Thank you very much for that, Kim, it looks a very interesting site. At least I now know I was reading the address correctly. Joan On 29/09/2007, Kim Groothuis <kimsfamilyhistory@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Joan > > "A vision of Britain" http://vision.edina.ac.uk/index.jsp > has this. My 1906 map is not much help, but from the description of the > enumeration district it seems to be adjacent to Crackenedge, at the > 'Dewsbury end' of Batley Carr > > Kim > > BATLEY-CARR, a hamlet and a chapelry in Batley and Dewsbury parishes, W. > R. Yorkshire. The hamlet stands ¾ of a mile S of Batley, and has a post > office under Dewsbury. The chapelry was constituted in 1842. Rated property, > £6,505. Pop., 3,859. Houses, 796. The property is much subdivided. The > living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150. Patron, the Vicar > of Dewsbury. The church is good. > (John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)) > ROADSIDE (New), a hamlet in Batley parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near > Dewsbury. > (John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)) > > Joan Smith <amberleigh04@gmail.com> wrote: > Could some kind soul, perhaps with local knowledge, clarify an address > in > the above census for me please. > The address appears to be Batley Carr roadside. > > Joan in South Yorkshire > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >