Carrol Drew <carrol.drew@sympatico.ca> wrote: On the 1901 census, RG13/5196, Folio 139, Pg 10, Llanllwchairn, District 9, Phoebe [Davies] Jones [whom I assume is Mary's mother; father Edward is deceased] is living at "Miodd Hendidley" with her son, David, and nephew, Evan E Jones. Is anyone able to correct my spelling of this residence/farm and provide any information on the meaning of the name. Would the farm be in the township of Hendidley, rather than Hendidley being part of the farm name? ================ Dear Carrol, Your "Miodd Hendidley" is actually a misreading of "Niodd Hendidley" which is possibly a corrupted spelling of "Neuadd Hen Didley" (Old Didley Hall). It is the name of a farm, identified on modern Ordnance Survey maps as "Nyodd Hendidley". Nyodd Hendidley Farm is at grid reference SO090916. You can see the relevant 2-kilometre square section of a large scale Ordnance Survey 'Explorer' map at the Get-A-Map website http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/frames.htm In the search section near the top left of the Get-A-Map webpage, enter SO090916 into the search field and click the GO button. By using the zoom control buttons to the middle left of the map (if necessary) obtain a 2 km x 2 km section of a 1:25,000 scale map centred on Nyodd Hendidley. The same map also shows Beehive Cottage, Scafell, and Greenlane Cottage, all of which are shown as neighbouring properties on the same page in the 1901 census. Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Godre'r Graig, near Swansea, Wales, UK E-mail: john@jlb2005.plus.com John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/ Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists