People
The Barretts
In The Surnames of Cornwall, Dr Bernard Deacon notes that the Barrett name was well established in southeast Cornwall by the late 1400s. His research also confirms that it was the most common surname in the 18th century across both Landulph and Botus Fleming parishes.
Stepping back further in time, I know from my own research, that the Manor of Ashton near St Dominick was once known as Ashton Barrett, named after the Barrett family who owned it, which can trace its origins back to John Barat, who was recorded as tenant in 1244.
Pam Boughton
I was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire in 1930. I attended Junior, Senior Schools there and then 2 years at the County Commercial College. In 1946 I started employment at a Solicitors' office where I stayed until l961, shortly before my son was born. When my son started school I got a job part time as School Secretary at an Infants school so that I could get all the school holidays with him, I started there in 1967 and stayed until 1992.
