Mary, I was born in Higher Horton, on the Donyatt side. Peasmarsh is just outside Ilminster next to Sea on the way to Chard. My Mother has two sets of relatives living in Peasmarsh in the mid-1850's, the 1851 census has: Joseph Chapman, Farmer and Publican of the Peasmarsh Inn, [HO107/1927 Folio 96 Page 9 Schedule 26] and just down the road James Clark, Farmer at Peasmarsh Farm, [HO107/1927 Folio 96 Page 8 Schedule 24] As it happens James is next door to George Holland who is managing the Three Horseshoes Inn. Regards, Andy ajepson9@gmail.com -----Original Message----- From: eng-somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of eng-somerset-request@rootsweb.com Sent: 24 December 2014 08:01 To: eng-somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: ENG-SOMERSET Digest, Vol 9, Issue 103 Today's Topics: 1. Peasemarsh and High Horton, Ilminster (marynewbery) 2. Re: Peasemarsh and High Horton, Ilminster (Harry) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:58:51 -0000 From: "marynewbery" <marynewbery@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: [ENG-SOM] Peasemarsh and High Horton, Ilminster To: <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <07804C789570467F8CD26CAA13E364C8@sam> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Dear Listers, My husband?s family were originally from the SW and I?m currently doing a simple account for a granddaughter of the various key points in their story. I?m hoping someone with local knowledge can help me with locations etc. On the 1841 census George Holland, blacksmith, and his wife Betsy(Newbery) were living at Peasemarsh, Ilminster and next door was my husband?s ancestor James (Newbery) Gough, an apprentice Blacksmith. I?m assuming he was Georges?s apprentice. In 1851 George Holland, now a Blacksmith and Publican was still at Peasemarsh , the house having some sort of name ?Three Hay/ Horse?????, presumably the name of the pub. James Newbery(Gough) is now a blacksmith in High Horton, Ilminster, so I don?t know if they still worked together or in separate establishments. Could someone tell me how far apart Peasemarsh and High Horton are, and if by any chance there are old photographs of the forge at Peasemarsh. Both the Hollands and Newberys moved to Bridgewater in the 1850s where James worked for a Mr Gold, sadly dying suddenly in 1864 . Seasonal Greetings, Mary ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:22:52 -0000 From: "Harry" <harry.tadd@ntlworld.com> Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Peasemarsh and High Horton, Ilminster To: "marynewbery" <marynewbery@yahoo.co.uk>, <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <6328CEB30ED44FB68A1330F3EFD5AA02@HarryPC> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; reply-type=original Peasmarsh, no "e". I can find a Horton (Higher Horton on some maps) and Horton Cross west of Ilminster and about 4 miles from Peasmarsh. If you go to http://www.hortonvillage.co.uk/ and click on the Village you will find more information. I am sure if you click on the contacts button some one will be able to help you. Peasmarsh is only a few houses and comes under Ilminster. Merry Christmas Harry ------------------------------ To contact the ENG-SOMERSET list administrator, send an email to ENG-SOMERSET-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the ENG-SOMERSET mailing list, send an email to ENG-SOMERSET@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of ENG-SOMERSET Digest, Vol 9, Issue 103 ********************************************