I have a newspaper article written at the time of my uncle's death (George Powell, born 1899 in Rostherne, Cheshire) which adds fuel to a family story that I am trying to prove (or not as the case may be). George's father, Charles Henry Powell, was a gamekeeper and, as the story goes, when George was about 9 year old he was a gun bearer for Edward VII when he visited a country estate. Here is where the story gets muddy. The family said the estate was in Cheshire but the recently discovered newspaper article states that the property may have actually been owned by King Edward VII and been at Stanford on Tyne in Worcestershire. With the aid of my computer atlas I have discovered a Stanford on Teme but nothing that resembles "on Tyne". Can anyone on the list tell me a) whether Edward VII owned property around 1909 at Stanford on Teme or anywhere else in the area or another possibility b) are there any large estates that might have hosted a royal visitor at a shoot (supposedly Grouse...). I am rather hoping to try and track down employment records or some such to prove that my grandfather worked at such a place. Once again MTIA Mandy in Windermere