Nancy, Thanks for this great info. I didn't ask for it but sent an old email back to the petitioner. You are so informed. I can tell you do it with family pride. Thanks for doing an excellent job. You and Brad and a few others really are to be commended. Thanks for everything. Stephen R. Atwood The Gilbert Atwood Sr. line. ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Harding <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 7:10 PM Subject: Re: [ATWOOD] Sanderstead > 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/ > >