On 15/10/09 21:40, "David Gilroy" <gilgen@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Hello List from David Gilroy in St.Albans,Herts - a brand new member of this > Dyfed List . > > Help anyone please with the detailed local geography of Penrydd and next door > parish of Clydey . > > I am totally ignorant of the area so help me learn fast with my LEWIS and > DAVIES ancestors in the 1800's - 1850's > > In the 1841 Census my ancestor David DAVIES was living at Hendrewylyn ? > Clydey with his family . > > By then he had fathered a child by my ancestor Phoebe LEWIS living at > Ddolpwll ,Penrydd (Penwith). > > What is the distance between these two places ? > > What detailed map would anyone recommend ? > > I am not into the parish registers of Penrydd and Clydey yet - any help with > CMB of these two places from > > say 1800 to 1850 greatly appreciated . > > Thank you for bearing with me - I never dreamed I would break out of Merthyr > TYdfil in 1861 ! > > David Gilroy . Hello David The map that shows both places is the Ordnance Survey Explorer 185 "Newcastle Emlyn / Castell Newydd Emlyn". If you know about OS references, Dolpwll is SN217356 and Hendrewilym is SN 259354, so as the crow flies the distance between them is 4.2 kilometres or just over two and a half miles. The route by road and bridleway is half a mile longer, a little longer if he chose to go through the village of Star. The route is quite hilly, so David Davies must have been quite keen on Phoebe - as the result showed! Perhaps he had a horse. I have CMB indexes for the period 1813-1837 for this area. Gerry Lewis