Hello Heather, The Enumerator's writing for this ED isn't all that it might be :-( While it's clear and easily visible it's nevertheless hard to work out what his wiggly lines are supposed to represent... However, Mr BEST - and his wife Rose [not Basa as Ancestry have her] - were at Stocks, as Polly reported. 'Stocks Farm' is named on the current OS Maps at both 1:50,00 and 1:25,000 scales - it lies in the flatter part of the Parish. He was by no means the only farmer and hopgrower in Suckley at the time - the 1904 Kelly's Directory of WOR lists no fewer than 8. Your PHILLIPSes are rather more of a problem. There's a cluster of 3 families - with Heads James (1); James (2); & Edward - 4 folios (as opposed to pages) after the BESTs, but their 'addresses' aren't shown on present maps, or on the 2nd Edition OS 6" map of 1903ish. Edward, though, was shown as "next door" to Tundridge Mill - and *that* is shown on the 6", but may no longer be there [or has been VERY expensively converted]. These 3 *look* to be in the hillier part of the Parish, and as a result strike me as being comparatively unlikely candidates to be employed down at Stocks - always assuming that they were living in cottages "tied" to their employment. I use the Online versions of the current OS Maps - accessible at < http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/ >, then clicking on the big pink button! Stocks Farm is at Grid Reference SO 723 510, and the site of Tundridge Mill at SO 734 509. How you can access the 1st or 2nd editions of the OS 6" and 1:2,500 I don't know - I seem to remember a site from some years back, but that went to pay-to-view... Another difficulty is their origins. Although they may well have been in the [Civil] Parish of Suckley for 3 generations, the Suckley they were in in 1901 wasn't the same one as that of the 1841-61 Censuses. In 1866 it was split into 3 parts - Alfrick, Lulsley, and Suckley, reducing Suckley's area by 50%. Ecclesiastically it was similarly split in 1912 to create the new [Ecc] 2-church Parish of Alfrick and Lulsley. HTH Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Canevaro" <caro@sasktel.net> To: "WORCESTER list" <ENG-WORCESTER@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 5:29 PM Subject: [WOR] Re Census image request > Hello, > > Taking advantage of Findmypasts free days. Looking for an employer of AG > Labs in the Suckley area of Worcestershire. I find the following page > with an employer but can't quite figure out where and what it is. > Reference is > > 1901 Census > Mitchalls, Suckley > Martley > RG13 piece 2775 folio 137 page 12 > I think this is a Hops fruit grower farmer??? Mr Best, but can't figure > what the house name is. Any help appreciated. > > This is jut 4 pages before my Phillips family. They have been ag labs > for 3 generations here. Are they likely to have worked for the same > farmer for all this time, or where there enough employers around to > change often?? > > Thanks > Heather in Canada. Hoping to visit this area and would like to see a > farm they may have worked on > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WORCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message