Correct me if I am wrong. It seems to me that most of the Wiltshire Westall family are located from Bristol East by southeast to Bath. From Bath to Bradford-upon-Avon as well as to Colerne. Trowbridge is East by Southeast of Bradford-upon-Avon and Melksham is East by northeast from Bradford-upon-Avon. Almost due north of Melksham is Chippenham and on North by northeast is Swindon. Marlborough is almost due south of Swindon. Pretty much due east of Marlborough is Axford, Ramsbury, Hungerford, and Kintbury in that order. Lambourn is due north of Kintbury and south by southeast of Swindon. Pretty much everybody in the Wiltshire Westall family that I have in our data base (now over 800) lived in one of these communities. Trowbridge in very much amongst these communities but they seem to have their own separate Westall family? Thanks to everyone that has aided in the research so far. Lots more to learn about I think! Bob E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) Database version: 5.11090 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/

Bob Forgive me if you are aware of the University College, London Surname Database, but if not, have a look here at the distribution of the surname Westall in the 1881 Census: http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/Map.aspx?name=WESTALL&year=1881&altyear =1998&country=GB&type=name You can find a good deal more information in this source, including the foci of Westalls in the US and New Zealand and comparable UK data for 1998. You will see that the data broadly confirms your suggestion. But Fred Westall's fascinating researches show how his line escaped via canal and tunnel construction to create the now very significant northern Westall branch. While I live in the north of England, I moved here myself as a young man and my link is really back to Axford via my grandfather Harry. Oliver Westall > Correct me if I am wrong. It seems to me that most of the Wiltshire Westall > family are located from Bristol East by southeast to Bath. From Bath to > Bradford-upon-Avon as well as to Colerne. > > > > Trowbridge is East by Southeast of Bradford-upon-Avon and Melksham is East > by northeast from Bradford-upon-Avon. Almost due north of Melksham is > Chippenham and on North by northeast is Swindon. Marlborough is almost due > south of Swindon. Pretty much due east of Marlborough is Axford, Ramsbury, > > Hungerford, and Kintbury in that order. Lambourn is due north of Kintbury > and south by southeast of Swindon. > > > > Pretty much everybody in the Wiltshire Westall family that I have in our > data base (now over 800) lived in one of these communities. > > > > Trowbridge in very much amongst these communities but they seem to have > their own separate Westall family? > > > > Thanks to everyone that has aided in the research so far. Lots more to > learn about I think! > > > > Bob > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) > Database version: 5.11090 > 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