According to the sketch map in the book I mentioned before the house was no 1 Lizard Lane. One of the cousins was William Edward Wilcox.(picture shown dated 1860 circa ) The father was William Wilcox. They ae in the 1861 census in Whitburn , no street or house name with 11 children only the last three born there, the previous one born in what look like Devon he was aged 8 . ref is RG9/3792/4 Hope that helps. regards Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "tim sewell" <postmantim2@optusnet.com.au> To: "John Hurst" <jmhurst@eastleake.net>; "ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-List" <ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 4:29 AM Subject: Re: [genealogy] [SUNDERLAND] Southwick and Lewis Caroll > Maureen, > > Some aspects of the reported Lewis Carroll connection to Whitburn have me > mildly puzzled. > > In "A literary Guide to North-East England > (http://online.northumbria.ac.uk/faculties/art/humanities/cns/m-index.html), > Alan Myers states : > > " Most of his famous poem 'Jabberwocky' which begins: > > 'Twas brillig and the slithy toves > Did gyre and gimble in the wabe.' > was written on a visit to his Wilcox cousins in Whitburn, > near Sunderland in 1855. > > Mrs Wilcox was the wife of the Collector of Customs in Sunderland; their > house, High Croft, was later burned down. " > > The other day, when I perused the fiche images of the 1855 census of > Whitburn parish, I could find no reference to any house called High Croft, > nor to any Wilcox family, nor to anyone claiming to be a "Collector of > Customs". > > Now, I would not be greatly surprised if, somehow, I just missed the Wilcox > family, High Croft etc in my search. So if anyone has access to the 1855 > census index for the region, I would be grateful if they could tell me if > the "Wilcox cousins" are, in fact, listed as living in High Croft, Whitburn. > > As a secondary question - does anyone know just where in Whitburn > this High Croft is thought to have been, and when it was burnt down? > > Tim S. > > (P.S. - Just imagine what my spellchecker does with Jabberwocky !) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Hurst" <jmhurst@eastleake.net> > To: <ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 11:54 PM > Subject: [genealogy] [SUNDERLAND] Southwick and Lewis Caroll > > > > anyone with an interest in Southwick or even lewis Caroll (his sister mary > > lived there)will be interested in this website for Southwick History and > > Preservation Society. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~engshps/index.html > > > > Lewis Caroll visited his Wilcox cousins at whitburn. > > > > 'A Town Like Alice's' by Michael Bute is a very intersting book which > tells > > of all the north east connections of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. > > > > regards > > Maureen Hurst > > > > > > > > ==== ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND Mailing List ==== > > Sunderland L.D.S centre, > > http://www.lds.org.uk/genealogy/fhc/sunderland.htm > > >