"THE BOX" and The LIFE of BRIAN

BLOG - “THE BOX” - the “LIFE of BRIAN “ - 050106

THE BOX

"Out of" THE BOX

This BLOG is by way of an introduction to the "LIFE of BRIAN" which will be the conyiuing BLOG subject over the next few postings

"THE BOX” This is the term given to the compact area of small Nottinghamshire villages which appears to have contributed greatly and be quite instrumental in the "spawning" the ALVEY family name

The later notes will explain in a little detail how “Missing John”’s branch of the Alvey family fragmented away "out of" THE BOX only to return in later years, quite passively and without any knowledge of its significance

The illustration of “The Box” shows it containing the villages of Burton Joyce, Gedling, Lambley, Woodboro, Lowdham, Gunthorpe, Caythorpe, Oxton, Epperston, Shelford Stoke Bardolph, Bleasby, Carlton, Arnold, Calverton, plus East of Nottingham

The the right plots how my particular branch of the ALVEY’s moved away from THE BOX - initially to South Normanton and eventually to South Yorkshire - presumably for economic reasons. The illustration also clearly shows the return path taken by myself completely oblivious as to any historical significance of my “family roots”

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