Dear Peter, Do you know what age they may be or where Henry was born? I searched for Harriet COWARD (& first name variations) and the following are listed: The only Harriet & Henry COWARD found: Henry COWARD Visitor Married 26 Grinder b Sheffield, Yorks Harriet COWARD Visitor Married 24 b Ripon, Yorks Residing 15 Dawson Street, Liverpool, Lancashire The only Harriet COWARD born in Dorset found: Harriet COWARD Unmarried 54 Assistant (at a school) b Briantspuddle, Dorset Residing 18 Upper Belgrave Place, St George Hanover Square, City of Westminster, Middlesex (there are also 2 COWARD pupils: John - 11 b Chelsea & Robert - 11 b Hammersmth) Residing in Wiltshire there are: George COWARD Married 33 Mason b Bradford Harriet COWARD Wife 28 b Bradford William COWARD Son 9 b Bradford Thomas COWARD Son 7 b Bradford Amelia COWARD Dau 1 b Bradford Residing Barton Orchard, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire or William COWARD Married 45 Shopkeeper & Baker b Longbridge Deverill Harriott COWARD Wife 60 b Kingstone Deverill William COWARD Son 23 Blacksmith b Westbury Residing Pole Bridge, Longbridge Deverill, Wilts or Harriot COWARD 8 b Westbury d/o Joseph COWARD 41 Shoemaker b Longbridge Deverill & Eliza COWARD 40 b Westbury Residing (with siblings, but no Henry / Harry listed) at Clay Street Lane, Longbridge Deverill (Info from Find my Past) I also did a search on Ancestry, but no different results were found to match your criteria. Regards Vanessa Dorset ----- Original Message ----- From: <pops.hammett@tesco.net> To: <dorset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 2:45 PM Subject: [DOR] Searching for Harriet Coward - 1851 census > > Does any one on the list have access to the 1851 census, I am looking for > Harriet and Henry Coward who I beleive are in Wiltshire in 1851 ...... > interested to see if Harriet was born in Dorset ..... any help would be > most welcome .... > > Thanks in advance .... Peter Hammett in UK

I have found that there are entries from ChildHay in several of the surrounding parish registers so be sure to do an area seach also Beverly > From: bobroots.bw@btinternet.com > To: dorset@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:17:35 +0000 > Subject: Re: [DOR] Child Hay > > Jean-Marie, > > It is probably Childhay Manor which comes under Blackdown which itself is > part of Broadwindsor (which has an OPC site) > > > > Hope that helps, but the 'locals' may know more. > > > > Bob Hills > > > > _____ > > From: dorset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dorset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Jean-Marie Dessaux > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 11:58 > To: dorset@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DOR] Child Hay > > > > Bonjour listers, > > An ancestor of mine Jane SYMES is said o be born ( ca > 1739) and dead (d Feb 22nd 1821) in CHILD HAY . > > But I can't find such a village name in the OPC lists . > > Does CHILD HAY exist in Dorset ? > > > > Lots of "mercies" for an answer. Jean-Marie (France) > > > > > > > > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DORSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Elaine, Don't worry about living at a distance from the scene of the action. I can't get to the Dorset History Centre and back in the day either so I do it from my 'Play Station'. I have Elizabeth bap. 4 Mar 1787 WStM by Thomas Morton COLSON, Curate, d. of Joseph SPRACKLEN & Ann TIZZARD, m. 27 Oct 1776 WStM. I also have her married to William CRITCHELL 7 Feb 1805 WStM. However, it is very difficult to distinguish between one candidate and another so I may be wrong with that marriage. Nevertheless, these census entries seem to support her birthdate:- 1841 Census of Winterbourne St Martin:- HO107/286/8 ED 14 Folio 7, page 9 William CRITCHELL 60 Ag Lab Y Elizabeth do 54 Y Hannah do 15 Y James do 14 Y 1851 Census of Winterbourne St Martin:- HO107/1858 ED 18 Folio 589, page 9 33 William CRITCHELL Head M 71 Pauper (Agricultural Laborer) Dorset Compton Elizabeth do Wife M 66 do Winterborne St Martin James do Son U 24 Agricultural Labourer do do 1861 Census of Winterbourne St Martin:- RG9/1356 ED 10 Folio 145, page 13 60 William CRITCHELL Head M 80 Formerly Ag Lab Dorset Compton Valence Elizabeth do Wife M 74 Lab Wife do Martinstown James do Son M 33 Maltman do do Mary do Daur in law M 43 Dressmaker do do Thomas do Grandson 8 Scholar do do James do do 5 do do do William died Jun qtr 1862 and Elizabeth died Sep qtr 1865, both Dorchester district. Unfortunately I don't have her burial to show her reported age at death. I have not connected with the SPRACKLINGs of Martinstown (also often spelt SPRACKLIN or ~EN). They lived there for many generations, the earliest entry in the Parish Register that I have found being Matthew SPRACKLING & Mary GROSE, m. 1 Jul 1661, probably Elizabeth's g.g. grandparents. As the earliest deposited register goes back only to 1653 my family connection must predate that. My SPRACKLINGs came from Wraxall, at least back to Richard SPRACKLING & Joan DIFFEE, m. 4 Feb 1684 Wraxall, my 6x g. gp. Then possibly back to Symon SPRACKLING bur. 1625 Wraxall. The registers start there in 1648. It is likely that the SPRACKLINGs migrated from East Kent to Dorset as the name has been known in Kent since the 12th C, probably an anglicisation of SPRAKALEGGE, an old Norse nickname or byname meaning 'creaking legs'. The Vikings and the Jutes used to overwinter in Kent and obviously some settled there and some moved to Dorset, probably by sea as there is little evidence of the name in the intervening counties until the mid-19th C. That would also have been the quickest and safest means of travel then. Regards, Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine McLean" <elainemclean18@yahoo.ca> To: <DORSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 10:55 PM Subject: [DOR] SPRACKLING/CHANNING > Hi Michael, > > Thank you so much for writing and sending so much useful information. My > Elizabeth SPRACKLING is proving to be a little elusive! However, it is good to > be in touch with a member of the SPRACKLING family! > > > I did have in some old notes a possible family for Elizabeth being a Jospeph and > Sarah SPRACKLING who had a daughter about 1787, Christened in Winterbourne St. > Martin on 4th March 1787. This is the nearest I have got to a possible family > for her and it would mean she would be about the right age for her marriage in > 1810 to Emanuel CHANNING. I am glad you mentioned Winterbourne St.Martin now > being referred to just as Martin, I did not know that as I don't know the area. > > I have returned to researching this line after a long break and I have also > found in my notes additional children for Emanuel and Elizabeth CHANNING, a > William 1814 and Robert 1817 and a Maria also christened or baptised in 1822, > the same as their son John. I don't know if they were twins or merely baptised > together . > > Regarding Emanuel's second marriage, I have yet to discover the name of his > second wife but I will be working on that later, my main thrust has been to > track down more on Elizabeth SPRACKLING and hopefully to go back further with > Emanuel, it is not easy, especially at this distance! > > Kind regards and many thanks your helpful note - you must let me know - are you > on the same SPRACKLING line?? > > Elaine McLean > Mission, BC, Canada

Hello Richard, BVRI has only the following BURT, Alfred Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 1 Sep 1867 Recorded in: Piddletrenthide, Dorset, England Father: David BURT Mother: Emily Source: FHL Film 1239221 Dates: 1862 - 1868 BURT, William John Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 17 Jun 1873 Recorded in: Piddletrenthide, Dorset, England Father: David BURT Mother: Emily Source: FHL Film 1239221 Dates: 1871 - 1877 David Burt 16 JUN 1844 Sydling-St Nicholas, , Dorset, England Father: David Burt Mother: Sarah Baptism 1845: Feb-02: David: Michael & Mary: BURT: Piddletrenthide: Labourer 1881 census Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability David BURT Head M Male 36 Piddletrenthide, Dorset, England Ag Lab Emily BURT Wife M Female 35 Hilton, Dorset, England Alfred BURT Son Male 13 Piddletrenthide, Dorset, England Ag Lab James BURT Son Female 11 Piddletrenthide, Dorset, England Ag Lab Mary J. BURT Daur Female 9 Piddletrenthide, Dorset, England Scholar William J. BURT Son Male 8 Piddletrenthide, Dorset, England Scholar Anne E. BURT Daur Female 5 Piddletrenthide, Dorset, England Scholar Rosa E. BURT Daur Female 3 Piddletrenthide, Dorset, England Beatrice BURT Daur Female 2 Piddletrenthide, Dorset, England Tom BURT Son Male 4 m Piddletrenthide, Dorset, England Source Information: Census Place Puddletrenthide, Dorset, England Family History Library Film 1341510 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 2114 / 66 Page Number 12 Catherine is with Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability Harriett Jane CROSS Head U Female 52 Dorchester, Dorset, England Living On Dividends Jessie Maria CROSS Niece U Female 26 London, Middlesex, England Teacher Of Music Catherine BURT Servant U Female 15 Puddletrenthide, Dorset, England Domestic Servant Emma Clecke WILLIAMS Aunt W Female 79 Weymouth, Dorset, England Lodging House Keeper Source Information: Dwelling Durngate Street Census Place Dorchester St Peter, Dorset, England Family History Library Film 1341509 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 2110 / 87 Page Number 15 1891 census Abbotsbury1651 41 2 Burt David Head Married 46 Y1845 Farm lab Piddletrentide Dorset England Burt Emily Wife Married 45 Y1846 Ansty Dorset England Burt John Son Unmarried 18 Y1873 Farm lab Piddletrentide Dorset England Burt Beatrice Daughter 12 Y1879 Piddletrentide Dorset England Burt Tom Son 10 Y1881 Scholar Piddletrentide Dorset England Burt Effie Daughter 7 Y1884 Scholar Sydling Dorset England Burt Lucy Daughter 5 Y1886 Scholar Sydling Dorset England Burt Ernest Son 3 Y1888 Piddletrentide Dorset England Burt Charles Son 1 Y1890 Sydling Dorset England FreeBDM Births Mar 1866 BURT Catharine Dorchester 5a 372 Regards, Lynne, Sydney, AUSTRALIA ----- Original Message ----- From: "richard" <richardmyhill43@btinternet.com> To: "DORSET" <DORSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 4:07 AM Subject: [DOR] CATHERINE BURT C.1866 > Hi, > I am trying to find the baptism of CATHERINE BURT daughter of DAVID & > EMILY BURT late Emily House.According to all the census she was born > around 1866 in Piddletrenthide,but i cannot find her on Free bmd.I have > checked the Dorset online parish clerk but she is not there > either,although as they are BT's that is quite possible.Is there someone > on the list who could please check the baptisms for Piddletrenthide and > see if she was baptised there,or if not as she is the first child of the > marriage possibly she might have been baptised in Hilton,her mothers home > parish. > If i can return the favour in the Norfolk Record Office for someone,then i > will be glad to help. > Thanks, > Richard Myhill

Bonjour Jean-Marie Childhay is historically a tything in the parish of Broadwindsor. It is situated in the far west of the County near to the Somerset County boundary. I should see about making an update to the Dorset OPC Parish page. Hope this helps Jon Baker Dorset OPC Co-ordinator Www.opcdorset.org -----Original Message----- From: dorset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dorset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jean-Marie Dessaux Sent: 13 December 2010 11:58 To: dorset@rootsweb.com Subject: [DOR] Child Hay Bonjour listers, An ancestor of mine Jane SYMES is said o be born ( ca 1739) and dead (d Feb 22nd 1821) in CHILD HAY . But I can't find such a village name in the OPC lists . Does CHILD HAY exist in Dorset ? Lots of "mercies" for an answer. Jean-Marie (France) *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DORSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jean-Marie, It is probably Childhay Manor which comes under Blackdown which itself is part of Broadwindsor (which has an OPC site) Hope that helps, but the 'locals' may know more. Bob Hills _____ From: dorset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dorset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jean-Marie Dessaux Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 11:58 To: dorset@rootsweb.com Subject: [DOR] Child Hay Bonjour listers, An ancestor of mine Jane SYMES is said o be born ( ca 1739) and dead (d Feb 22nd 1821) in CHILD HAY . But I can't find such a village name in the OPC lists . Does CHILD HAY exist in Dorset ? Lots of "mercies" for an answer. Jean-Marie (France)

