Hi Wigan A-Z: Warrington Rd (A574)/Jennet's Lane at the end of this lane is Hawk Hurst Bridge a track leads to Hawk Hurst Farm then Bridge House and then Neatherbarrow Farm the track continues to Kay House/Turf Nest Farm and Moss Lane. Ian. >From: "David Wilkinson" <david@nrdav.freeserve.co.uk> >Reply-To: ENG-LAN-LEIGH-L@rootsweb.com >To: ENG-LAN-LEIGH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Re: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Re. Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 22:37:41 >+0100 > >Hi Dennis > >Hawkhurst was about half a mile east of Lately Common, just by the junction >of the Pennington Brook, the Bedford Brook and the Moss Brook (where the >three streams join up to form the Glaze Brook). Lately Common is the >present >intersection of the A580 East Lancs Road and the A574 Leigh-Warrington >Road. >There is a farm marked as Hawkhurst Farm on the current Landranger OS map >at >grid reference SJ 681 983 but on the 1845 map that farm is named Nether >Barrow and Hawkhurst is shown a little further west, at the point where the >modern map has an unnamed building at SJ 675 982. > >Hope that helps > >David in Hertford, England > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dennis Pickering" <Dennis@pickering26.freeserve.co.uk> >To: <ENG-LAN-LEIGH-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:00 PM >Subject: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Re. > > > > Dear all, > > One of my wider family ancestors died at "Hawkhurst, Bedford" in 1842. > > Does anyone have any information on Hawkhurst.... was it a farm or > > (perhaps) a hospital (the person died of consumption), or just a house. > > I don't seem to be able to find it on any censuses. > > Thanks, > > Dennis > > > > > > ==== ENG-LAN-LEIGH Mailing List ==== > > Our list covers the following towns: Leigh (inc. Pennington, Westleigh & >Bedford), Atherton, Tyldesley, Astley, Lowton, Golborne, Hindley, Abram, >Howe Bridge, Culcheth and Glazebury. Make sure your family members join >our >list. This list is only as good as its members - please contribute >regularly. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > >==== ENG-LAN-LEIGH Mailing List ==== >Our list covers the following towns: Leigh (inc. Pennington, Westleigh & >Bedford), Atherton, Tyldesley, Astley, Lowton, Golborne, Hindley, Abram, >Howe Bridge, Culcheth and Glazebury. Make sure your family members join >our list. This list is only as good as its members - please contribute >regularly. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool emoticons - download MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger