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27/1/12 Sadly large parts of this website’s contents are out of date. I last put serious work into it about 2006. Occasionally I am thinking of things to add however
Who Am I?
I am a 44 year old hypnotherapist and father of two Daughters
Abbie and Zoe. I live in Braintree, Essex, England with my wife Maria and her two children Liam and Becky. Braintree is about 45 miles North East of London.
Liam and Becky, Maria’s Son and Daughter
I currently have the following pages on the internet
My hypnotherapy site and blog
My main focus is Melodic Rock band Praying Mantis.
I also do pages for Lyadrive who’s drummer I got to know as a fan of Praying Mantis
I maintain the 2nd Braintree and Bocking Air Scout Group website. I am also Group Scout Leader there.
Other Interests
- Computers. I love playing with software and checking out the latest stuff
- I have a bash at playing a Yahama WX-5 Wind Controller. This is basically a stick that plays like a Saxophone. It connects to a Yahama VL70-m Tone Generator and this can produced 256 different factory set voices plus other uploadable sounds. I got it as I used to play Sax and Clarinet as a teenager but was pitch-wise hence this is in the non music interest section!). Being an electric instrument I can practice in silence. Since getting it I have tried a Clarinet again.
- I play Surdo with Essex Samba Band
- Pinball – Check out Pro Pinball
- Bridge – I enjoy playing Bridge on my Psion handheld PC and used to arrange games at work. I have never been very good though.
- Reading – I don’t get as much time for reading as I would like. My all time favourite novel is Woman In White by Wilkie Collins and my favourite author is probably John Wyndham. I normally write reviews of the books I have read.
- My Family Tree and The Origins of the name Hinchliffe
- Camping
- Motorcycle riding (not the Bikes themselves)
- Hill Walking
At the time of this update (10/10/09) I suffer from ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. However I feel I am now 80% over this. You will need to jump to my ME/Hypnotherapy pages for my current status. My ME page here finishes before my recovery started.
my maiden name was hinchliffe, I was born and raised in Penistone, Yorkshire
hi jon
great praying mantis website.saw them saturday and so am wondering why the website has the old drummer who i understand left a year ago?
andy
my grandfather and graet grandfather were lightermen and keel workers alfred hinchcliffe for his signiture had made a x mark but my grandfather signed hinchsliff and my mum and brother and sisters were all spelt hinchsliff,having read your very intersting article i wouldnt be surprised if we might be ancestors we are in and around lincoln and hull .
My maiden name was Hinchliffe and my father Herbert Hinchliffe (also my grandfather’s name) came from Glossop!! Sometime ago I met a man with the same surname and he had done a thesis on the name Hinchliffe at University…a copy resides somewhere in my loft!! I live both in Wiltshire and just outside Brighton. I have a brother Stephen who lives in Sweden and I have four children (two of each!!) I am a family law barrister and practise in Kent, Surrey, Sussex and London. When I retire….when!! I want to research my family tree and I will find your work invaluable. BTW I hope you have now fully recovered. Would love to hear from you sometime.
all best wishes Sandria
Hello, my name’s Benn Henchliffe, your page taught me much about the different variations of the name, i am from Derby in the East Midlands, and there are many Henchliffe’s in this area and south Yorkshire.
Hello. My name is Eileen Quinn and I live in Ontario, Canada. Thank you for the information on the Hinchliffe name, it’s variants and origins. I have been researching my mother’s maternal branch. My grandmother’s name was Alice Hinchliffe, born in Workington, Cumberland. Her parents were John and Mary Hinchliffe. John was born in Stockport, Cheshire about 1853. He lived in Workington at the time his children were born. That is as far as I have gotten. I would love to hear from family researching the same ancestors. Thanks again, Jon!
Hi, I’m names Chloe Hinchliffe i live in Australia although i was born in Leeds, my father is Yorkshire man. Its funny reading about this information, we’ve visited Holmfirth and Kirkburton (were my Grandparents Grew up and lived respectively) and joked about our families long lost ancestors of the past. My grandfather did similar research around 20 years ago or so although it was mainly restricted to in and around Holmfirth and he managed to go back a far as later 1700s i think. Its been really great reading up on this stuff and some of the similar things that my Granddad has told me about our families heritage. Thanks Jon!