Thrale history
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Photos
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 | Alwen Thrale Repeat winner of the Newmarket Town Plate on 14 October 1937, riding her father's horse Jimmy's Pet. | 12 Jun 2025 | |
 | Thrales caterers and Confectioners Cake paper bag | 16 May 2025 | |
 | Village shield Sandridge village shield |
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 | William Thrale 1738-1793 | 10 May 2025 | |
 | Ralph Thrale 1778-1852 In 1973, according to page 49 of A New Thraliana by Richard William Thrale, this portrait was owned by the Mardall family of Harpenden. | 10 May 2025 | |
 | Marshalswick House c.1920 Photograph taken a few years before its 1927 demolition. | 8 May 2025 | |
 | Streatham Park colour print, c.1820 by J. Landseer after S. Prout | 8 May 2025 | |
 | Streatham Park, 1790 Watercolour by unknown artist | 8 May 2025 | |
 | Park Street plaque of attack on Genral Haynau at Anchor Brewery
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 | 1726 graffiti by a John Thrale | 5 May 2025 | |
 | Sandridgebury in 1905 Rear of Sandridgebury House - previously was the front. | 5 May 2025 | |
 | N. Thrale shop 1898 Ernest Norman Thrale, Hannah Thrale (nee Green) and their son Norman Thrale outside their first shop at 80 London Road, St Albans c.1898. It was Hannah who about 1898 asked to be allowed to place a few sweets in the parlour window for sale; these were quickly sold, and a business was born. She worked all hours of all days, and the little confectionery business in London Road thrived. | 5 May 2025 | |
 | Streatham Park by Augustus Butler Inscribed. Streatham Park, Surry, the residence of L Jordan. Engraving by Augustus Butler 1854. | 5 May 2025 | |
 | Streatham Park by J. Landseer after S. Prout. | 5 May 2025 | |
 | St Leonards Church, Sandridge | 5 May 2025 | |
 | Hester Maria Thrale (AKA Queeney) circa 1822. Watercolour minature by Sophia Thrale after a portrait by George Sanders. | 5 May 2025 | |
 | Henry Thrale in 1777 Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. One of the Streatham Worthies. Hester Thrale bequeathed the portrait of her husband to her daughter Susannah Arabella Thrale, who in turn gave it to her sister Queeney. Queeney passed it to her daughter Lady William Osborne. On her death in 1892 the portrait passed to the Lansdowne family with Tulliallan Castle. During the early 20th Century the portrait was sold at Christies by the Marquis of Lansdowne. Hester Lynch Thrale wrote verses about this portrait. | 5 May 2025 | |
 | Hannah Maria Green | 3 May 2025 | |
 | William THRALE's musical box Old musical box in mahogany and buhl inlaid case owned by William Thrale. Lot no.186 in the 1897 sale of William Thrale's house, the Maltings, Wheathampstead. Tunes include 'Love Was Once a Little Boy', Wake of Erin', 'Garyone', and 'Croppies Lie Down'. bought for 10/- for young May Thrale, who upon her death in 1970 at the age of 87 willed it to her grand-nephew Richard Thrale of St. Albans. | 1 May 2025 | |
 | May Thrale Source: Rebecca Fuller nee Goodman Marriage of Andrew Goodman and May Thrale. Confirmed by Rebecca Fuller's aunt, who was the niece of Andrew Goodman. | 1 May 2025 |
Documents
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 | UK census 1901 131 Marford Road, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire.
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 | Alwen THRALE Yorkshire Post article dated 8 October 1936 of Alwen "Boo" Thrale's first victory in the Newmarket Town Plate horse race. | 13 Jun 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | Alwen THRALE Yorkshire post article 14 October 1937. Yorkshire Post article dated 14 October 1937 of Alwen "Boo" Thrale's second consecutive victory in the Newmarket Town Plate horse race. | 13 Jun 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | Thessa Maud Eugenie WILLIE funeral memorial booklet | 27 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | Hedley Archibald WRAY memorial booklet | 27 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | Albert ABRAHAMS British military WWII service card Herbert ABRAHAMS used the name Bert or Herbert WELLS to conceal his Jewish identity. Thus, there is some uncertainty about whether this military record refers to him or to another individual.
