Hello, List, Trying to trace Coast Guard career of possible ancestor who died at Portsmouth in 1870s. In 1841 he went from the station called Hastings, in Hastings, to one whose name looks like "Caslek Bay" less likely "Castle Bay." I think this was in West Sussex or eastern Hants, near the stations at Chichester, Selsey Bill and Pagham. Does anybody know a place name that might fit, along the coast and harbors of this region? Thank you.

Could it be Castle Bay on the Isle of Barra? Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Shafer" <shpcount@earthlink.net> To: <hampshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:59 AM Subject: [HAM] enquiry re place name Caslek Bay (?) Hello, List, Trying to trace Coast Guard career of possible ancestor who died at Portsmouth in 1870s. In 1841 he went from the station called Hastings, in Hastings, to one whose name looks like "Caslek Bay" less likely "Castle Bay." I think this was in West Sussex or eastern Hants, near the stations at Chichester, Selsey Bill and Pagham. Does anybody know a place name that might fit, along the coast and harbors of this region? Thank you. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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Stephen I was going to suggest Selsey until I saw that you already mentioned it. I suggest therefore that you refer to the list of Coastguard stations provided by Stan Waight on genuki: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Coastguards/Table.html Regards Jon Baker -----Original Message----- Hello, List, Trying to trace Coast Guard career of possible ancestor who died at Portsmouth in 1870s. In 1841 he went from the station called Hastings, in Hastings, to one whose name looks like "Caslek Bay" less likely "Castle Bay." I think this was in West Sussex or eastern Hants, near the stations at Chichester, Selsey Bill and Pagham. Does anybody know a place name that might fit, along the coast and harbors of this region? subject and the body of the message

Following the idea broached a few minutes ago, that "Caslek Bay" could be the name of a ship rather than of a place, I found there was once in the RN an HMS Cashel, but no more info on her in wiki. I'll go to the big book by Colledge and Warlow which they used to make the wiki list. Cashel Bay is a bay in Connemara. "Cashel" would be itself an odd name for a ship, as the town of that name is inland, in Co Tipperary. Updates may follow. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Baker" <baker.jon@sky.com> To: "'Stephen Shafer'" <shpcount@earthlink.net>; <hampshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:54 PM Subject: RE: [HAM] enquiry re place name Caslek Bay (?) > Stephen > I was going to suggest Selsey until I saw that you already mentioned it. I > suggest therefore that you refer to the list of Coastguard stations > provided > by Stan Waight on genuki: > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Coastguards/Table.html > > Regards > > Jon Baker > > -----Original Message----- > Hello, List, > Trying to trace Coast Guard career of possible ancestor who died at > Portsmouth in 1870s. In 1841 he went from the station called Hastings, in > Hastings, to one whose name looks like "Caslek Bay" less likely "Castle > Bay." I think this was in West Sussex or eastern Hants, near the > stations > at Chichester, Selsey Bill and Pagham. Does anybody know a place name > that > might fit, along the coast and harbors of this region? > subject and the body of the message > >

Try the Ships List -- you may find her. Edna - Ottawa