I did a Google search on Hildesheimer & Co Ltd and apparently they operated from about 1850 -1910. This would help narrow down the time line of the Swiss Cottage. The print on Ebay shows the cottage located adjacent to a river or watercourse possibly the River Roding. I have looked on Old-Maps but found nothing yet. Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline" <carolineb@ntlworld.com> To: <Essex-UK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 10:11 AM Subject: [Ess] Swiss Cottage, Wanstead >I sometimes see postcards on Ebay showing an artist's impression of the >Swiss Cottage in Wanstead. I lived in Wanstead for a long time and my >mother was a resident from 1915-1978 and I don't remember any mention of >this place. It looks as though it could be part of Wanstead Park (Wanstead >House). Does anyone know of this place ?? > > Thank you > > Caroline > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks for looking, Mick. It's strange as I have received your message via the list, but not my own ?? (I don't receive the digest). Yours was the only Essex message that I have received today and only 2 messages yesterday. Is it just me having problems ?? Thanks Caroline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mick Gilbey" <mickgilbey@hotmail.com> To: <ESSEX-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [Ess] Swiss Cottage, Wanstead >I did a Google search on Hildesheimer & Co Ltd and apparently they operated > from about 1850 -1910. This would help narrow down the time line of the > Swiss Cottage. The print on Ebay shows the cottage located adjacent to a > river or watercourse possibly the River Roding. I have looked on Old-Maps > but found nothing yet. > > Michael > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Caroline" <carolineb@ntlworld.com> > To: <Essex-UK@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 10:11 AM > Subject: [Ess] Swiss Cottage, Wanstead > > >>I sometimes see postcards on Ebay showing an artist's impression of the >>Swiss Cottage in Wanstead. I lived in Wanstead for a long time and my >>mother was a resident from 1915-1978 and I don't remember any mention of >>this place. It looks as though it could be part of Wanstead Park (Wanstead >>House). Does anyone know of this place ?? >> >> Thank you >> >> Caroline >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Further Googling has come up with this website which seems to indicate that the Swiss Cottage was in Bushwood. I can't think whereabouts it would have been ??? Caroline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mick Gilbey" <mickgilbey@hotmail.com> To: <ESSEX-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [Ess] Swiss Cottage, Wanstead >I did a Google search on Hildesheimer & Co Ltd and apparently they operated > from about 1850 -1910. This would help narrow down the time line of the > Swiss Cottage. The print on Ebay shows the cottage located adjacent to a > river or watercourse possibly the River Roding. I have looked on Old-Maps > but found nothing yet. > > Michael > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Caroline" <carolineb@ntlworld.com> > To: <Essex-UK@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 10:11 AM > Subject: [Ess] Swiss Cottage, Wanstead > > >>I sometimes see postcards on Ebay showing an artist's impression of the >>Swiss Cottage in Wanstead. I lived in Wanstead for a long time and my >>mother was a resident from 1915-1978 and I don't remember any mention of >>this place. It looks as though it could be part of Wanstead Park (Wanstead >>House). Does anyone know of this place ?? >> >> Thank you >> >> Caroline >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >