Anyone can help with this one ? Merryy Christmas and Happy new year to all Derek in W.A. ----- Original Message ----- From: margaret <margaret@actcom.co.il> To: <GLOUCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 7:04 PM Subject: [GLS] Horfield > I'm posting this request on behalf of Richard Webber, who is chairman of > > the Horfield, Bishopston and Ashley Down Local History Society. > He is looking for other places in the world named Horfield; I quote from > > his email to me: > > "...am trying desperately to find another Horfield. There are many who > claim ours is unique > but I have 2 possible other leads : 1) There is I believe a Horfield > Grange > somewhere in Essex and 2) A place ( it may only be a city suburb or > small hamlet) actually called Horfield in Australia. > > I'd love to pinpoint the Australian one and start communicating with > the people > down there and I'm convinced there MUST be some more Horfields out there > > somewhere because of the origin of the name i.e. muddy or dirty field. > It's such > a common occurrence so why not more ?" > > I did a quick Websearch and found there is a Horfield in Victoria, > Australia, postcode 3567; but so far know nothing more about it. > Maybe it was founded by emigrants from our Bristol Horfield? > > Can anyone here help? Any Australians know anything about Horfield, > Vic? > > Margaret Hayon > Haifa, Israel > (born in Horfield) > > > > > > > ==== GLOUCESTER Mailing List ==== > Search the Gloucestershire Genealogy Mailing List Archives at > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GLOUCESTER-L > >