The postcode for the area where The Luth joins Petworth Road appears to be RH14 0BL. You can search using this postcode on www.old-maps.co.uk to see 19th century OS maps of the area. You can also search www.streetmap.co.ukfor the modern OS map using that postcode. On 15 October 2012 19:56, <[email protected]> wrote: > As part of my One name Study into the Tribe surname, I came across a > number of Tribe families living in the Barracks at Wisborough Green. If > anybody > does know anything about the "barracks", I would be interested, too. > > Regards from East Sussex. > > Jeff > > Tribe ONS SFHG > > Ps - I might even nip over there myself on the way to Thakeham. > > In a message dated 15/10/2012 14:52:38 GMT Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > After discovering the location of the cottages in which my ancestor lived > in 1842 - apparently a block of 4 at the time - I then compared the tithe > map of 1842 to my OS Explorer Series map (2 1/2 inch to the mile) and > wanted > to check if the cottages are still there. > > Unfortunately time and the weather prevented another trip into West Sx to > check it out for myself. So, from my computer here in Ottawa, yesterday I > used Google's Streetview to tour along the Petworth Road in the vicinity > (can't remember now how I got there!). Unfortunately the trees along the > road > obscure a certain amount but there are tantalizing views of a 2-storey > building set back from the road which may or may not be the actual block of > cottages. It looks relatively modern but could, of course, have been > remodelled > & refaced over the years. > > The 1841 Census for Wisborough Green has my ancestor & his family living > with 4 other families at 'Barracks' (the handwritten form may say > 'Barrecks') in Wisborough Green, so I am assuming that this was the name > of the > building identified in the 1842 tithe apportionment as the 4 cottages > where my > ancestor is named as 'co-occupier' (the other co-occupiers are not named). > > (I have not been successful doing an address search for 'Barracks' in > Wisborough Green in subsequent censuses - just could not get FindMyPast or > FamilySearch to give me the info, if indeed, Barracks was listed a such in > later censuses.) > > Does anyone know if there is (or was) a building along the Petworth Road > in Wisborough Green called Barracks (or Barrecks)? If so, does anyone know > its history? - and could anyone take a photo for me? (The building is just > east of a side road called The Luth.) > > Thank you in advance for any info you might have on this. > Regards from a wet & windy Ottawa > Christine Jackson SFHG 397 > > P.S. I note from the Internet that there is an informal Wisborough Green > History Group, and a phone number is offered as a contact, so I will > follow > up with the chairman if SFHG members are not able to help on this. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the > body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >