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Name
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Field, Elizabeth Mrs. [Lily]
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Date of birth
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1880
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Location
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Bibury
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Notes
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Birth / baptism
Berkshire, Bradfield, 1880, Oct, Nov, Dec, Vol. 2C, p 326.
Marriage
Gloucestershire, Northleach, 1911, Oct, Nov, Dec, Vol. 6A, p 863, Walter W Field married Elizabeth Davis.
Death
Gloucestershire, Cirencester, 1951, Jan, Feb, Mar,Vol, 7b, p 607, age, 70;
9 February, 1951 [AB].
Williams / others notes
Literate [AB]
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, 17/2/51 p.6
DEATH OF MRS ELIZABETH FIELD WINSON POST MISTRESS FOR 36 YEARS
[Edited summary] died 6 February, wife of Walter W. Field, aged 70. Health failing for some time, but continued working until afternoon before death. People who came on business usually stayed to talk. Did not suffer fools gladly. Able to talk interestingly on many subjects. Loved books, especially about Wiltshire (where her family came from), Berkshire (where she lived as a child) and Gloucestershire. She knew all three counties well. Good memory. She loved her garden and had green fingers. The outside of the Post Office was a glory of colour. Full life. Did things well, especially dressmaking and needlework. Not a regular churchgoer but true Christian.
NB two photographs in:
Dick Field, Up and Down the Valley (Gryffon Publications, 1985).
The one in the Gloucestershire Folk Map was taken c.1945.
My particular thanks to Dr. C J Bearman who provided the key which assisted me in tracing Elizabeth [Lily] Field. He researched a number of Gloucestershire singers as part of the Singing Landscape Project, 2008 - 2010 and it is with his kind permission this obituary is reproduced.
It has been suggested that the attribution to Bibury is incorrect as it should be Winson. Wilson';s Imperial Gazeteer of England and Wales describes Winson as follows: "WINSON, a chapelry in Bibury parish, Gloucester; 6 miles NE of Cirencester r. station. Post town, Fairford, under Swindon. Acres, 1,190. Rated property, £1,454. Pop., 181. Houses, 49. The manor belongs to Sir W. A Musgrave. The living is annexed to Bibury. The church is good; and there is a national school." Bibury is chosen because the civil parish is a key aspect of local government and often used in local studies libraries as locality.
