Dear Chris, Thank you. I haven't seen the Protestation Returns, but I do know that the Lorton/Loweswater area was pretty well populated with Iredales. What I'm unsure of is if my particular branch came from there. They seem to have been in Workington by 1688 and maybe before, but after that it's only a family tradition that our John came from Iredale Place which has already been proved wrong in its timescale - the tradition picked the wrong John. Edgar On Thursday 26 September 2002 9:46 pm, Chris Dickinson wrote: > Edgar Iredale wrote: > > <snip> > > >I knew there had been Beebys at Allonby but hadn't made any real > >links to our Dinah and it was rather your Lamplugh connection > >I thought might bear fruit as I've a theory my Iredales came > >from Loweswater originally. > > <snip> > > > > 1641 Protestation Returns for Loweswater > (listing all adult males) > > total number: 131 > number with surname of Iredell: 17 > > > Chris > chris@dickinson.uk.net

Edgar Iredale writes: >I do know that the Lorton/Loweswater area was pretty >well populated with Iredales. What I'm >unsure of is if my particular branch came from there. >They seem to have been in Workington by 1688 and maybe before, >but after that it's only a family tradition that our John came >from Iredale Place which has already been proved wrong This sort of thing is a problem for many of us. Interested in a common Cumberland name? Then you're quite likely to find that the surname is saturated in one particular area. So, your surname in Loweswater. Mine on the Lamplugh/Arlecdon border. There are other little batches in this area : PEARSON, WOOD, MIEHOUSE, JACKSON, to name just a few. The only way to solve this is by doing a lot of research. Chris chris@dickinson.uk.net