Hi Jane and John, James McCLYMONT (CF Andromeda, 1823) was one of a group of early land grantees in the Maitland area and his grant, (2,000 acres) was known as Bowthorne, in the vicinity of present day Wallalong area. After you cross the bridge at Hinton, coming from Morpeth, take a left turn at the Hinton Hotel and head out on the Old Punt Road, High Street and then Bowthorne Road. There is also a road called McClymont's Swamp Rd off this road, which leads to McClymont's Swamp. Capt. Alexander LIVINGSTONE (CF Jessie, 1823) also received a grant of land (1,075 acres) adjoining McCLYMONT's in 1823. This was later increased by purchase to 2,000 acres and became known as the Bowthorne Estate. In 1843, the Estate was put up for auction, in 14 lots ranging in size from 45 acres up to 333 acres. Lot 1, 137 acres, contained "Bowthorne House" (no longer extant), of 10 rooms, detached kitchen and servant's room, a barn, 2 wheat sheds, stone dairy, shoemaker's shop, coach house, harness house, overseer's house, tobacco shed, granary, provision store, three stables, stockyards, milking yards, mens huts etc. Fronting the Hunter River was a garden of 2 acres + with fruit trees and a vinery of nearly an acre .... sounds absolutely glorious :) Lot 8 (135 acres) was known as "Sellwood" and Lot 9 (205 acres) known as "Hopewell", where a cottage on this portion was leased to a Mrs. SIMPSON as a seminary for young ladies. There used to be a thriving broom millet factory at Bowthorne, and a butter factory, as well as a variety of other agricultural crops. Can't help with "Old Station", which, as you say, may have been the name of a property in the area. Morpeth, Hinton and Bowthorne (Wallalong) are all in close proximity to one another, and the Hunter and Paterson Rivers. Cheers, Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Tainsh" <jjtainsh@tpg.com.au> Subject: [H,H,HV] Bowthorne > Hi Everyone, > I have documents which mention three places and would be glad of > help with either history or geography. > One is Hinton. I know where this is but is often mentioned in > conjunction with either of the other two. > The second is Bowthorne or Bowthorne Estate. I have seen a property > on old parish maps by that name just north of Hinton. I presume that > this property may have been sub-divided and no longer have that name. > I wonder if there is also a village or locality by that name as when I did > a search I found last season's cricket draw with one team called > Bowthorne. > The third name is "Old Station". I have assumed it was a property in the > area. Any help would be appreciated. > Jane Ann & John Tainsh

Hello Jane & John, I too am interested in "Old Station". One of my anscestors, Sarah Campbell died at Eskdale,Williams River 1870 ( a property owned by Walter Scott), and was burried at OLD STATION near Seaham. Sorry i can't help but i would love to hear from you if you find out where it was. Regards Vickey Cubis -----Original Message----- From: Diane [mailto:dianep@optusnet.com.au] Sent: Tuesday, 8 April 2003 10:39 PM To: AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [H,H,HV] Bowthorne Hi Jane and John, ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Tainsh" <jjtainsh@tpg.com.au> Subject: [H,H,HV] Bowthorne > > The third name is "Old Station". I have assumed it was a property in the > area. Any help would be appreciated. > Jane Ann & John Tainsh