbury.com

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Regrettably it has become necessary to make this website private.

It has become overrun with search engine crawlers and AI search bots to the extent that genuine researchers have been unable to use the site. I have also experienced difficulties in maintaining and updating the site.

The research data into the Lasbury family and the wider research into the families of the Somerset Coalfields is still present and I will be happy to help any researchers who care to get in touch.

This diagram shows the Top 50 surnames on record but if you have a specific enquiry abut a surname or family then please make contact. I can help you search or even offer you temporary access to the site to search for yourself.

Please contact me here

The Top 100 names from the website

DANDO, CHIVERS, PARFITT, SMITH, MAGGS, LASBURY, JONES, HORLER, CARTER, JAMES, ASHMAN, GREGORY, SHEARN, WILLIAMS, SEYMOUR, YOUNG, PADFIELD, MOON, COTTLE, BUTTON, MATTHEWS, NASH, GULLIFORD, HOBBS, EVANS, LATCHEM, TAYLOR, ROGERS, PERRY, HEAL, MOORE, WHITTOCK, TURNER, ROBBINS, EDGELL, BROWN, HAMBLIN, FEAR, THOMAS, PERKINS, BOX, COLES, VRANCH, DAVIS, GARRETT, GOULD, WHITE, TUCKER, PURNELL, EDWARDS, WATTS, CARPENTER, HARRIS, LEWIS, SWIFT, RABBETS, BRIMBLE, HILL, DENNING, SIMS, WEST, BRYANT, PARKER, CURTIS, EMERY, PEARCE, LOCKYER, DAVIES, GREEN, PLUMMER, PARSONS, COX, CANDY, BAKER, FORD, COOK, WILLS, WILCOX, SELWAY, BURGE, GAIT, FLOWER, HARDING, GAY, WEBB, DIX, SIMMONS, HODGES, STEVENS, MITCHARD, DAY, NAISH, CLARK, CHARD, WITCOMBE, MORGAN, ROSSITER, BAILEY

St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ston Easton, Somerset

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Also known as Blessed Virgin Mary

During a visit to this church in Ston Easton, Somerset in 2025 I photographed some of the graves and they are now included together with details of the deceased and their families.

This is an album containing 72 grave photos together with links to each of the deceased.

This is a link to the cemetery page that lists the above graves and links to 108 burials at this church.

Remembering Les Durham

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Leslie Durham was born 25 Nov 1945 West Molesey, Surrey to John Stanley Durham & Grace Ruby Gay. After his university studies in the late 1960’s he toured Europe, stopped in Northern Italy and decided to stay.

About 25 years ago Les made contact because he had discovered some Lasbury individuals in his ancestry. His 2nd great grandmother was Sabina Lasbury born 1812 in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, daughter of John Lasbury & Leah Harvey.

My own Lasbury ancestors are also from Bradford on Avon, from the same period, so we both worked hard to discover any links between our families. Unfortunately the records from that period are scarce and we could find nothing to prove a link.

When DNA became available we both took a test and the results surprised us – there was no link. It could possibly be that the link is too far back to show up as a DNA match or perhaps there has been a little misbehaviour in one in one of our families and the stated father of a child was not the true father.

Les died 4th August 2024 in Turin, Italy.