Hi Trish, I actually did some work on Redfearns house in Castlemaine and I also know that a lot of the headstones in the Franklinford cemetery were carved by him. The little cottage in Castlemaine had some beautiful stonework in it but was just a glorified miners cottage. It has a beautiful hexagonal bluestone chimney on which he had carved the date he reached Australia and some vandal had climbed on the roof and eradicated the dates. Sad. Attached is a pic of one of the headstones in Franklinford. The house is up for sale now by the way. Regards Les On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:55:10 +1100, Trish Poock <trishu3a@tpg.com.au> wrote: > Hi List, > > I am researching James Redfearn. Prior to comimg to Australia was > apprenticed to Sir Joseph Paxton and worked for the Duke of Devonshire, > first at Chatsworth in Derbyshire and then at Lismore Castle in Ireland. > He > settled in Castlemaine. He named his house Chatsworth. His daughter > Charlotte lived in Pascoe Vale and that house was also named Chatsworth. > Yesterday a friend showed me a photo she had taken on holiday of a house > called Chatsworth in the Hamilton area. > Is there anything about this house in the above book? And if not does > anyone > have any suggestions of how I could find out whether there is a > connection > between James Redfearn's Chatsworth house and this one? > > Thank you and successful searching, > Trish. > > > Researching Hedges, Jones, Mathie, McNaughtan, Parker, Redfearn. > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb and help it support genealogy > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > >