Enborne

st. michael's and all angels church

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Enborne was the home of the Lloyd family during our novel. Reverend Nowes Lloyd was vicar of St Michael's and All Angels Church from 1771 until his death at the end of January 1789. He was buried in the churchyard on 3rd February 1789.  

Photo: St. Michael's and All Angels Church, Enborne, Berkshire

Reverend Lloyd was married to Martha Lloyd and they had four children born in the parish of Bishopstone, where they lived before moving to Enborne. Martha was born in 1765, Eliza in 1767, Charles in 1768 and Mary in 1771.

Charles died at the age of seven in the spring of 1775 from smallpox, during an epidemic that killed many people in the Enborne area. He was buried in St. Michael's and All Angels churchyard on 13th April 1775.

Mrs Lloyd's sister, Jane, was married to Reverend Thomas Fowle of Kintbury. As they lived in neighbouring villages, their children were brought up to play and socialise together, and the two families were very close.

Photos: St. Michael's and All Angels Church, Enborne, Berkshire. 

Eliza Lloyd was married here to her cousin, Fulwar Fowle, on 15th August 1783 and Reverend Lloyd took the service.

When Reverend Lloyd died, a few months after this wedding, his wife and two single daughters were forced to leave the rectory to make way for the new incumbent. With no home of their own, they moved in the spring of 1789 to Deane and lived in the vacant rectory there, thus becoming close friends and neighbours of the Austens. 

There is a very informative article about Reverend Lloyd by Theresa A. Lock on the Kintbury and Beyond website here.

Enborne extract

If you would like to read an extract from The Austens of Steventon, where the events happen in Enborne, click here

REFERENCES

1. Ancestry.co.uk (2023)  'Nowes Lloyd' in 'England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991'. SOURCE INFORMATION: Ancestry.com. England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

2. Ancestry.co.uk (2023) 'Martha Lloyd' in the 'England and Wales Christening Index,  1530 - 1980.' ENTRY DETAILS: Bishopstone, St Mary, Parish Registers, 1730-1813, 16 November 1765, Martha Lloyd: Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council.

3. Ancestry.co.uk (2023)'Elizabeth Lloyd' in the 'England and Wales Christening Index, 1530 - 1980.' ENTRY DETAILS: Bishopstone, St Mary, Parish Registers, 1730-1813, 15 June 1767, Elizabeth Lloyd: Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council.

4. Ancestry.co.uk (2023) 'Charles Lloyd' in the 'England and Wales Christening Index, 1530 - 1980.' ENTRY DETAILS: Bishopstone, St Mary, Parish Registers, 1730-1813, 21 December 1768, Charles Lloyd: Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council.

5. Ancestry.co.uk (2021) 'Mary Lloyd' in the 'England and Wales Christening Index, 1530 - 1980.' ENTRY DETAILS: Bishopstone, St Mary, Parish Registers, 1730-1813, 20 May 1771, Mary Lloyd: Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council.

6. Ancestry.co.uk (2023)'Charles Lloyd' in the 'England Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991.' SOURCE INFORMATION: Ancestry.com. England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

7. Ancestry.co.uk (2023) 'Nowes Lloyd' in the 'England Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991.' SOURCE INFORMATION:Ancestry.com. England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

8. The Clergy Database (2023) Search - Lloyd, Nowes (1751-1789) Available at: https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?PersonID=95343

9. Le Faye, D. (2013) ‘1788 - August 15, Friday,’ in A Chronology of Jane Austen and her Family 1600-2000. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p.117.

10. Le Faye, D. (2013) ‘1789 – Spring 1789,’ in A Chronology of Jane Austen and her Family 1600-2000. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p.120.

11. Locke, T. (2021) 'The Lloyd Family of Enbourne ... and beyond' in The Beacon: August 2021: Walbury Beacon Benefice. Available at: https://d3hgrlq6yacptf.cloudfront.net/5f219d3dc1af5/content/pages/documents/august-2021-beacon.pdf

12. Wheddon, Z. (2021) ‘In the Beginning’ in Jane Austen’s Best Friend: The Life and Influence of Martha Lloyd. South Yorkshire: Pen and Sword Books Ltd. pp.1-2.