Hi There - If you have access to census records for the Monmouth Town area, and are willing to take the time to search for any Beach entry in any census, then it would be GREAT (have 1881 and 1901) or if you have family connections to Beach, or would like some info yourself, Beaches in Monmouth, Forest of Dean GLOS, South Herefordshire Thanks for any help.
cheers FRED from Monmouth Town

Hello Fred:
I do have family in Monmouth Town area. Most were
born in the Dixton Newton area. I'll tell you about them.
SARAH BEACH b:abt 1818 in Garway Hereford (father was
Samuel BEACH mother unknown)
m: JOHN HOPE b:30 Dec 1818 Westbury on Severn, GLS
children were Esther 1843, Mary 1845, Sarah Ann 1848,
John 1852, Eliza 1855, William 1860.

Eliza Hope b: 1855 marr Richard Paul 4 Sept 1877 in
St James Church, Dixton....1 child Sarah Ann Paul 1879.
Richard Paul died 1883 in 1883 Monmouth

Eliza then m: Samuel BEACH (no dates) Mar 1885 Mon.
children were Willie 1886, Minnie 1889, Ernest 1891.
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the information above is ongoing
I also have Baptism's from Dixton 1826 William and Margt
Dec 24 Anne BEACH Buckholt, father Lab
1827 or 29 Benjamin and Anne, a son Issac BEACH,Jun 24
1851 or 7 Benjamin & Susan, a son Edwin BEACH, Apr 2
1833 Samuel BEACH & Mary, a son Samuel BEACH, May 2
1843 Benjamin BEACH & Susan a Dau Susan BEACH 11 Oct.

I have a lot more but i have to sort them out and i'm
on my way to work.

Cheers Joan in British Columbia, Canada

Well welcome to the family Joan in British Columbia, Samuel who married Eliza Paul are my Great grand parents, Beaches seem to have been in the area quite a while, Dixton and surrounding areas The Buckholt, The Kymin, Welsh Newton, Garway, Ganarew, Whitchurch, and across the river here in the Forest of Dean.
I am in the process of building a family tree of the Beach name in this area, not just my own family, the earliest I have found is 1545 in Newent, Beache, this goes back to the probable orogin of the name, Beche, de la Beche, a family who came with the Norman invasion. I have been told that there is a street in Cambridge called "Beche Street" but it is pronounced Beach.
Are you a Beach Joan? I guess we will both have a lot of questions, thanks for responding, bye for now FRED

Hi there Joan ,me again
I had a look around for Hopes, there are not many to be found, there is a strange one in the 1901 census Hannah Hope age 62, (1839) born United States Louis. living Marden near Hereford, and I think I may have found a Beach marrying a Hope, Agnes Hope nee ? born Monmouth, Bucknall? it will be The Buchholt where there were several families including an Agnes ?
I think you are going to be a Hope, here is your John Hope I think? he is older than you say ?

John Hope christened 27th February 1809 Westbury on Severn plus
James Hope christened 6th September 1807 Westbury on Severn
sons of James and Esther Hope
150 -200 years before were these
Guy Hope christened 7th January 1581 son of Thomas Hope
male Hope christened 21st November 1647 son of William Hope
Mary Hope christened 6th July 1651 daughter of William Hope

GARWAY
Anne Hope christened 9th April 1837 daughter of William and Sarah
Mary Hope christened 6th December 1845 daughter of John and Sarah
James Hope christened 21st April 1846 son of William and Sarah

I need to get to the record offices and fill in all the gaps, let me know where you need help and I will see what I can do. Have you been here ? do you know what these places look like ? bye for now Fred

Hello Fred
Well this is sure a exciting day, thankyou so much for
the reply to my message..or...to your message.
My John Hope b: 1818 Wesbury on Severn father James HOPE
mother Esther KIBBLE married 26 Nov 1805
They had 9 children... The 7th child was John Hope b:1818
Westbury on Severn. At some point some of the family moved
to Garway wherehe may have met Sarah Beach b:1818
They were married 27 June 1843 Church of Monmouth.
They had 6 children of them the5th child Eliza HOPE b:1855
Married Richard PAUL (1851-1883) on the 4 Sept 1877
When Richard died 1883 Eliza married Samuel Beach in 1885

I made a wonderfull trip to Wales in 1998, and toured as many villiages and towns as i could. my base camp was in
Ragland and i spent many a morning in Monmouth Landry and
Abergavenny Record House with Julie Hole. i will be back for sure.

Cheers for now Joan

Fred,
My husbands 3x great-grandparents were George Potts and (H)ester Beach. They were married on 24 sept. 1803 in Bedwellty. Their son Jesse, married Mary Pritchard of Brecon.

Hi Christine
I will keep an eye out for Hester as it is often spelt back then, all I can tell you is that during the mid 1800s I have birth registrations for a Beach family in Crickhowell, which is not very far away from the area covered by Bedwellty. cheers Fred

Hi Joan - 2003 this thread started??? where did the time go?

Just to add John Hope is buried next to his son John, they are buried where I grew up, Wyesham just outside the town of Monmouth. There is a simple stone with JH next to the sons grave, they died in the same year. So I walked by that grave stone all my life and didn't know until the end of last year. cheers Fred

Heloo is there a fairground connection here?
If so i have some beaches in my family.
Sandra Gage

Joan where are you? Where did 6 years go fred