Served in the Royal Engineers during the Second World War, primarily with the 556th Field Company, which was part of the 76th Infantry Division, a British Army formation raised in 1942 and primarily responsible for home defence and training. Records indicate several changes in posting and administrative status, including entries on the “Y List,” a designation used for personnel who were temporarily 'non-effective', often due to medical or administrative reasons. On 19 September 1943, the soldier was posted to ITBRE, the Infantry Training Battalion of the Royal Engineers. | 16 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | Rodney Martin BLOCK death certificate Cause of death: (1a) broncho pneumonia. (1b) measles. (2) septic scarlet fever. | 15 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 14 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | Joseph Gladstone MCLAGGAN Remembrance booklet | 14 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | Thrale's Collection, sale catalogue title page The title page of the sale catalogue of Thrale's Collection which was previously displayed at No Mans Land Farm, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England. | 11 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | Thrale's Collection, sale catalogue Sale catalogue of Thrale's Collection which was previously displayed at No Mans Land Farm, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England. | 11 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard William THRALE note to David Henry THRALE, 2006 Accompanying his complimentary copy of his last book, Richard Thrale enclosed this hand-written note. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 7 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | Ivy Esmural Daley née Willie, 1975 Letter from accountant acting for her (now bankrupt) employer. | 6 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | Waterend Barn, St Albans. 1967 Advert for the auction of property fronting Waterend Barn. | 6 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | Waterend Barn, flyer Mid-20th century promotional flyer | 5 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | Maltings Farm, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England - 1898 advertisement for auction 2 March 1898 land auction, following the death of William Thrale. | 5 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | Enthralling tales of Thrale family's colourful past Tribute to Richard W Thrale in local paper after his death |
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 | Ralph Thrale death announcement THRALE - On September 29th, peacefully in his sleep, Ralph aged 88. Dearly loved husband of Gwen, fond father of Jennifer, Peter and Jeremy and grandfather of Christopher and Hugh. Cremation and private service of thanksgiving at St. Mary's Church, Redbourn on Friday October 8th at 11.30 am followed by interment of ashes in the Garden of rest. Family flowers only, donations if desired to St Mary's Roof Restoration Fund. All enquiries to L.C. Weston Funeral Directors, 17 Leyton Road, Harpenden. Telephone Harpenden 712865. | 3 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | Waterend Barn, St Albans, 1968 The postcard appears to feature the Little Barn and, if so, this would date the image to 1964 or later. | 2 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | Advertisement for auction of William Thrale's possessions from The Maltings Farmhouse on 1 April 1898 Advertisement for auction of contents of Maltings Farmhouse on 1 April 1898, following the death of William Thrale. | 2 May 2025 |
Headstones
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 | Norman Thrale 1830/1 - 1900 headstone | St Helens Church | Located | 12 Jun 2025 | |
 | John Gladstone MCLAGGAN headstone TREASURED MEMORIES OF A DEAR HUSBAND FATHER GRANDAD AND GREATGRANDAD JOHN GLADSTONE McLAGGAN DIED 16.12.1978 AGED 67 RIP. REUNITED WITH HIS BELOVED WIFE HAZEL ELSIE McLAGGAN A LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER DIED 14.3.2018 AGED 95 | Foster Hill Road Cemetery (aka bedford Cemetery) E9-207 |
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 | Headstone of Richard Thrale and Mary Manfield Restored in 1960 by his descendants. | St Leonards Church |
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 | Headstone of Richard Thrale Adjoining to this side of the Tomb lies the Remains of Mr. RICHARD THRALE late of the Pound Farm Sandridge & Husband of the above MARY THRALE who Died Aug:.19th.1755 Aged 66 Years Restored in 1960 by his descendants. | St Leonards Church | Located | 12 May 2025 | |
 | End grave for Richard Thrale and Mary Manfield Restored in 1960 by his descendants. | St Leonards Church | Located |
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 | Sophia Thrale's mourning tablet By John Flaxman at St Leonards Church, Streatham. | St Leonards Church | 5 May 2025 | ||
 | Headstone of John Munt 1771 - 1851 | St Helens Church | Located |
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5 May 2025 |
 | Memorial to Susannah Arabella Thrale and Thomas Arthur Bertie Mostyn. St Leonards Church, Streatham. | St Leonards Church |
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 | Thrale family burial vault St Leonards, Streatham. | St Leonards Church | Located | 5 May 2025 | |
 | Headstone for Henry Thrale Cox and Beatrice Alice Cox | St Leonards Church At the rear of St Leonard's Churchyard | Located |
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 | Henry Thrale's memorial tablet Erected on Friday 20 September 1782. The monument is by Joseph Wilton R.A. who also made George III's coronation coach. The Latin inscription is by Dr. Samuel Johnson. | St Leonards Church | Located | 13 Apr 2025 | |
 | John, Richard, John, Charles & Margaret (née Chaplin) THRALE mourning tablet, 1704 1704 mourning tablet for John Thrale, wife Margaret Thrale née Chaplin & sons Richard, John and Charles. Displayed the Thrale arms of a paly of ten or and gules impaling those of the Chaplin family, ermine on a chief indented azure, three griffins, heads erased or. This is the earliest known time that the arms of the family were monumentally displayed, having been adopted by John Thrale from the arms granted to the Threeles of Sussex. | St Albans Cathedral South transept. | Located |
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 | Hester Maria COTTON mourning tablet By Joseph Wilton, epitaph by Dr. Samuel Johnson. | St Leonards Church | 13 Apr 2025 | ||
 | William Alexander Ivory SMITH memorial | Buried at sea |
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 | Cleveland Augustus WILLIE headstone Grave thought to be in South London | Not yet located |
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 | Marks WELLS (ABRAHAMS) and Henrietta Sarah ABRAHAMS née WELLS headstone
[Hebrew translation]Po nikbar Rav Mordechai ben Yosef Niftar vav Adar 5709 lamed Tehei nafsho tzrurah b’tzror hachayim Here lies Mr. Mordechai son of Yosef Passed away on the 6th of Adar 5709 May his soul be bound in the bond of life.
[Hebrew translation]Po nikbarah Marat Sarah bat Rav Avraham Niftarah aleph Tevet 5740 Tehei nafshah tzrurah b’tzror hachayim Here lies Mrs. Sarah daughter of Mr. Avraham Passed away on the 1st of Tevet 5740 May her soul be bound in the bond of life.
 Sarah’s Hebrew inscription identifies her father simply as "Mr. Avraham" without the traditional "son of" to indicate her father’s Jewish lineage. This was because converts are traditionally described as being the “child of Avraham Avinu” (Abraham our patriarch) the first monotheist and the spiritual “father” of all who join the Jewish people, rather than the biological paternal ancestry. | Edmonton Federation of Synagogues Cemetery Plot: Y1 Row/Grave: 24 06 & 07 | Located |
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 | Rebecca and Joseph ABRAHAMS 'book' memorial
| Edmonton Federation of Synagogues Cemetery XS. Row 01. Grave 72. | Located |
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 | Joseph and Rebecca ABRAHAMS née KOSKY headstone
| Edmonton Federation of Synagogues Cemetery XS. Row 01. Grave 72. | Located |
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 | Ralph Norman and William THRALE headstone | St Leonards Church | Located | 30 Jan 2025 | |
 | Louis BLOCK - Dunkirk War memorial. Inscribed in column 111. | Dunkirk Town Cemetery Column 111 | Located |
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Histories
Videos
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 | BBC TV Arena: According to Beryl (2001). On 6 October 2001, BBC Television broadcast 'According to Beryl'. Their hour-long account of the family arrangement enjoyed by Samuel Johnson and the Thrale family of Streatham seen through the eyes of Beryl Bainbridge, author of the book on the same subject, According to Queeney. We also have an account of the Bery Bainbridge book According to Queeney, upon which this TV programme about Queeney, Johnson and the Thrale family is based. |
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Their works
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| Verses "Convolvulus" by Sophia Thrale aged 9. | 23 Oct 2024 | |
| Songs exchanged by Hester Lynch Thrale and Herbert Lawrence. In 1777-8 Hester Lynch Thrale’s account of:
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| Verses for hester Thrale's 35th birthday, written by Samuel Johnson. Verses written by Dr. Samuel Johnson on the occasion of the thirty-fifth birthday of Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury and recorded in Thraliana December 1777. | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Verses "Youth" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Verses "To a Lady on April Fool Day" Hester Lynch Salusbury Written on 1 April 1758. Thraliana entry dated June 1777. | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Verses "The Two Signs" by Hester Lynch Thrale Hester Thrale wrote in Thraliana and published in Public Advertiser 7 July 1779. | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Verses "The Dean of Derry" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Oct 2024 | |
 | Verses "Streatham" by Sophia Thrale aged 7. With added lines by her mother, Hester Lynch Thrale. | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Verses "Sonetto dal Povoleri alla Sigra Thrale" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Verses "Robin Redbreast" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Verses "Political Alphabet" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Verses "My Dear Flo" by Hester Lynch Salusbury Written by Hester Lynch Thrale. Thraliana entry dated 1 September 1797. | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Verses "Lady with an English watch" by Hester Lynch Thrale Written by Hester Lynch Thrale. Thraliana entry dated 21 January 1782. | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Verses "Hagley" by Hester Lynch Thrale. Written in 1776. | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Verses "Dover" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Verses "D'un amato & fido Cuore" by Hester Lynch Thrale Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury wrote alternative lyrics to Sacchini’s Song of Torna pure al carobene in 1787. The poem is about the pain of being separated from a loved one. The speaker describes how her heart “languishes” and “palpitates” in the absence of her beloved. She compares the pain to “affanno” (shortness of breath) and “fatica” (fatigue). The only thing that can soothe her pain is the thought of being reunited with her beloved. | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Verses "Charade" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Verses "Bathing" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Verses "Against drinking" by Hester Lynch Thrale. | 16 Oct 2024 | |
| Verse "That Sting Has None" by Hester Lynch Thrale. | 16 Oct 2024 |
Individuals
| ID | Last Name, Given Name(s) | Born/Christened | Location | Tree | Branch | Last Modified |
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| I160 |
 Harriet THRALE |
b. 18 Jul 1801 | Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England  | UK Thrale family | 14 Jun 2025 |
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Peter Ralph Alwen THRALE |
b. 1 Apr 1886-30 Jun 1886 | Croydon, Surrey, England | UK Thrale family | 13 Jun 2025 |
| I1382 |
John ANDREWS |
b. Abt 1665 | UK Thrale family | 13 Jun 2025 | |
| I358 |
Thomas THRALE |
b. Abt 1667 | UK Thrale family | 13 Jun 2025 | |
| I360 |
Elizabeth ANDREWS |
b. Abt 1666 | UK Thrale family | 13 Jun 2025 | |
| I357 |
Anne THRALE |
UK Thrale family | 13 Jun 2025 | ||
| I255 |
Thomas THRALE |
b. 2 Apr 1826 | Luton, Bedfordshire, England | UK Thrale family | 13 Jun 2025 |
| I326 |
Harriett Abigail THRALE |
b. Between 1 Jul 1859 and 30 Sep 1859 | Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England | UK Thrale family | 13 Jun 2025 |
| I962 |
Sarah Elizabeth THRALE |
UK Thrale family | 13 Jun 2025 | ||
| I142 |
Sophia Jane MCCULLOCH |
b. 27 Aug 1853 | The Village, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England | UK Thrale family | 13 Jun 2025 |
| I324 |
William THRALE |
b. 16 Nov 1853 | Hamwell Lane, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England | UK Thrale family | 13 Jun 2025 |
| I223 |
Inspector Thomas William THRALE |
b. 24 Sep 1874 | The Village, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England | UK Thrale family | 13 Jun 2025 |
| I45967 |
Alwen THRALE |
b. 1916 | UK Thrale family | 12 Jun 2025 | |
| I45980 |
Penelope Alwen TAUTZ |
b. 1937 | UK Thrale family | 12 Jun 2025 | |
| I45966 |
Diana THRALE |
b. 1913 | UK Thrale family | 12 Jun 2025 | |
| I965 |
Elizabeth GARRATT |
UK Thrale family | 12 Jun 2025 | ||
| I276 |
Norman THRALE |
b. 1 Jan 1897 to 31 Mar 1897 | Poplar, Middlesex, England | UK Thrale family | 12 Jun 2025 |
| I274 |
Hannah Maria GREEN |
b. Abt 1867 | Peckham, Surrey, England | UK Thrale family | 12 Jun 2025 |
| I263 |
Ernest Norman THRALE |
b. 1866 | UK Thrale family | 12 Jun 2025 | |
| I261 |
Caroline WELCH |
b. 1842 | Codicote, Hertfordshire, England | UK Thrale family | 12 Jun 2025 |
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