1805-1806: The accounts of Peter Jackson churchwarden for Warford:
To postage of a letter informing of the Reverend Ralph Carrs resignation and sequestration 4½d
Edward Wynne for painting £1 8s 1¾d
John Thornton for ditto £5 4s 0½d
Treat to Mr J. Lucas about the organ 8¼d
Thomas Massey as per bill for work done in the churchyard 1s 10½d
Paid Mr Philip Henshall clerks salary for 1 year 13s
Thomas Antrobus bill for glazing and painting £2 17s 5¾d
John Dumvile saddlers bill 3s 3d
John Twiss organist’s salary from 1 January 1805 to Easter Sunday [6 April] 1806
Miss Ann Norbury’s bill for washing and mending surplices 4s 8¼d
Philip Lowe’s bill for new coat for sexton, bread, candles, &c. 9s 2½d
James Mottram blowing bellows same time as the organist 13s 6d
John Holburt for clerking to Easter Tuesday [8 April 1806]
John Henshall for smith work as per bill 8s 6d
Edward Wainwright for carpenter work 16s 3d
Thomas Owen for whitewashing and plaistering £1 14s 4¼d
Nathaniel Dumvile for repairing and cleaning clock 5s 10½d
John Swindells cleaning church, opening church doors and care of clock 17s 6d
Mr Lean’s bill for whiteing glue &c 5s 3d
J. T. Stanley esquire bill for timber, lime &c. 10s 3¾d
George Germain for a pair of shoes for sexton 2s 9d
Thomas Owen and his men liquour when working at church 2s 11d
Samuel Jepson for ditto 1¾d
Edward Wainwrights allowance when working in the church 2s 9¼d
John Holburts allowance when clerking 1s 5½d
John Antrobus and his men when working at church 1s 9¼d
Thomas Massey and John Swindels when working in church yard 4d
William Hambleton for coals and making fire for painters 6¾d
Mr Johnson for wine on 4 sacrament days 16s 9d
Mr Whittle’s bill for hair 3s 9d
Ditto for drawing 1 load of slate 2s 6d
Mrs Broadhurst for gravelling churchyard 2s
Robert Foden for repairing house 4½d
Mr Bailey for parchment 9d
William Dale’s bill 2s 4½d
Samuel Jepson’s bill 1s 7d
Wardens, singers and parishioners treat when the Reverend Edward Stanley came to Alderley 7s 0¼d
A treat to Knutsford ringers by Mr Jackson 6s
Mr Downes leading sand &c ½ day 1s
£30 7s 5d; received by a lay, £32 2s 5d: £1 15s
5 June 1819: Bond by William Owen [signs] of Adlington, county Chester, farmer, James Pimlott [signs: Pimlot] of Butley, county Chester, gentleman and John Gee [signs] of Macclesfield, county Chester, millwright and engineer, to David Browne of Macclesfield gentleman, clerk of the court of the manor and forest of Macclesfield, in £777: to appear at the next court on Monday 21 June 1819 at Macclesfield, to prosecute Richard Legh esquire and Joseph Pimlott for taking one clock with oak case, one oak chest of drawers, one painted table, two round stools, one old oak screen, five chairs, one weather glass, one fender and fire irons, three smoothing irons, one Italian iron, one iron stand, one large looking glass, three large baskets, five flower pots, one small cupboard with crockery, one small looking glass, one fire shovel, one copper tea kettle, one old oak chest, two cotton looms, one side saddle, one lot of sundries, one clothes horse, one oak dining table, one weather glass, one large painted table and form, one knife box, four small cheeses, one lot of knives and forks, four large barrels, one small barrel, four steens, one lot of sundries, two pair of bedsteads, oak and mahogany, two chaff beds, one feather bed, three feather bolsters, one flock bolster, two feather pillows, six blankets, two sheets, two bed covers, one large map, one churn, one coal box, one tub and measure, one lot of sacks, two flails, one washing dolly and riddle, one old bench, one oak dresser, one cheese press, one toaster, three tubs, sundry farming utensils, one lot of cans, several milk steans, shelves and earthen ware, a lot of metal weights, one frying pan, two oak bedsteads, two chaff beds, three flock bolsters, two feather bolsters, one sheet, six blankets, two covers, one stool, four scythes, cart, thrippers, one broad wheel’d cart with iron arms, one lot