Though be aware that 'the Drove' was a common placename in many parishes, often referring to a long road leading between fields. Some villages retain it as a street name today, I think. Peter Jarman wrote: > There are some villages that end in "Drove" - Parson Drove and Tholomas > Drove; they are near Wisbech in the north of Cambridgeshire. > > Whaplode Drove and Hlbeach are also nearby but in Lincolnshire. > > Peter Jarman > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-cambridgeshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-cambridgeshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Paula > Patterson > Sent: 05 May 2010 12:53 > To: eng-cambridgeshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ENG-CAMS] Gunn Family in Cambridgeshire > > On 05/05/2010 09:12, Wyndham Marsh wrote: > >> Hello Listers, >> >> I have a distant relative by name of Susan GUNN who married Samuel >> MAUD in 1845 in Coventry reg. district. Susan had died by 1861 and the >> 1851 census shows the family in Satchwell street, Royal Leamington >> Spa, Warwickshire and in 1841 in the village of Byfield, Daventry, >> Northants. >> >> My query is that the 1851 census seems to show that Susan was from >> Cambridgeshire, Drove? >> >> I am unable to find a location for Drove and would be pleased to >> receive advice on where or what this place might be. >> >> Best wishes to you all >> >> Wyndham Marsh >> Daventry >> Northants >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> >> > Could be Parson Drove. > From CFHS Baptism index http://www.cfhs.org.uk/cgi-bin/baptismindex.cgi > Both Parson Drove > 1810 GUNN Susan A. dau of Samuel & Sophia GUNN > 1813 GUNN Susanna dau of Samuel & Anne GUNN > > Looking at other entries for this parish these seem to be 2 different > couples rather than a Samuel who has remarried. And the burial index > doesn't help much either as it shows no burials for a Susan(na) GUNN > > Paula > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2852 - Release Date: 05/03/10 > 18:27:00 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2855 - Release Date: 05/05/10 07:26:00 > >