Having looked again at Horwoods map in the clear morning light and after a good night's sleep to recover from continuing Microsoft troubles, George Yard is indeed a narrow lane but at the end furthest from the Borough High Street there is a small courtyard on the north side of the street, with buildings around the other three sides. So the narrow street must have taken its name from the George Inn as that is what it looks like. Checking on the web there is some info and a picture at http://www.pubs.com/georse1.htm And yes, the link is georse not george! And the inn is still there. Perhaps the lane is too small for my 1960s A-Z. It's now in the hands of the National Trust. Cheers, Liz Quoting "norman.lee1" <norman.lee1@virgin.net>: > Dear Karen, Lyn and Liz > > I am not sure but I think the George was an old coaching inn arranged > around > a square courtyard. My father used to repair a cash register there many > years ago now. I'm raking back through my memory now though and I could be > wrong. I think that Dad said there was a gallery along the upper storey > around the yard and have a feeling that this was for potential passengers > to > wait for their coaches. If it's still there, then Google may have some > information on it as it could be unique. If it is this one, then it was > lucky to escape the WW2 bombing which was aimed at the docks. > > Audrey > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karen Bennett" <calleja@chariot.net.au> > To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 5:37 AM > Subject: [OEL] old will again > > > > thanks liz > > > > could I ask for help with another word in the third line > > > > of Surrey and of the Georgeyard ?? > > > > this is repeated in line 25 > > > > the Georgeyard afoursaid > > > > am i right in reading it as the Georgeyard and any ideas what that could > be > > thanks again > > karen > > > > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > > OLD-ENGLISH Web Page > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > > > > > > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > THREADED archives for OLD-ENGLISH: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > >

There's another picture at http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/scripts/nthandbook.dll?ACTION=PROPERTY&P ROPERTYID=103 Which is the National Trust website. The National Trust might be interested in your ancestor's will, the business he was running from there etc, and equally might have other records which mention him as being in business ... Always worth a try. Lyn B