Hi, Looking at transcripts of the 1851 & 1861 (Index es) I have found:- Leasom, Levisham, Levsam, Leasholme, - which could all be referring to the same place. and Westow as another possibility, depending on how you read the various hand-writings, and how the enumerator "heard" it. Regards, Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Gilbert" <gilbert.valerie@btinternet.com> To: <Eng-North-Yorks-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 2:39 PM Subject: [ENG-NORTH-YORKS] Levisham >I see from the 1851 census your Gawan PINKNEY worked on the railways. It > might help you to know that the North York Moors railway runs by Levisham. > . > > It would be a very likely occupation for a young man in that area to take > on > . It is now mainly a tourist line, but has been very important in 1800's > > Yes local accents could sound very shortened and an enumerator in > Hunmanby > 1851 might not hear or spell it correctly. > > Also helpful for you is that Gawan /Gawin is not a very common name. Do > you > know when he died? Is he in any other census.? > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-NORTH-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >