As I search through the Subsidy lists found on British History OnLine for my ancestors, I have stumbled several times because the spellings of the early village names. Does anyone recognize the following village name? It was in the Rape of Hastings, Hundred of Colspore in 1296. Wyuelrug Donna TILLINGHAST Casey Michigan, USA 9674 If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. Pearl Buck

Firstly, there isn't a Hundred of Colspore - there is a Hundred of Goldspur in the Rape of Hastings. It was the 42nd Hundred in Sussex. It contains the parishes of Beckley, Broomhill, East Guldeford, Iden, Peasmarsh and Playden. Within the parish of Peasmarsh, there is a place name of Wivelridge which has been spelt very peculiarly in old documents - as Wyueregg, Wyuelerugg, Wyueleregge, and Welmeregge - it means "weevil-infested hill". Perhaps fortunately then, it is a place that has now disappeared from the landscape. All found in "The Place Names of Sussex" by Mawer, Stenton and Gover. Best wishes Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex SFHG NO: 3323 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Casey" <donnacasey@yahoo.com> To: "SFHG SxFamHXGrp" <sfhg-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 4:50 PM Subject: [SFHG] Wyuelrug? The current town name? As I search through the Subsidy lists found on British History OnLine for my ancestors, I have stumbled several times because the spellings of the early village names. Does anyone recognize the following village name? It was in the Rape of Hastings, Hundred of Colspore in 1296. Wyuelrug Donna TILLINGHAST Casey Michigan, USA 9674 If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. Pearl Buck ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message