Bill - Hithefield maybe the go with an I not a Y What do you think? Pam from Adelaide >".......... now turn to the list for help figuring out a place name. >There is this passage in the will: "I have lately (surrender) .. all my >share or part of my Coppyhold Lands and premises situate? (Lying and) >being (in Withfield? Lithfield?) .field in the parish of Egham aforesaid" >Does anyone know of a manor or place with the name Withfield, Lithfield >or ?ithfield? Some possibilities :- Englefield, Reversfield, Hythefield? Egham history at: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42999#s2 Ann

Have answered Bill off list - he sent me a copy of the will. The doubtful word is definitely "Hithfield", I think, by comparing the upper-case letter with an upper-case H elsewhere. So it is Hythe Fields, the area close to Staines Bridge; "hythe" means landing place, and the testator of this will was a waterman. Frederic Turner in his history of Egham points out that it was a favoured place for watermen to live. Geoff Geoffrey Chew g.chew@rhul.ac.uk ________________________________ From: eng-surrey-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Pam Hillier Sent: Sat 19.12.09 20:54 To: eng-surrey@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SRY] Place names in Surrey Bill - Hithefield maybe the go with an I not a Y What do you think? Pam from Adelaide >".......... now turn to the list for help figuring out a place name. >There is this passage in the will: "I have lately (surrender) .. all my >share or part of my Coppyhold Lands and premises situate? (Lying and) >being (in Withfield? Lithfield?) .field in the parish of Egham aforesaid" >Does anyone know of a manor or place with the name Withfield, Lithfield >or ?ithfield? Some possibilities :- Englefield, Reversfield, Hythefield? Egham history at: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42999#s2 Ann *************************************** Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. List Admin can be contacted at: Eng-Surrey-admin@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SURREY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message