In a message dated 15/09/2007 21:35:11 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Also, does anyone know where "The Lonnen" was in Hendon. My grandmother recalls that she and her sister used to walk from Grangetown through "the Lonnen" to Hendon (the Sans Street and Villiers Street area) and recalls it was a rough dirt track but can't remember exactly where it was? Any ideas anyone? ___________________________________________________ Hi Rob, Lonnin(g) is a variation of 'Loaning'= right of way, and 'Loan' is Scottish for a lane or by-road. In the 1820s Hendon Road was a 'beautiful country lane' known as Hendon Lonnin.' In the time you are reffering to there was a footpath which ran from the gas works to Robinson Terrace, but it is a long way from the Sans Street/villiers Street area. Stan