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Pamela and Leslie
Welcome to my site.
You will find information here about three families.
Vye----Parminter------Vye-Parminter.
If you recognize a surname and have any
information that might be helpful, please contact me. Perhaps we are relatives. I
would
like to say a special thanks to one of my relatives,John V Parminter,from
Canada. I found John by a series of coincidences on the Web. I still have lots
more to organize, so if you know any of the names please get in touch.
Please will you sign the Guest Book
Les
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SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT TWO PARMINTERS
Riviera-style coastline, and the picturesque expanse of Dartmoor are just a
few
of the things more usually associated with Devon. An octagonal Byzantine
basilica is something that is most definitely not, but apparently that is what
inspired this curious little round house to be built overlooking the river
estuary at Exmouth.
Built at the end of the 18th century, A La Ronde (see photograph)was the home
of two spinster
cousins, Jane and Mary Parminter, who had spent 10 years touring the continent
( This was the Grand Tour. Done by the wealthy Gentlemen of that time, but
unheard of for young wealthy Ladies to do )
and enjoying the inspirational architecture of great churches, castles and
monuments in at least six different countries. During this extensive vacation
they collected a vast array of souvenirs and, once settled back in England,
wanted an exotic home in which to display their foreign mementoes.
Who actually designed the house seems a little unclear but some evidence
suggests that it was probably the brainchild of a very young John Lowder, a
distant relative of Mary Parminter. The result was a most unconventional, eight
sided cottage, originally sporting limewashed walls and a vast thatched roof,
and at that time was flippantly referred to as a 'South Seas Island' hut.
Inside a series of peculiar wedge-shaped rooms on one level were created
around
a central octagon rising to 35 feet.
They also had their own Church built calling it Point in View ( see photograph)
Today the appearance of A La Ronde, both inside and out, has changed quite
dramatically. Dark red tiles, pierced with dormer windows, have long since
replaced the thatched roof, and the limewash has been removed to reveal the
original limestone blocks studded with their extraordinary diamond-shaped
windows. Inside, the immense attic area was transformed with a second level of
rooms being created, new windows were inserted in the ground floor walls, and
an unwieldy central heating system was installed.
Despite these attempts to impress with a standard of Victorian modernisation,
nothing really prepares the visitor for the wondrous spectacle of the shell
gallery, a sight which highlights the undeniable skills of these two Georgian
ladies. Millions of shells, feathers, stones and bits of pottery have been
laboriously pressed into the walls to create a fanciful display almost beyond
belief. Years of tireless, and often precarious, work must have gone into this
fantastic exhibition of such delicate skills, and in an effort to preserve it
for many more years to come, it is now only possible to view the work on
closed
circuit television.
Maybe the Parminters could be considered slightly eccentric, and from the Will
left at Mary's death this might endorse that statement still further. She
insisted that the house and contents should be preserved intact, and that only
unmarried ladies would be eligible to inherit A La Ronde.
A la Ronde
Jane and Mary's Church 'Point in View'
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THIS TO BE CONNECTED TO TREE. LEFT HERE SO AS NOT TO LOSE
Richard 'Dick' Turpin (List of persons.)
Born: 1705 * The Old Post Cottage, Hempstead
Baptised: 21 Sept 1705 Hempstead
Died: 7 Apr 1739 + Saturday, Blue Boar, Castle Gate, York. . Buried: St.
Georges Churchyard, York.
Occupation: Highwayman & Horse Thief
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Comments: Hanged at York
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Immediate Family: ·Parents ·Siblings
John Turpin & Elizabeth Parminter x 25 Mar 1695 @ Hempstead, Essex. |_Thomas * 1696
|_John * 1698
|_Christopher * 1699
|_Mary * 1702
|_Dorothy * 1707
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|_Richard 'Dick' Turpin
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,-John Turpin * c. 1675
Richard 'Dick' Turpin * 1705 + 7 Apr 1739
'-Elizabeth Parminter * c.1675