Maceys on the Chilmark War Memorial – Part 2 of 2

In my last post, 'Maceys on the Chilmark War memorial Part 1' I was unsure whether the 'A Macey' identified in the Commonwealth War Graves database was indeed from Chilmark as the next of kin address was Worton-on-Tees. But this was because his wife had remarried and moved to the North of England. 'A Macey' …

Maceys on the Chilmark War Memorial – Part 1 of 2

In 1920 a war memorial was "raised at Chilmark as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community, who lost their lives in the First World War." Those who died in World War 2 were added later. In 2016 the memorial was given grade II listed status as part of …

Maceys of Chilmark in the 1881 Census

This is the first in a series of blog posts looking more in depth into the Maceys of Chilmark, Wiltshire. I thought I would try and use an info-graphic (built with Canva) to show the demographics in Chilmark. It's my first attempt and I'm no graphic designer! Hopefully it gives the statistics in a clear …

What’s in a name? An unoriginal blog title

This post will shed light on the origin of the Macey/Macy name. The difference between the two spellings will be discussed in a later blog post. Where is it from? The Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames 3rd edition classifies the origin of surnames into four categories: Relationship, occupation or office, nicknames and local. Examples Relationship: …

Maceys of Chilmark

Updated April 2019: Corrections to the number of Maceys in each census year My direct family line of Maceys originate from the village of Chilmark in Wiltshire, England. It is a village approximately 13 miles to the West of Salisbury and not far from Stonehenge. Before I started on this genealogical journey, Chilmark was a …