User talk:Backens

DYK for Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald
Gatoclass (talk) 16:03, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Nice article, thanks. Any idea what the Purefoy in her name is all about? There's a rather good pub in Preston Candover, her birthplace, called the Purefoy Arms and there must be some sort of a connection, I'd have thought. Ericoides (talk) 21:18, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi, hope this is the right place to reply (or should I reply on your talk page?). Anyway, according to the Oxford DNB article, Purefoy is the name of a family of landed gentry in Shalstone, Buckinghamshire, which Mabel belonged to (her father was called Richard Purefoy FitzGerald). I guess the pub might well be something to do with the family, though it's interesting that it should be in Preston Candover rather than in Shalstone -- if you're near there maybe you could go and ask? Pity they don't have any information about the origin of the name on their website! Backens (talk) 21:18, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
 * You can either answer here or on my talk page, it doesn't really matter. If you answer on my page I get a little notification thingy on my toolbar so I'm sure to see it, but I watch my Contributions page and if my edit is no longer current on your page then I know someone has changed something, as has proved to be the case... Anyway... Funnily enough, I did ask the owner when I was last there and I think she said something about a family (to sound educated I suggested it reminded me of a hybrid Norman French/English name), but it was before I'd read your article and I must confess I wasn't completely attentive to her answer; it was more in the way of small talk while waiting for the food to arrive! It's a pricey place for a meal, so I'll have to save up... Or maybe a long bike ride one day and just have a Coke. Thanks, and I hope you write some more interesting articles if you have the time. Ericoides (talk) 22:03, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

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