Those Double Sodas sure got around the world! I'd check for 19th century Chemist's shops and bottlers. This was probably a health product rather than something like beer or soda. 9.32 An early style (1840-1870) of torpedo bottle bearing the mark WEBB'S DOUBLE SODA & OTHER WATERS (to her?) MAJESTY ISLINGTON LONDON One aspect of the nonalcoholic beverage field is helpful to the archaeologist: these glass bottles were often impressed with the name of the firm which made their contents and, unlike the alcoholic beverage bottles whose paper labels rarely survive, they can often be identified. An unfortunate correlate is that this feature makes these bottles very attractive to collectors whose illicit looting activities disturb many 19th century sites. After lying undisturbed for a century, this bottle was stolen from a display case at the University of Toronto. <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:ZluWfGxohmk:citd.scar.utoronto.ca/C ITD/Instructional/Archaelogy/Canadian-Archaeology/Log-House.html+Double+soda+I slington&hl=en">LOG HOUSE</A> LND Islington - John Samuel Webb mar. Elizabeth Wells, 1878 202.41 LND Webbs Double Soda Water - letter 1839 202.22 <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:PZldxoIDyWM:www.btinternet.com/~won r/webb/f_lnd.htm+Double+soda+Islington&hl=en"> http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:PZldxoIDyWM:www.btinternet.com/~wonr/webb /f_lnd.htm+Double+soda+Islington&hl=en</A> DUNRAVEN - Beacon Rock (Sha’b Mahmoud) History A merchantman registered the Dunraven in Newcastle - upon - tyne, on route for India. It was carrying cotton and wool. She was only a couple of years old when she ran aground on Beacon Rock in 1876. Seven years later the Suez canal was opened. The stories say that the Dunraven was stuck fast for 2 - 3 days. For some reason she suddenly caught fir and rolled over on to her port side and slid down this steep sided reef to rest in 22 - 30 m of water. She lies at an angle out from the reef wall. There is still a path of scrapped reef where the ship slipped. Archaeologist Ayre Keller was the first to make known the existence of the wreck. He picket up her signals on an oil sounding expedition. He told Howard Rosenstein, owner of a dive shop in Sinai. A salvage team found many artefacts, mugs, plates, ginger beer, hamilton bottles with the name „Webbs Double Soda from Islington“, sealed jars of gooseberries, rhubard, olives, unguents and salves. The bathroom was tiled in blue Delft, with scenes from the Netherlands. When nothing was found of great value the ship was filled with sand and sediment from the excavations to prevent further searches and to halt deterioration. <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:1qtigGdZaK8:wassersport.org/diving/ mapps_redsea/aquaba/dunraven.htm+Double+soda+Islington&hl=en">The Dunraven</A> <A HREF="http://uk.multimap.com/p/browse.cgi?pc=N11AA&title=Islington+Community+I nternet&cat=loc">Islington Community Internet</A> Map of Islington Newspaper advertising that they deal in Local History -- nobody like a reporter to ferret out info, eh? Might ask them what they can tell you! <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:aqMqBIzzL4c:www.islingtongazette.co .uk/+Islington&hl=en">Islington Gazette and Stoke Newington Observer</A> Been printed since 1856.....PS I already wrote them and suggested they do a story for their "Local History" feature on these bottles since they seemed to be an ambassador for Islington, ending up in Canada, Florida and the Gulf of Suez! If I hear back from them, I'll forward their response to you. <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:s6Wh3j6VzfQ:www.lnmfhs.dircon.co.uk /bookclam.htm+MIddlesex+genealogy+webb+islington&hl=en">London & North Middlesex F H S - Metropolitan on-line</A> IAH06 The squares of Islington. Pt 1 M Cosh Local History Publications Islington Archealogy and History Society £ 6.35 £ 6.85 IAH07 The squares of Islington. Pt 2 M Cosh Local History Publications Islington Archealogy and History Society £ 8.30 £ 8.70 Or maybe...... 1841 High Street, Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire. William was a lodger with William WEBB, a publican and his family. The property was property was probably a public house <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:sarTBCdLuB8:www.wheatonjk.clara.net /gedcom2/htm/n_2.htm+MIddlesex+genealogy+webb+islington&hl=en">Genealogy Data Page 3 (Notes Pages)</A> Hope this is of some help -- or at least of interest to you! Anne Webb Nelson