No 21 - Nailsea and District Local History Society

Sources from which "A short history of the village of Tickenham" wascompiled.1. Records of the parish found:-1a History of Tickenham Rev J Byrchmore 18951b West Country Churches W.J. Robinson 19161c Earthworks & Camps of Somerset Ed Burrows1d Victoria County History of Somerset compiled 19261e History of Somerset - Rutter2 Parish Registers & Maps3 Traditions and facts remembered by the older inhabitants, supplied bymembers of the W.I.Backwell 1891from "Backwell - The 1891 Census - Some Observations" by Bryan ButtonAGE PATTERNIt is difficult to draw conclusions from the age pattern as to the likelihood ofsomeone born in Backwell reaching a ripe old age. The amount of immigrationinto the village and the presumed similar pattern of emigration blurs the facts.What is certain is that not many people living in Backwell in 1891 had reachedthe promised three score years and ten - only 15 men and 14 women. Many ofthese were people who had earlier moved into the village, but most fromnearby. An interesting point is that the number of men and women weresimilar. Presumably the hard labour undertaken by men levelled out the longtermdemands on the body suffered by women who had to undergo theVictorian tribulations of childbirth. Of the 29 people mentioned, 9 were onlyjust 70 years of age.Maria Angus 72 CalcuttaAnn Bilbie 79 BackwellWilliam Caple 80 CrossCharles Coles 80 LympshamAlexander Coombs 76 NailseaEdward Dawes 70 BristolHester Fry 82 KingswoodMary Garland 70 WraxallHenry Garland 70 Backwell