Hi everyone, On the 1851 census of Warblington, George Adams who was born 1830 at Titchfield was described as being an "Oastler". On the Kent rootsweb list in 1999, an oastler was said to have been someone who looked after the hops which were kept in a oast house. This seemed to apply more so to Kent than anywhere as, if I read it correctly, Oast was the area of Kent well known for hops. Has anyone seen this occupation elsewhere, especially around the Hants area? Out of interest, his address was the Black Dog Inn, Warblington. Any help, suggestions or comments very much appreciated. Kind regards to all, Jon

Hi Jon, it couldn't possibly be Ostler could it? Might be more appropriate if he was at the Black Dog Inn? cheers Derek ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Nixey" <[email protected]> To: "Rootsweb Portsmouth Gosport" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 2:41 PM Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Occupation: Oastler > Hi everyone, > > On the 1851 census of Warblington, George Adams who was born 1830 at > Titchfield was described as being an "Oastler". On the Kent rootsweb list > in 1999, an oastler was said to have been someone who looked after the > hops which were kept in a oast house. This seemed to apply more so to Kent > than anywhere as, if I read it correctly, Oast was the area of Kent well > known for hops. Has anyone seen this occupation elsewhere, especially > around the Hants area? Out of interest, his address was the Black Dog Inn, > Warblington. > > Any help, suggestions or comments very much appreciated. > > Kind regards to all, Jon > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message >