Does any one on the list have access to the 1851 census, I am looking for Harriet and Henry Coward who I beleive are in Wiltshire in 1851 ...... interested to see if Harriet was born in Dorset ..... any help would be most welcome .... Thanks in advance .... Peter Hammett in UK

Hi Elaine, The following you may already have, >From BVRI CHANNING, Emanuel Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 20 Jun 1785 Recorded in: Upper Cerne, Dorset, England Source: FHL Film 1279490 Dates: 1780 - 1787 CHANNING, Mary Christening Gender: Female Christening Date: 17 Mar 1811 Recorded in: Sydling, Dorset, England Collection: St Nicholas Father: Emanuel CHANNING Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1239249 Dates: 1768 - 1815 CHANNING, Elizabeth Christening Gender: Female Christening Date: 21 Mar 1813 Recorded in: Sydling, Dorset, England Collection: St Nicholas Father: Emanuel CHANNING Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1239249 Dates: 1768 - 1815 CHANNING, William Christening Gender: Male Birth Date: 8 Nov 1814 Christening Date: 20 Apr 1815 Recorded in: Frampton, Dorset, England Father: Emanuel CHANNING Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1279497 Dates: 1810 - 1819 CHANNING, Robert Christening Gender: Male Birth Date: 3 Aug 1817 Christening Date: 14 Sep 1817 Recorded in: Frampton, Dorset, England Father: Emanuel CHANNING Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1279497 Dates: 1810 - 1819 CHANNING, John Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 7 Jul 1822 Recorded in: Cerne Nether, Dorset, England Father: Emanuel CHANNING Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1279490 Dates: 1821 - 1829 CHANNING, Maria Christening Gender: Female Christening Date: 3 Mar 1822 Recorded in: Mintern-Magna, Dorset, England Collection: BTs Father: Emanuel CHANNING Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1239213 Dates: 1799 - 1836 CHANNING, Robert Age: 26 Marriage Wife: Ellen DANIELS Age: 20 Marriage Date: 10 Jul 1847 Recorded in: Hinton Parva, Dorset, England Husband's Father: Emmanuel CHANNING Wife's Father: Henry DANIELS Source: FHL Film 1279500 Dates: 1846 - 1847 SPRACKLING, Elizabeth Christening Gender: Female Christening Date: 24 Jul 1795 Recorded in: Upway, Dorset, England Father: William Sprackling Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1239252 Dates: 1776 - 1804 SPRACKLYN, Elizabeth Christening Gender: Female Christening Date: 22 Jun 1794 Recorded in: Osmington, Dorset, England Father: William SPRACKLYN Mother: Mary Source: FHL Film 1239220 Dates: 1757 - 1819 1851 census Emmanuel CHANNING; Head; Mar; 65; Ag Lab; Dorset Mintern Magna; F550/p26 ; ; Sarah CHANNING; Wife; Mar; 57; Washerwoman; Dorset Long Bredy; F550/p26 John CHANNING Son of Emanuel & Elizabeth Labourer of Nether Cerne; bp. 7 Jul 1822; Wm. BUTLER, Curate freeBMD Deaths Mar 1840 Channing Elizabeth Dorchester 8 35 Deaths Jun 1858 Channing Emanuel Dorchester 5a 231 Marriages Dec 1842 CHANNING Emanuel Dorchester &c 8 282 note should be page 99 not 282 1841 census HO 107/281/6b Longbredy, page 5 There is a Sarah Hounsell, aged 45, Independent, born in County Can not find any more on Elizabeth Sprackling. Regards Lynne, Sydney, AUSTRALIA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine McLean" <elainemclean18@yahoo.ca> To: <DORSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 6:24 AM Subject: [DOR] SPRACKLING > Hi, > Can anyone on the list connect with an ELIZABETH SPRACKLING? She married > Emanuel CHANNING in Sydling St Nicholas Dorset on 13th April 1810. I > cannot > find out anymore more about her so far, > Elaine McLean > Mission, BC, Canada

