Hi, I have a bit of information regarding the Sanderstead home which I will try to locate for you. Some Atwood relatives were there this past fall and as far as I know, no home still stands. The lands the family owned go back to a purchase made by one Peter De Wyckhurst back in the early 1200's. Peter De Wyckhurst was the father of William Atte Wode, "Atte Wode" being the first incarnation of the name that later became Atwood or Attwood. The land the family lived on came from the property surrounding or owned by Chertsey Abbey. The Abbey is no longer there, but there IS a museum. I will try to find the contact names and hours of the museum. If you want a 'hoot', go to Gendex.com and put in the surname "Atte Wode", it's amazing what comes up and just how far back we go. I wish you much luck in your search. As I said, the information I have comes from 'family' members who have actually been in Sanderstead/Surrey. I believe there is a church in the area known as All Saints, which was a church the Atte Wode family founded, or it was known as the family church. Hope this helps. Nancy St.Julian Harding --- [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 05/15/2000 6:13:55 PM Eastern > Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << Does anyone know if the Atwood Ancestral Home in > Sanderstead is still > there? > My brother is going to London for a week in the > summer & asked me if I > wanted some photographs of anything pertaining to > the family--tombstones, > hou >> > > I suggest you go to Sanderstead.com which is where I > went when I first heard > the name of the town. As far as I know by reading a > book I bought from > www.amazon.co.uk. the Atwood family lived in > Sanderstead for over 300 years. > As to a house, I believe there is a reference in the > guest book of > Sanderstead.com of people from Texas that went there > last year saying it no > longer existed. Hope this helps. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/