Hi Vin, I have an 1875 map of the area around Newton (in Makerfield)(-le-Willows) and it is referred to as Newton in Makerfield. The 1881 Census gives the place that name also, but the locals appeared to prefer to be recorded as being born in Newton-le-Willows. The number of residences recorded on the 1881 Newton in Makerfield Census is just over 2070. I have noticed while extracting the 'Entertainers' from the 1881 census that the existence of a theatre was recorded by the enumerator if there was one in his/her area. There is no mention of a theatre in Newton. Perhaps the people you referred to were just lodging there and working in Wigan, Warrington, St. Helens or somewhere else close by where there would have been a theatre. Regards, Dave Jassie - List Administrator for - THEATRE-UK-L NIR-ARMAGH-L JASSIE-L [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/ - THEATRE-UK Web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirarm/ - ARMAGH Web site Greetings from Lincoln, England ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vin FOSTER" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Newton in Makerfield LANcs - Theatre?? > Hi Peter, > Quite by chance I read an old email that explained that Newton in Makerfield > and Newton-le-Willows are one and the same place. > Thanks to those who responded to my query. > No-one has told me if there was a theatre there around 1880?? > TIA > Vin FOSTER nr Newbury, Berks, UK > ___________________________ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter McNulty" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 7:38 PM > Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Newton in Makerfield LANcs - Theatre?? > > > > I know of Ashton-in-Makerfield and Newton-le-Willows and if my memory > serves > > me correctly they are on the border of Lancs/Cheshire. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Peter McNulty > > > > [email protected] > > www.sparshott.org.uk > > > > Researching: > > SPARSHOTT families world-wide > > WICKHAM in north Kent. > > EDGARD - any time, any place, any where. > > GREENWELL - north east England. > > LONGHURST (Isaac, c. 1860) - Coldharbour, SRY > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Vin FOSTER" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 8:07 PM > > Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Newton in Makerfield LANcs - Theatre?? > > > > > > Hi Listers, > > > > I have a PALMER family, Actors, lodging in Fairclough St, Newton in > > Makerfield. Lancs in the 1881 census. > > If there was a theatre close to the above address, or indeed only one > > theatre in the town can someone let me know. > > Any help will be much appreciated. > > Where is Newton in Makerfield? I can't find it in my gazeteer. > > > > Regards Vin FOSTER nr Newbury Berks UK > > > > > > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail with just the word - unsubscribe - > > in the body of the message to [email protected] > > or [email protected] if in 'Digest' mode > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > > > > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > > The URL for the THEATRE-UK Web-site is - > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/ > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > > > ==== THEATRE-UK Mailing List ==== > Please post your reply to the list (except for personal mail) > Your message could be of interest to other subscribers. > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >

Hi Dave, Thanks, as I feared I have to move out into the wider Lancs et seq. Thanks also to those other listers who have responded ref Newton in Makerfield (-le-Willows) Regards Vin FOSTER nr Newbury, Berks, UK _______________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Jassie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 10:41 AM Subject: [THEATRE-UK] Newton in Makerfield -- Theatre?? > Hi Vin, > I have an 1875 map of the area around Newton (in > Makerfield)(-le-Willows) and it is referred to as Newton in Makerfield. > The 1881 Census <much snip> > that the existence of a theatre was > recorded by the enumerator if there was one in his/her area. There is no > mention of a theatre in Newton. > Your PALMERs just lodging there and working in Wigan, Warrington, St. Helens or nearby END