Hi Please can anyone tell me more about the address 'Cockerel' Newchurch........in the 1881 census would it have been a farm or a house or a street?? Thanks Sue --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.688 / Virus Database: 449 - Release Date: 18/05/2004

Sue I would think that Cockerel was the name of a set of farm labourers cottages, the 1881 shows there are 4 households with this address, given also that all the occupants are farm labourers and their families. Possibly these were the cottages for the farm labourers of Wacklands Farm, but this is just a guess. I looked for Cockerel on the Old Maps site, http://www.old-maps.co.uk but it does not show (enter Winford in the search box). The map used here is shown as 1866, so predates the census by 15 years, however, the enlarged map cannot be 1866 (since it shows the Sandown to Shide railway which was not opened until 1875) but also does not show Cockerel. Cockerel still shows up on a modern OS map for the Island, just south of the main village of Newchurch on the Winford Road. Hope this helps. Jon Baker -----Original Message----- From: Sue King [mailto:sue@gyron.net] Sent: 16 July 2004 23:55 To: ISLE-OF-WIGHT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Cockerel, Newchurch Hi Please can anyone tell me more about the address 'Cockerel' Newchurch........in the 1881 census would it have been a farm or a house or a street?? Thanks Sue --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.688 / Virus Database: 449 - Release Date: 18/05/2004 ______________________________