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    1. [WESTALL] John Newman Westall
    2. Bob Westall
    3. Everybody, John Newton Westall b 1815 in Ramsbury, Wiltshire was living at 29 High St in the 1851 Census. As I type this I am looking at the Satellite picture of Ramsbury and I have enlarged it to the point that I can clearly see the buildings on High ST, Ramsbury, Wiltshire. High St extends from Back Lane to where the name changes at the intersection Oxford St., High St, Scholard's Lane, and Back Lane. Amusingly if you look at Back Lane and High street from above they look like an American Football with Burdett St cutting the football in half. I apologize if I sound excited but I have struggled for years trying to understand the geography and relationship of one town with another and this map gives me all of that in one shot! Regards Bob Westall E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) Database version: 5.11100 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/

    11/11/2008 04:07:23
    1. Re: [WESTALL] John Newman Westall
    2. Oliver Westall
    3. Bob http://www.british-history.ac.uk/mapsheet.aspx?compid=55143&sheetid=9190&ox= 385&oy=1046&zm=1&czm=1&x=282&y=218 You might like to compare the current satellite picture with this 1887 Ordnance Survey Map of Ramsbury - and your search could move westwards on to Axford and Marlborough at the same source (this will emphasise how tiny Axford was). The detail is a bit muddy here but it's not difficult to buy clear printed copies that would provide far better definition. Oliver > Everybody, > > > > John Newton Westall b 1815 in Ramsbury, Wiltshire was living at 29 High St > in the 1851 Census. As I type this I am looking at the Satellite picture of > Ramsbury and I have enlarged it to the point that I can clearly see the > buildings on High ST, Ramsbury, Wiltshire. High St extends from Back Lane > to where the name changes at the intersection Oxford St., High St, > Scholard's Lane, and Back Lane. Amusingly if you look at Back Lane and High > street from above they look like an American Football with Burdett St > cutting the football in half. > > > > I apologize if I sound excited but I have struggled for years trying to > understand the geography and relationship of one town with another and this > map gives me all of that in one shot! > > > > Regards > > > > Bob Westall > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) > Database version: 5.11100 > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WESTALL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message Oliver Westall MBA Director Lancaster University Management School Lancaster LA1 4YX + 44 (0)1524 594219 http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/masters/mba/

    11/12/2008 02:50:05