of rakes and pikels, a quantity of old iron, a small lot of wheat straw, corn trial, an old can, a quantity of wood, several farming implements, six cowties, two flails, one milking stool, a lot of wood, dung forks, one ladder, iron rakes, one wheelbarrow, two cart saddles, a quantity of horses gearing, dung forks and shovels, one bucket, two halters, a large tub, one grey stallion, one cow, one bay mare, twenty two geese, one brown mare, one grey mare, one field and a piece of oats, one ditto wheat, a piece of a field of wheat, five fields of mowing grass, one lot of fowls and ducks (worth £388 10s). Witness: Peter Browne [signs]. Mr James Moorhouse [signs] testifies to the value. Witness: David Browne [signs]
7 May 1842: Bill from John Owen to the Churchwardens of Alderley for carting lime and sand for the slaters
25 March 1880: Bill of sale by David Owen, hitcher, and Thomas Rowland, coalminer, 3 Alice Place, Cwmaman, Aberdare, Glamorgan, in favour of William R. Cohen
2 October 1906: Postcard to master Bennett V. Owen, Castle House, Llanidloes, North Wales: ‘I hope you have had many drives with Uncle Llewellin and that both of you are quite well. I have had a bit of Inflammation in my left Eye from road dust after the Motor Race With best Love Dada’
31 July 1914: Miss Louisa Peach, aged 45, a London actress staying with Mr J. W. H. Humphreys of Crook Log, Avenue Road, Falmouth, appeared in court accused of having tried to kill herself by throwing herself in the sea at midnight at Gyllyngvase. Evidence was given by Police Sergeant Hall, Humphreys, John Ewart Gilbert (a camper who helped rescue her) and Dr J. F. H. Owen. Other campers who helped were Messrs R. Pye, C. Lincoln, A. Banks, Ivor and Cyril Corlyon, J. Ruse and R. Pearce.
24 January 1920: IN MEMORIAM: OWEN: In loving memory of Elizabeth wife of Daniel Owen, of 20 Bromley Street, Congleton, who died 13 January 1920 aged 62: from her sorrowing husband and sons
October 1922: A short account of the work of Mr Owen, till illness caused him to resign his post as vicar of Seaton Hirst. … As curate of Cambois, he was entrusted by his vicar, Canon Usher, with the building of the mission church. … Seaton Hirst was a district of the parish of Woodhorn, in which Mr (now Canon) Rhodes had built a nice church – St John’s. … We can but earnestly hope that rest and his native North Wales air will help to renew his health.
January 1932: candidate for membership of the Cyclists’ Touring Club: R. L. Owen, 23 Reservoir Road, Edgeley Park; candidate for junior membership: J. Owen, 31 Buckingham Road, E.15
15 April 1953: County court judgments against Arthur Owen, 47 Brook Street, Nottingham; and against Mr H. N. Owen, 36 Greenmore Road, Knowle, Bristol, motor engineer; and against Mr Owen, Cae Ysguber Wen, Penrhosgarnedd, Caernarvon
1955: Lletyau Pregethwyr: Dosbarth Penlleyn. Deunant – Gorff., Medi, Miss Owen, Ysgubor Bach. Awst, Mrs Jones, Bodernabwy. Tach., Chwef., Mrs Jones, Min-y-Mor. Rhag., Mrs Jones, Caerau. Ion., Mai, Mrs Jones, Tywyn. Mawrth, Mrs Jones, Brynmor. Meh., Hyd., Ebrill, Mrs Williams, Ty Capel.
4 October 1963: Handel Owen, tenor Covent Garden Opera Chorus
26 June 1971: Coventry Speedway: Brandon Bees riders: Les Owen
1974: Members of Seaton Carew Golf Club: Gentlemen: G. J. Owen, Prescelly, 42 Newlands Avenue, Hartlepool Tel.: 3911
25 April 1979: Gwyn P. Owen (Isle of Anglesey), referee. ‘Commenced refereeing in the Anglesey League in 1961, then continued via Welsh League North and Welsh League to the Football League’s referees list. Refereed the Scotland v. Northern Ireland Amateur International in 1972. Lined the 1970 England v. Scotland Under-23 match, a Football League Cup semi-final in 1972 and a number of U.E.F.A. and European Cup matches. A married man, with three children, he is Headmaster of Llanddona Primary School. Has a caravan business – buying and selling, farms and plays cricket. Part-time soccer spokesman on B.B.C. Radio and Television – Welsh speaking programmes.’