hi again! here you go! from "JH Lane's History of Newton Le Willows" (edited) "...before and after the Norman conquest, this district was called the hundred of makerfield and Newton-In-Makerfield...also known by the more descriptive and metrical name of Newton in the Willows..." Goes on to explain a book from 1638 by Richard Brathwaite (university man, poet and drunkard) called "Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys" and this is what he wrote of Newton: "Thence to Newton In The Willows Where being bolster'd up with pillows I at cards play'd with a girl Rose by name a dainty pearl At centy-foot I often moved Her to love me whom I loved." Further explanation says that on entering Newton from the south, this traveller would have had to cross Newton Brook nr Newton Mere in a beautiful valley of willows which would lead to Golborne Dale to the right or Dene Dam to the left! Or words to that effect! haven't seen that many willows in that area to date mind! Ian. >From: "Mike Morris" <morrisind@rogers.com> >Reply-To: ENG-LAN-LEIGH-L@rootsweb.com >To: ENG-LAN-LEIGH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Newton in the Willows. >Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 16:37:55 -0400 > >Would any one know if Newton in the Willows is the same place as Newton Le >Willows which is close to Golborne? > >Thank you >Mike Morris >Toronto Canada > > >==== 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 > _________________________________________________________________ On the move? Get Hotmail on your mobile phone http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile