Can you help me find the house where my parents lived in England?
Jan 26th, 2012, 09:40 AM
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Did you try contacting anyone listed here:
http://www.great-kingshill.co.uk/
Or perhaps a real estate agent?
Better yet, try www.landregistry.gov.uk It allows you to do a property search but you can do it by selecting each house in Great Kingshill and see what address or name it is - although this might be a repeat of the database that flanneruk looked in. If your mom has any idea of what it was near (an intersection, etc.) that might help as well!
Good luck - I love a great mystery!
http://www.great-kingshill.co.uk/
Or perhaps a real estate agent?
Better yet, try www.landregistry.gov.uk It allows you to do a property search but you can do it by selecting each house in Great Kingshill and see what address or name it is - although this might be a repeat of the database that flanneruk looked in. If your mom has any idea of what it was near (an intersection, etc.) that might help as well!
Good luck - I love a great mystery!
Jan 26th, 2012, 11:52 AM
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Ackislander: AFAIK dependents didn't need UK drivers licenses, and could continue using just their Stateside license, IF they left the country at least once a year. Even if only a weekend across the Channel. If they didn't get their passports stamped proving so, they would need to pass a UK driving test and get a license. Those tests scared the bejeezus out of some so they made sure to go away 
Jan 31st, 2012, 03:31 AM
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Perhaps it was different in the US at the time, but back in 1940's England virtually nobody had a private car - so the chances of there being any driving licence records out there are slim indeed.
Jan 31st, 2012, 06:20 AM
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I agree with Gordon_R about few of the English had cars in the 1940's but American military personnel did. In our first rented place, we were the only people in the street with a car. We had to keep it in a yard behind the pub because there was no overnight parking on the street. Later we moved to a house in a new estate, and I would guess about a third of people did.
But if they are looking for an American, auto or driving licenses may be a useful datapoint.
But if they are looking for an American, auto or driving licenses may be a useful datapoint.
Jan 31st, 2012, 06:59 AM
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I doubt very much if aliens registration records or driving licence records for individuals would be publicly available in the UK, certainly not for anyone likely to be alive. Even if they were, you still wouldn't get much further than the same address which is the original problem.
Jan 31st, 2012, 12:12 PM
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Have you tried posting on the forum at http://www.great-kingshill.co.uk/ ? it's such a tiny place, there must be someone who knew someone. Six degrees of separation and all.
And
email the local paper! I would be very surprised if they didn't pick it up [email protected]
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email the local paper! I would be very surprised if they didn't pick it up [email protected]
Jan 31st, 2012, 11:10 PM
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By judicious use of Google, I discover there was an English Setter breeder called Barnes not a million miles away from Great Kingshill in the early 1960s who had a dog with Sunglint in the name. If you are REALLY stuck, it might be worth trying to track her down.
Feb 1st, 2012, 04:08 PM
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"By judicious use of Google, I discover there was an English Setter breeder called Barnes not a million miles away from Great Kingshill in the early 1960s who had a dog with Sunglint in the name. If you are REALLY stuck, it might be worth trying to track her down."
And THIS is why these forums are so fabulous!
And THIS is why these forums are so fabulous!
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My brother and I are planning a trip to England to try and find where my parents used to live in the 1940's. My father was in the US Air Force. He and my mother lived in a home called Sunglint. Apparently they went by house names instead of addresses. Anyway, Sunglint was in Great Kingshill near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. I have no idea how to go about trying to find if Sunglint still exists or where it is located. I Googled it, but no luck. It would be wonderful if my brother and I could find this home and take photos for our mom, who is now 90 years old. Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Thanks so very much!
we live in the house what was once called sunglint in the heart of great Kingshill
I have just came across your post
please respond if you get this. We have the deeds which makes mention of a man in the forces
Nov 10th, 2022, 02:38 PM
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Sunglint
Hi rutty1970! I just today (Nov 10, 2022) saw your post. I just happened to Google Sunglint again and found your post. I hope this reply reaches you. I would love to connect further with you but I’m not sure how to do that. Let me know if you get this and then we can figure out a way to connect. Thank you! Krinklebee
