Gwen, This is a copy of an email that I saved from Nancy Harding. It seems to imply that at the site where All Saint's Church is located there is a cemetery. This is on the property of the Abbey of Chertsey (the Abbey no longer exists). It appears that there is a museum there at the church location. I remember that not too long ago we had a lady who was from South Africa who had communicated with the librarian and the public library in Sanderstead. She had actually been invited to her home for several days and had met many of the Atwoods that still reside there. I remember an estimate of 30 to 40 families. I did not save her email but I wish I had. I wish I could send you her address. Let us all know what your brother finds. Fond regards, Stephen Atwood OLD EMAIL FOLLOWS Hi Kenneth, I just scanned the following message I received today from you and from memory, it looks very much like the information I've found at gendex.com and at familytreemaker.com. If you go to gendex.com and put in the surname De Wyckhurst, you will get the Atte Wode-Attwood-Atwood lineage going back to 1180. I've been attempting to trace the line further back from Peter De Wyckhurst, who is stated as the father of William Atte Wode, born at Hooley House, Sanderstead, Surrey. I've no idea how or why William's surname differed from that of his father. A distant Atwood relation is currently in the UK doing some research in Surrey, especially on The Abbey of Chertsey from which many Atwood/Attwood ancestors leased or purchased land. I've been told the Atwood/Attwood/Atte Wode families have many members buried at All Saint's Church on property that was once the Abbey of Chertsey (The Abbey no longer exists, although there is a museum.) I hope this is of help to you. Nancy St.Julian Harding --- Kenneth Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I show that the mother of Priscilla Mullens, who was > married to John Alden, > both of whom came on the Mayflower, was Alice > Portier Atwood, b. Abt 1573 in > St. Martins-in-the-Field, London, England. She and > her husband, William > Mullens/Molines, also came on the Mayflower. > A long time ago, I received the following lineage > for Alice (I didn't > document the source). > Nicholas Atwood/Wood, b. Bef 1539 in Sanderstead, > Surrey, England, d. > 5/10/1586 in England. He m. Olive Harman > (1548-1603). > His father: John Hewson Atwood, b. 1490-1509 in > Sanderstead, d.March > 1561/62. Mer m. Margaret ?, b. Abt 1494 in surrey, > d. 1558 England. > His father: John Atte-Wood, b. 1425-1445 in > Sanderstead, d. 7/30/1525 in > Sanderstead. m. Denes/Diones, who d. 3/17/1519/20 in > Middlesex, Eng. > His father; John Atte-Wood, b. Abt 1400 in > Sanderstead, d. Aft 1459 in > England. He m. Isabella ?. > His father: Peter Atte-Wood, b. Abt 1360 in > Sanderstead, m. Petronilla ?. > His father: Peter Atte-Wood, b. Abt 1321 in > Sanderstead, d. 11/30/1382. he > m. Laurencia ?, b. Abt 1324 in Sanderstead. > His father: Geoffrey Atte-Wood, b. Aft 1297 in The > Woods, Colsdon, England, > d. 8/26/1346 in Crecy-on-Ponthie, France. Wife > Unknown. > His father: William Atte-Wood, b. Abt 1270 in > England, d. 1345 in England. > He m. Juliana ?, b. Abt 1274 in Surrey. > His father: Peter Atte-Wood, b. Aft 1245 in Surrey, > d. Abt 1313 in England. > He m. Alice ?, b. Abt 1254. > I'd appreciate any confirmation of this information, > sources, etc. > > Kenneth N. Johnson > 401 3rd Street, Suite 203 > Des Moines, IA 50309 > (515) 243-2515 ----- Original Message ----- From: Gwen Brooks <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 4:19 PM Subject: [ATWOOD] Sanderstead > 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, > house, church, etc. I've roamed on line trying to find out if anything's > still there or where it might be in relation to modern day London but I've > had no luck. I thought it was in the suburb of Croydon but am unable to > find any reference to the home. I found the village/town of Sanderstead but > no references on line to any Atwoods. He won't have time to go on a wild > goose chase. He needs to have an idea, within reason of where he's going. > > Any ideas would be most welcome. > > Gwen Brooks > >