Dear Heather, I don't know if Sands Directories had ventured into Country areas at that stage, but it is possibly a name of a large property. Even today some large properties in country areas just give the name of the property and the town as identification. Sincerely,Bill > > Can anyone tell me where this place was please? > > taken from a 1886 birth cert - Burwood Newcastle E-mail message checked by Internet Security (6.0.0.386) Database version: 5.13200 http://www.pctools.com/en/internet-security/