Inskips of Maulden

The Inskips have been in Maulden, Bedfordshire since at least the 1760’s when John Inskip married Elizabeth Parker on Christmas Day 1766. John was a tenant farmer for John Russell, Duke of Bedford . The Duke had acquired land around Maulden in 1738 and was experimenting with new more productive agricultural techniques. [...]

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Frank Inskip – Missing Since 1919

I’d like to make a plea for a lady who has been looking for her lost uncle for 30 years. Frank Inskip was born in 1917 in Halifax the son of Randolph Inskip from Wombwell near Barnsley, and Harriet Hall from Halifax. (Randolph’s father was a William Inskipp from South Shields, who went to [...]

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Inskips Strays in Meldreth Cambridgeshire

About 18 months ago I had an email from a gentleman who wanted to know if I knew the family history of some  Inskip women he had found in Meldreth, Cambridgeshire. There was no history of Inskips in the area, but he had several census, marriage and burial records for a Mary Inskip senior and [...]

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Travelling Inskips

Terry Inskip, recently sent me a list of Inskip departures from these shores between 1890 and 1929. It is interesting to observe that at the height of the British Empire, the largest formal Empire the world has ever known (yes larger than the Romans!), that to travel abroad the passengers simply [...]

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New Inskip Blog

I have set this weblog up to record all the interesting facets of the Inskip name and family as they are uncovered. The main body of research can be found at http://www.one-name.org/profiles/inskip.html.

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