Hi I've had a look in the historical directories. Kelly's 1891 has Lawn Cottage under Chiddingfold, not Witley (unless of course its another one). Under commercial, Edmead, Henry, painter, Lawn Cottage. They don't have a directory for the 1880s. The two earlier ones seem not to mention Lawn Cottage. Can't find it on the old maps (via Genuki gazetteer). Chris Willis in Yateley, Hants ________________________________ From: Ann Sargeant <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 9 August, 2011 17:30:08 Subject: Re: [SRY] Partial birth certificate Witley Hello Scott Witley is a parish in rural south west Surrey - and it's near Chiddingfold. As others have said, if you can give us more information such as the names and dates there are lots of us here who would like to help.  Many of us are familiar with the area and are researching local families there.  Some of us have resources at home that may be useful.  So there's a good chance of finding answers. Ann Surrey Admin From: "Scott Hazelhurst" <[email protected]> > Dear list members, > > We recently found in some old family files a very damaged birth > certificate, > apparently an original. It's probably that of my my great grand mother of > whom we know almost nothing, hence my interest. > > At the top is has hand written "Witley" and the address of the father is > given as Lawn Cottage, Chiddingford. > At the bottom we have the following > > ".. 68 in the Birth Register Book No. 16 for the .... Witness my Hand this > 27th day of ...." > > Where the 68, 16 and 27 are all hand-written, > > The name and maiden surname of the mother are given, but thar's about all > (e.g., no name of father) I have tried looking up in FreeBMD, familysearch > and the various censuses that cover a likely period but there's nothing > that > matches. > > Is there any chance of following up on this scanty information? Any ideas > of > what the next step I could take could be be.