Hi Doug, I can't promise to dig out my hiking boots, but, if you do get around to coming anywhere near to Cheshire (or Manchester) then give me a call and perhaps we can meet, let me have your itinary, dates etc.. Regarding F.A.Lawson, I have a CD that lists most people in the UK over the age of 16 and there is no refernce to him anywhere, that doesn't mean to say that he doesn't exist. My contact numbers are :- Home 0161 962 5681 Work 0161 300 6630 Regards Colin > ---------- > From: Doug Hall[SMTP:doughall@mail.tds.net] > Sent: 16 September 1998 04:43 > To: DUTTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Dutton Hall > > Colin, > > I am going to be on one of my semi-annual visits to England later this > month. Mostly I plan to do 7-8 days of long distance walking in Yorkshire, > probably along the portion of the Coast-to-Coast path in the Yorkshire > Dales. If at some point the weather forecast is for three or four days of > rainy weather though, I'll be looking for other things to do. Maybe I'll > get > down to Chester, though I rather doubt it. Another long distance footpath > that intrigues me is the Offa's Dyke Path which has its northern terminus > not too far west of Chester. > > If I get to Chester my plan is to try to track down who the F. A. Lawson > is > that created that Dutton chart and find out if his notes and workpapers > still exist. (I'm assuming he may have been from the Chester area.) I'd > like > to have a better sense of what the original source material is for each of > the parts of his chart. > > Doug Hall > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dutton, Colin, DUTTONCW <colin.dutton@bt.com> > To: DUTTON-L <DUTTON-L@rootsweb.com>; Dutton, Colin, DUTTONCW > <colin.dutton@bt.com>; PACHESTE-L <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com>; Doug Hall > <doughall@mail.tds.net> > Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 11:34 AM > Subject: RE: Dutton Hall > > > >Hi Doug, > > > >Thanks for the compliment regarding the map, glad to be of assistance. > > > >Regarding your query of Cheshire, Brett Langston of our own Cheshire > Family > >History Society has a Web Site located at > > > >http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/blangston/genuki/chs.htm > > > >which lists lots and lots of information, including all of the Cheshire > >Parishes. Have fun!! > > > >Regards > > > >Colin > > > >> ---------- > >> From: Doug Hall[SMTP:doughall@mail.tds.net] > >> Sent: 28 August 1998 18:57 > >> To: DUTTON-L; Dutton, Colin, DUTTONCW; PACHESTE-L > >> Subject: Re: Dutton Hall > >> > >> Great map site, Colin. Thanks. > >> > >> I would point out that the small village of Aston is immediately > adjoining > >> Dutton. While John DUTTON of PA was supposedly originally an inhabitant > of > >> Frodsham, when he emigrated to PA, the location where he settled was > >> almost > >> immediately given the name Aston. I suspect that he may not have been > the > >> only emigrant from the viciinity. While we do not have records of the > >> place > >> of origin of some of the PA settlers who were neighbors of John DUTTON, > I > >> suspect that more than John were from the same area. Otherwise one > would > >> be > >> led to believe that John DUTON had somehow been given the right to name > >> the > >> new location in PA. But he wasn't even the first owner of his tract. > Penn > >> had granted it to Thomas Rowland and Rowland sold it to DUTTON. I > suspect > >> that Rowland as well as John Neild (who Mary DARLINGTON married as > second > >> husband after John's death) were also from Aston. > >> > >> The link between Cheshire, County Palatine, in England and Chester > County, > >> PA, is strong. Chester, PA, the first English settlement in Chester > County > >> was obviously named for Chester, the county seat of Cheshire, England. > And > >> Aston was named for Aston. What other township names in the original > >> settlement of Chester County, PA, come from Cheshire? > >> > >> One obvious one that does not is Chichester. What about Ridley, Darby, > >> etc. > >> > >> Doug Hall > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Dutton, Colin, DUTTONCW <colin.dutton@bt.com> > >> To: DUTTON-L@rootsweb.com <DUTTON-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Date: Friday, August 28, 1998 12:16 PM > >> Subject: Dutton Hall > >> > >> > >> >Hi All, > >> > > >> >Just a quickie, > >> > > >> >I have added two URL's that will take you to O.S.maps in the UK, one > is > >> of > >> >East Grinstead (where Dutton Hall now is), the other is of Dutton > (where > >> >Dutton Hall was). > >> > > >> >http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?grid2map?X=545000&Y=135000 > >> > > >> >East Grinstead is in the centre of the map and Ashurstwood is just > below > >> it, > >> >this is where the School is. > >> > > >> >http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?grid2map?X=357740&Y=379300 > >> > > >> >Dutton is in the top right-hand corner of the centre square, the Hall > was > >> >situated just below the A533 sign. By the way, my own family history > >> takes > >> >me to Tiverton which is situated centre bottom of the map. > >> > > >> >Regards > >> > > >> >Colin > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >