The area to the south of Beeford village, in the eastern section of North Frodingham parish and to the north of Brandesburton village is know as the " Moor " As it was an area that was partly in each of these parishes the census addresses are usually described as Beeford Moor or Brandesburton Moor depending on which side of the boundaries the actual residence was, or just " Moor " as each parish was enumerated separately It is a large area in local terms so you need to work with maps and other written information to narrow down where you need to look. It might be that you may not be able to pinpoint the exact place, local knowledge is going to be useful. The main place on Beeford Moor was a farm named Beeford Grange which was originally a land holding of Meaux Abbey and became a private farm estate after that. The house is still there but the land is now held by separate owners. If you follow the road A 165 south from Beeford to just north of Brandesburton the lands at either side of it were the Moor area Many of the farms in the locality still today have Moor as part of their names There are good histories of these parishes at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/place.aspx, where you can view and download the official Victoria County History sections free. Also for anyone else with Mid or North Holderness interests the other parishes are also covered in detail. If you use the East Riding Archives map site you view Ordnance Survey maps of various years free of charge, this is an excellent way of familiarising yourself with the area http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/cs/culture-and-information/libraries/virtual-heritage-library/ The North Frodingham History Group meets on the third Thursday in May in the Social Centre and there is a Heritage Centre in the former mortuary chapel in the village cemetery which is run by the Parish Council and accessed via the Parish Clerk, Mrs Joy Harris. The East Yorkshire Family History Society will be holding several meetings at their various venues during the time of your visit. Peter B Message: 2 Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:49:52 +1030 From: "Jan" <jangmc@bigpond.com> Subject: Re: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] "The Moor", Beeford To: <eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <003f01c8849f$f54ba120$0200000a@yourdh7axfhyur> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, last month I was asking about the DUNN family, and I am currently going through the LDS films for Beeford and North Frodingham. I have quite a way to go yet, but it seems that this is a good possibility for the antecedents of my Richard DUNN. In the Beeford registers there are several baptisms to children of a Richard DUNN, labourer, and Anne, his wife, saying they were "of the Moor". Does anyone know if this is the name of a farm or such, or just that they lived somewhere on the moor? I have looked at the old map on Genuki, and in North Frodingham Parish, there is a wooded area named as "The Moor or Foxcover Plantation". The map was 1854, and the registers are for 1750s. Not sure that I can find it on Google Earth, tho there is a bit in about the right place that looks not quite as cultivated as the rest of the area! In the 1854 map, there is also Beeford Moor, and North Frodingham Moor, surrounding each of the villages. Any suggestions, anyone? I will be visiting in May and June, and want to visit as many actual locations as I can....always supposing that I can confirm the family! Thanks Jan South Australia