Hi Bryn, Thanks very much for this - Thomas's burial entry says he was from Vaynor Isaf, so this ties in exactly. I'm going to Berriew next year for a holiday, so I'll ask in Powys archives whether they know anything about the house. Regards, Ellie > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:42:02 -0000 > From: "Bryn Ellis" <bryn@helygain.freeserve.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [POWYS] Pyde House, Berriew > To: <powys@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <004f01c82510$48192110$12d7883e@BrynEllis> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > "Laura Thomas" <ellie.thomas@ntlworld.com> > asked: > > > I wonder if anyone can help me find out what Pyde House was. > > My 5xgreat grandfather Thomas HAMMONDS was buried in December 1799 in > > Berriew, Montgomeryshire, and his gravestone says that he was *late of the > > Pyde House*. I've looked on maps and Googled, but I can't find out what > > the > > Pyde House was. I wondered if it was pied, as in 2 coloured, but can't > > find > > anything. > > Yes there was a house called 'Pied House' in the township of Vaynor Isaf in > the parish of Berriew. This is the area immediately south-west of the > village but Idon't know where the house actually was or if it exists today. > Bryn Ellis