FRAMPTON Line

My FRAMPTON line starts back about 1752 with Robert FRAMPTON, born unknown, possible Milton, Hampshire. The family lived in the area and are still present there to-day.

My Grandmother Alice Kate Frampton moved to London in disgrace when she became pregnant with her first child. this is where she met my Grandfather William Pitt BULL.

Extract from "A Portrait of Highcliffe" by Sheila D Herringshaw

Page 52-53

The Methodist Church

The first Primitive Methodist Chapel was built in Highcliffe in 1908 but before that time groups of Methodists used to meet in the home of John and Jane Frampton. As this house group increased in numbers, they became a Society of the Methodist Church. This Society raised most of the money for the Chapel to be built in Highcliffe at a cost of £683 14s 8d. The first service was held in the chapel on Sunday, June 8th 1908.

The Chapel seated between eighty and ninety people, it had one other room which served as vestry, schoolroom and kitchen. Pastoral care was exercised by ministers from the Bournemouth circuit and by retired ministers in the district.

John Frampton owned property in Lymington Road. His home was called Grace Villa - this is now Wesley's outfitters shop. He gave the adjoining piece of land to the Methodist Church. His business premises, "John Frampton Motor and Cycle Works", is now Highcliffe Garage. In 1928 John Frampton made a gift of £2800 to the Chapel. The money was invested and according to his wishes was to be used for the enlargement of the Church and towards a Minister's stipeld. The Frampton trust still brings an income to the Methodist Church in Highcliffe.

In 1939 Mr and Mrs Frampton celebrated their Diamond Wedding and the members of the Chapel presented a Communion Table, suitably inscribed, to commemorate the event. The Communion Table is still in use by the Boys Brigade in their Bible class.

The following report in the Christchurch Times of June 3rd, 1939, not only reports the Diamond Wedding but throws an interesting sidelight on the development of the village.

Diamond Jubilee of Mr. and Mrs Frampton.
"The happiest married pair in Highcliffe this week is Mr and Mrs John Frampton, of Grace Villa, who celebrated on Wednesday last their Diamond Wedding. Mr Frampton, who may be described as virtually the founder of Highcliffe as it is today, and his wife, are among the best known and respected residents of the village and numerous wishes for their happiness and continued long life have been recived; but what is especially treasured is a greeting from Their Majesties The King and Queen.

At the age of 81 (he will be 82 next December, and his wife a year younger), Mr Frampton is still an energetic gardener. He attends the little Methodist Church, to which his later years have been dedicated, with regularity and unelated enthusiasm. Both Mr and Mrs Frampton are enjoying the best of health, despite their years.

Married at Kingston Church, Portsmouth, on May 28th, 1879, Mr and Mrs Frampton have by dint of grit, perseverance and hard work, won through life's battles until at the celebration of this anniversary it would be difficult to find a happier or more devoted pair.

Progenitors of Modern Highcliffe

The statement that Mr Frampton and his wife were the progenitors of modem Highcliffe is no idle one. Mr Frampton's life history begins as one of 16 children born to Mrs James Frampton, a builder, who lived in Lone Tree Cottage, then known as Victoria House, Highcliffe. In those days there were no shops - not even a Post Office, and the postman, when he did visit the village, blew a whistle to apprise the inhabitants of the 18 houses of his presence.

Highcliffe housewives baked their own bread because there was no bakery. There were no butchers and of course, no grocers. St Marks' Church was in the course of construction. One of Mr Frampton's earliest recollections is the public festivities in the village when King Edward VII became Prince Of Wales. On this occasion a fate was held on the grounds opposite the Vicarage and Mr FRAMPTON's farther built for the occasion some roundabouts, the motive power for which was supplied by two men turning a driving wheel.

Mr Frampton left school before he was nine years old and went to work in a carpenter's shop where he remained until he was fifteen."

When the Methodist Chapel celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1958 there was clearly a need for a larger church and more appropriate premises for the weekday activities. A Gift Day was held as part of the Jubilee Thanksgiving Celebrations and the new building was started four years later. The new Church and ancillary buildings, designed by John Pantlin of Wimborne, were finally completed in 1963, during the ministry of Rev. Gregory Carter. The Church was opened and dedicated by Rev. Reginald Stonham who, at the time, was Chairman of the District. The total building programmes cost £30,000.

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Direct Descendants of

Robert Frampton

1 Robert Frampton b: Bef. 1752 in England d: Unknown in England

.. +Ann b: Unknown in England d: Unknown in England m: Unknown in England

....... 2 John Frampton b: Abt. 1772 in Milton, Hampshire, England d: 8 May 1821 in Milton, Hampshire, England

........... +Sarah Bartlett b: 1771 in England d: 27 March 1853 in Milton, Hampshire, England m: 13 August 1792 in Milton, Hampshire, England

................ 3 William Frampton b: Bef. 28 October 1792 in Milton, Hampshire, England d: Unknown

................ 3 Betty Frampton b: Bef. 23 October 1796 in Milton, Hampshire, England d: Unknown

................ 3 Charles Frampton b: Bef. 30 June 1799 in Milton, Hampshire, England d: Bef. 1851

.................... +Mary "Maria Frampton" Pickham b: Abt. 1809 in Poole, Dorset, England d: Unknown in England m: 8 January 1820 in Milton, Hampshire, England

.......................... 4 [2] James Frampton b: 6 June 1825 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England d: 8 January 1914 in Highcliffe, Hampshire, England

.............................. +Eliza Reeks b: 4 November 1824 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England d: 22 January 1873 in Hampshire, England m: 16 April 1846 in The Baptist Chapel, Lymington, Hampshire, England

................................... 5 Charles "Chas" Frampton b: Bet. 1846 - 1847 in England d: 28 July 1946 in England

................................... 5 Lavinia Frampton b: Abt. 1849 d: 1853

................................... 5 Robert Frank "Frank" Frampton b: 4 January 1851 in Newtown, Hampshire, England d: 9 November 1933 in Highclife, Hampshire, England

....................................... +Maria Haskell b: 13 October 1854 in Burton Road, Christchurch, Hampshire, England d: 4 April 1941 in Highcliffe, Hampshire, England m: 9 May 1878 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England

............................................. 6 Eliza Jane "Ellen" Frampton b: 23 February 1879 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England d: 23 August 1879 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England

............................................. 6 Henry James "Jim" Frampton b: 5 October 1880 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England d: 14 October 1947 in Highcliffe, Hampshire, England

............................................. 6 [1] Alice Kate Frampton b: 29 January 1883 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England d: 26 April 1970 in Chest Hosp., Bethnal Green, London, England

................................................. +Charles Cardy b: Unknown d: Unknown m: Abt. 1901

...................................................... 7 Charles "Charles Bull" Frampton b: 18 August 1902 in St Marylebone, London, England d: 8 November 1985 in Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, London, England

............................................. *1st Husband of [1] Alice Kate Frampton:

................................................. +William Pitt Bull b: 8 April 1886 in Bethnal Green, London, England d: 15 November 1962 in Hackney, London, England m: 7 April 1907 in St Andrews Church, Enfield, Middlesex, England

...................................................... 7 Lillian Alice Bull b: 14 March 1910 in London, England d: January 1994 in Okehampton, Devon, England

...................................................... 7 William James Bull b: 21 October 1910 in London, England d: 9 October 1914 in Bethnal Green London, England

...................................................... 7 Francis Walter Bull b: 30 September 1912 in Southwark, London, England d: 20 July 1975 in St Leonard's Hospital, Shoreditch, London, England

.......................................................... +Ada Tabitha Kate Burbidge b: 19 September 1913 in Lytchett Matravers, Dorset England d: 1 December 1977 in Rochford, Essex, England m: 8 January 1938 in Hackney, London, England

................................................................ 8 Tony Raymond Bull b: Private

................................................................ 8 Janet Faith Bull b: Private

...................................................... 7 Sydney William Bull b: 19 October 1920 in London, England d: 26 April 1944 in Cassino War Cemetery lies in the Commune of Cassino, Italy

...................................................... 7 Doris Irene Bull b: Private

............................................. 6 Ellen Jane "Nell" Frampton b: 31 January 1885 in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England d: 18 May 1957 in England

............................................. 6 Frederick George "Phil" Frampton b: 13 March 1887 in Highcliffe, Hampshire, England d: 21 November 1930 in Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia

............................................. 6 Charles George "Bouncer" Frampton b: 30 August 1891 in England d: 10 May 1939 in Highcliffe, Hampshire, England

............................................. 6 Walter Frank Frampton b: 28 May 1895 in Highcliffe, Hampshire, England d: 7 July 1974 in Grenfell District Hospital, Grenfell, NSW, Australia

............................................. 6 Francis Robert "Dixie" Frampton b: 7 December 1898 in Highcliffe, Hampshire, England d: 21 July 1968 in Highcliffe, Hampshire, England

................................... 5 Emily Lavinia Frampton b: Bet. 1852 - 1853 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England d: 25 August 1927 in Highcliffe, Hampshire, England

................................... 5 Fred Frampton b: 1856 in Hordle, Hampshire, England d: Unknown

................................... 5 John Frampton b: December 1858 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England d: Unknown

................................... 5 William Frampton b: 1860 in England d: 3 February 1863 in Highcliffe, Hampshire, England

................................... 5 Alice Frampton b: Bet. 1861 - 1862 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England d: 26 September 1935

................................... 5 Ellen "Nellie" Frampton b: 1862 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England d: 4 October 1935

................................... 5 Charles Walter James Frampton b: 1864 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England d: 12 December 1899

................................... 5 Florrie Frampton b: Unknown d: Unknown

................................... 5 Thomas George Frampton b: 1868 in England d: 26 June 1909 in England

.......................... *2nd Wife of [2] James Frampton:

.............................. +Charlotte Cambelland b: Unknown d: Unknown m: 20 April 1875 in Highcliffe, Hampshire, England

.......................... 4 Harry Frampton b: 1831 in Highclife, Hampshire, England d: Unknown

.......................... 4 Charles Henry Frampton b: 1843 in Highclife, Hampshire, England d: 15 October 1925 in Highcliffe, Hampshire, England

.......................... 4 Richard Frampton b: 1845 in Highclife, Hampshire, England d: Unknown

.......................... 4 Peter Frampton b: 1848 in Highclife, Hampshire, England d: 3 April 1856 in Burton, Hampshire, England

................ 3 James Frampton b: Bef. 25 December 1802 in Milton, Hampshire, England d: Unknown

................ 3 Mary Bartlett Frampton b: Bef. 26 April 1807 in Milton, Hampshire, England d: 4 August 1811 in Milton, Hampshire, England

................ 3 Isaac Frampton b: Bef. 31 January 1810 in Milton, Hampshire, England d: Unknown

................ 3 Jane Bartlett Frampton b: Bef. 28 June 1812 in Milton, Hampshire, England d: Unknown

................ 3 Nanny Frampton b: Bef. 28 October 1792 in Milton, Hampshire, England d: Unknown

................ 3 Ann Frampton b: 1816 d: Unknown

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