I can't find a baptism for Catherine either. However there is a baptism in Piddletrenthide for a Lydia Burt (daughter of David and Emily) in Aug 11 1867. There is no birth or death record that I can find on freebmd to correspond to this. Christel

Hi Michael, Thank you so much for writing and sending so much useful information. My Elizabeth SPRACKLING is proving to be a little elusive! However, it is good to be in touch with a member of the SPRACKLING family! I did have in some old notes a possible family for Elizabeth being a Jospeph and Sarah SPRACKLING who had a daughter about 1787, Christened in Winterbourne St. Martin on 4th March 1787. This is the nearest I have got to a possible family for her and it would mean she would be about the right age for her marriage in 1810 to Emanuel CHANNING. I am glad you mentioned Winterbourne St.Martin now being referred to just as Martin, I did not know that as I don't know the area. I have returned to researching this line after a long break and I have also found in my notes additional children for Emanuel and Elizabeth CHANNING, a William 1814 and Robert 1817 and a Maria also christened or baptised in 1822, the same as their son John. I don't know if they were twins or merely baptised together . Regarding Emanuel's second marriage, I have yet to discover the name of his second wife but I will be working on that later, my main thrust has been to track down more on Elizabeth SPRACKLING and hopefully to go back further with Emanuel, it is not easy, especially at this distance! Kind regards and many thanks your helpful note - you must let me know - are you on the same SPRACKLING line?? Elaine McLean Mission, BC, Canada

Hello Richard. Have you checked out the Catharine BURT registered Dorchester March Quarter 1866? Just a slight spelling difference but could be your lass. As you probably know Piddletrenthide is in the Dorchester registration district. Regards, Patsy - New Zealand Website: http://www.loanegenealogy.webs.com http://cdkiwi.com Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 6:07 AM Subject: [DOR] CATHERINE BURT C.1866 > Hi, > I am trying to find the baptism of CATHERINE BURT daughter of DAVID & > EMILY BURT late Emily House.According to all the census she was born > around 1866 in Piddletrenthide,but i cannot find her on Free bmd.I have > checked the Dorset online parish clerk but she is not there > either,although as they are BT's that is quite possible.Is there someone > on the list who could please check the baptisms for Piddletrenthide and > see if she was baptised there,or if not as she is the first child of the > marriage possibly she might have been baptised in Hilton,her mothers home > parish. > If i can return the favour in the Norfolk Record Office for someone,then i > will be glad to help. > Thanks, > Richard Myhill > > richardmyhill43@btinternet.com >

Sorry! I forgot to put dates against  the following : Elizabeth Snelling married James Munden 1812 James Snelland?/Snelling married Elizabeth Fook 1784 East Lulworth James Snelling married Elizabeth Toop 1784 East Lulworth   Thank you Diann

Hi, I am trying to find the baptism of CATHERINE BURT daughter of DAVID & EMILY BURT late Emily House.According to all the census she was born around 1866 in Piddletrenthide,but i cannot find her on Free bmd.I have checked the Dorset online parish clerk but she is not there either,although as they are BT's that is quite possible.Is there someone on the list who could please check the baptisms for Piddletrenthide and see if she was baptised there,or if not as she is the first child of the marriage possibly she might have been baptised in Hilton,her mothers home parish. If i can return the favour in the Norfolk Record Office for someone,then i will be glad to help. Thanks, Richard Myhill richardmyhill43@btinternet.com

I have revisited my research on my Munden/Snelling line and now wonder if I have made an error. Originally I had James Munden of Morden married to Elizabeth Snelling, the daughter of James Snelling and Elizabeth Toop. On trawling through the parish records on the OPC Dorset site I find that there is a James Snelland married to Elizabeth Fook. To make life more complicated all of these seem to be from East Lulworth. Could James Snelland actually be James Snelling? Also the Elizabeth Snelling who married James Munden named one of their sons, Joseph Snellan Munden, which may point to the grandparents being the James Snelland who married Elizabeth Fook. So which is correct? Did James Munden marry the Elizabeth whose mother was Elizabeth Fook or was her mother Elizabeth Toop? Can anyone throw some light on this for me. Thank you. Diann

Hi Elaine, I have the marriage in my database but it's only from the IGI and VRI, not the Parish Register, so it doesn't indicate if Elizabeth was a spinster or a widow or which parish she was from. The earliest SPRACKL~ baptism I have at Sydling St Nicholas is 1838 and I have no other marriages there prior to Elizabeth's. So it would seem that there was no history of a SPRACKL~ family living there. At that time there were several SPRACKL~ families living about 6 miles away in Winterbourne St Martin, later known as Martinstown, and there were several Elizabeth/Betty SPRACKL~ born there in the late 18th C. I have four children for them, Mary (bap.1811), Elizabeth (bap.1813), Maria (bap.1822) and John (bap.1822). It looks as if Elizabeth died Mar qtr 1840 Dorchester district, 8 35, so before the 1841 Census. Emanuel then married either Sarah ALLMER or Sarah HOUNSELL Dec qtr 1842 Dorchester district, 8 99. He died Jun qtr 1858 Dorchester district, 5a 231, and was buried 8 Apr 1858 St Peter's, Long Bredy, aged 74, so should have been born 1783/4. That would make it more likely that Elizabeth was a spinster when she married him. I don't have her burial so I don't know her age at death but of course her Death Certificate should show that. Regards, Michael Sprackling ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine McLean" <elainemclean18@yahoo.ca> To: <DORSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 7:24 PM Subject: [DOR] SPRACKLING > Hi, > Can anyone on the list connect with an ELIZABETH SPRACKLING? She married > Emanuel CHANNING in Sydling St Nicholas Dorset on 13th April 1810. I cannot > find out anymore more about her so far, > Elaine McLean > Mission, BC, Canada

Hi, Can anyone on the list connect with an ELIZABETH SPRACKLING? She married Emanuel CHANNING in Sydling St Nicholas Dorset on 13th April 1810. I cannot find out anymore more about her so far, Elaine McLean Mission, BC, Canada

Hi Lynne. Thank you very much for your reply and the information that you sent. I would be grateful if you have any more information on this family. I have Stephens siblings being baptised in West Lulworth. Regards Richard Spicer Dunstable Bedfordshire

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MichaelSPRACKLING Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.dor.general/110.1037.1.2.1.1.1.2.3.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Vanessa, I don't have a baptism for Albert either but his g.g. granddaughter, Joann Elizabeth SPRANKLIN, told me that he was born 19 May 1846, Wareham. Regards, Michael Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Bonjour listers, An ancestor of mine Jane SYMES is said o be born ( ca 1739) and dead (d Feb 22nd 1821) in CHILD HAY . But I can't find such a village name in the OPC lists . Does CHILD HAY exist in Dorset ? Lots of "mercies" for an answer. Jean-Marie (France)

Hello again Royston, I forgot to mention that the old tramway there was known as Yeates Incline and can still be walked today (it was featured on the BBC when Julia Bradbury did the Weymouth to Portland Railway walk). Vanessa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Royston Clarke" <royston@clarke9376.freeserve.co.uk> To: <dorset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 12:24 PM Subject: [DOR] Yeats on Portland > Some of the 19th Century censuses of Portland show that there were people > who lived in the Yeats district of the Island. I recall that, years ago, > my mother told me that an ancestor was a blacksmith there. I know of the > Rectory there, which was a restaurant/hotel in the 1940's, and recall a > derelict building that I associated with the stone industry. Does anyone > know where the houses were, or of any old maps which show houses there, > please? Did the area of Yeats cover Easton Lane? > > In my younger days I walked through the area many times, but usually at > night and somewhat weary after climbing Old Hill. > > Any help at all would be much appreciated. > > Regards > > Royston Clarke