This description is from Pigot's Bristol directory of 1830. PILL, or St Georges Pill, in the hundred of Portbury and county of Somerset, is six miles from Bristol at the mouth of the Avon. This is the pilot station for the port of Bristol. The population is about 2,000. Bernice

On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:31:58 -0000, <Bernpeg@aol.com> wrote: > This description is from Pigot's Bristol directory of 1830. > PILL, or St Georges Pill, in the hundred of Portbury and county of > Somerset, is six miles from Bristol at the mouth of the Avon. This is > the pilot station for the port of Bristol. The population is about > 2,000. Hi Bernice, Thank you for this and the population figure. My PRESS and GOODLAND families were in Pill at this time. Your message has reminded me that some of them are named in the transcription of Pigot's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1830, which includes Bristol, Clifton, Bedminster, Ashton, Brislington, Pill, Stapleton, etc. For anyone who doesn't know about this transcription, there are links to the different alphabetical name sections on the following web page: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Bristol/Pigot1830.html Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com