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NEW FEATURE.........MESSAGES RECEIVED VIA THE SITE......
From: Martyn January 2007
I have been enjoying looking at your site and wonder if you have
any keen genealogists in the area?
My relative Elizabeth Millen (whose maiden name appears to have
been Leggins or Liggins) gave her place of birth as Ringland in the 1851 census and her age as 54.
All conventional avenues have proved fruitless and I think I needto contact someone with local knowledge. Any help would be much> appreciated.
Regards
Martyn Yeo. Martyn@wordwise.co.uk
From:John Ringland August 2006
Dear Ringlanders,
Back in about 1987, I think, my sister and I were on a bike camping tour of England. I'd been there a while, and when it rained for days while in Warwick, I looked at a place names guide of Britain in the library and found Ringland! Being one, I just had to visit. I didn't tell my sister where we were going. I met her in London and we rode to Norfolk, visiting places I knew of when I went to college for awhile outside Grantham, Linc. I led her on small back roads as we approached Ringland. At one time a truck came down the single lane road towards us, forcing us into the nettles. We were still suffering as we came into your beautiful village and headed straight to the Swan. My sister was all smiles. We showed our Ringland passports and were treated to a pint by the kind folks at the pub.No one there had ever met a Ringland. (There aren't many of us.I've never met one I wasn't related to.The family apparently came from Ireland to Canada in the early 1800's and migrated to New York State in the 1830's.I was reared in Oklahoma and Texas. Our branch dies out this generation--there are no males.) We looked inside the beautiful church, were given stationary from a building (construction) company, toured all over the rest of the village, and were invited to pay for village improvements, especially the stone walls. I will always have a great memory of my visit, and hope to return some day. Ann and John Ringland give our seal of approval and heartiest commendations to the People of Ringland! Cheers! John Ringland johnesthetist@earthlink.net From Beth Munnings-Winter September 2006 beth@munningsart.com
I enjoyed looking at your lovely site, and commend you for the beautiful pictures of a pretty village I would love to visit one day. I am a relative of Alfred Munnings, and an artist myself. I made a copy of AJ Munnings’ picture of Shrimp the gypsy-boy and the ponies, which Munnings called “On the Ringland Hills”. I called my version “Shrimp’s Ponies”. Interestingly, Shrimp’s great-grandson contacted me recently, having heard that his ancestor was painted by an artist named Munnings. I was happy to tell him that Shrimp was painted numerous times, and I see that the Smithsonian magazine for October has an article on Munnings, with pictures of Shrimp. You can see my version on my website at www.originalmunningsart.com
I hope to visit Ringland one day with my sketchbook. I can see from the photos why Sir Alfred found the area surrounding your village so idyllic!
Sincerely,Beth Munnings-Winter
Dear Sir / Madam
I enclose a copy of a photograph of Ringland School and pupils taken in
1909 and thought it may be of interest. It was in our family's
possession but we have no connection with Norfolk so have no idea where
it came from.
Regards
Donald Stewart donvers@btinternet.com
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