Dear Peter, Baile na Croise equates to Town or place of the cross, located at Bridgetown Co Wexford and associated family names were Rowe, Furney, Hughes, Quirke, Clkiffe, Stewart, Cummings and Von Engelbrechten Is in the townland of Ballycross Location is S997 091 South West of Bridgetown Village, over the bridge and turn right The oringinal home was demolished in 1948 where a later house now stands on the site and is inhabited. It is a working farm which icludes extensive apple orchards commercially operated. ( Have Photos) Originally Ballycross was an outstanding 3 storey five bay mansion with a large garanite Plillared porch and special features such as a very fine staircae and mahogany doors, In or around 1863 Thomas Lacy refers to as the seat of one John Rowe esquire and a very fine residence. He went on to descrive the mansion as a large square vuilding of comparitively recent erection and of ample proportions, surrounded with ornamental pleasure grounds enriched with fine plantations. The present home incorporates some of the original features and stands beside a large and pleasant yard of excellent outbuildings such as stables, cow houses and other buildings. Which today house said animals and others which are availble for children to visit and see them. History The Rowe family settled the area in the middle of the 17th century and were granted the neighbouring property of Ballyharty ( q.v.) The OLD Ballycross house was built c 1840 by John Rowe, who was an adventurous landowner and he reclaimed hundreds of acreage of submerged lands around Ballyteigue. He owed upward of 8000 acres, Rowe street in Wexford bearing his name today. On John Rowes death in c1875, the house was reputed to be left to his wife who was nee Bolton of the Island Co Wexford. Furney family records indicate that their family lived there in the later 19th century, moving between this house and Hill Castle and being still in residence at up to around 1901 at Ballycross or later. The Furneys were connected to the Leared family of Juliamount and GLenville. Frederick Hughes occuppied the house from 1905-1922, and felt obliged to leae due to the Civil war activities in the area. Another family connection a Mr. Stewart lived there and he married a Misse Deane Drake . Local folk lore says that the house was once occupied by Commander Cummings who specialised in pig breeding. After the house was demolished in 1948 a new dwelling was built around the servant quarters, This accidently burnt down and was rebuilt by the Von Engelbrechten family who came from Germany, this is the family who has established the very brilliant and productive apple farm and animal farm at Ballycross. I do have photos if you are interested in the house and area but mainly of the apple and farming area of Ballycross. This is further reading on the internet http://www.ballycross.com/index.php/image-gallery This site hold images and updates on the Ballycross Apple Orchard. Yours In Gen Cara Feel free to contact me if you would like me to upload the photos for you to acess this applies to anyone interested in any photos I have on Wexford, if you think I may have something to interest you then contact me, just because these days I have learnt to be silent, does not mean I am not interested in all things associated with Genealogy in Wexford. I use BullGuard Spamfilter to keep my inbox clean. It is completely free: www.bullguard.com/freespamfilter

Dear Cara: What a lot of work you did and what a wonderful contribution to the knowledge of all on the list! Thank you for your effort. It is very much appreciated, even by those of us with absolutely no connection to this fascinating corner of Wexford. Barb Miller, Allentown PA (ancestors from down the road from Bridgetown, at Baldwinstown). -----Original Message----- From: Cara_Links <cara_links@bigpond.com> To: wexford <wexford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Jan 16, 2011 12:29 am Subject: [WEXFORD] BALLYCROSS-Bridgetown Dear Peter, Baile na Croise equates to Town or place of the cross, located at ridgetown Co Wexford nd associated family names were Rowe, Furney, Hughes, Quirke, Clkiffe, tewart, Cummings and Von Engelbrechten Is in the townland of Ballycross ocation is S997 091 South West of Bridgetown Village, over the bridge and urn right The oringinal home was demolished in 1948 where a later house now stands on he site and is inhabited. It is a working farm which icludes extensive apple orchards commercially perated. Have Photos) Originally Ballycross was an outstanding 3 storey five bay mansion with a arge garanite Plillared porch and special features such as a very fine taircae and mahogany doors, n or around 1863 Thomas Lacy refers to as the seat of one John Rowe esquire nd a very fine residence. He went on to descrive the mansion as a large quare vuilding of comparitively recent erection and of ample proportions, urrounded with ornamental pleasure grounds enriched with fine plantations. he present home incorporates some of the original features and stands eside a large and pleasant yard of excellent outbuildings such as stables, ow houses and other buildings. hich today house said animals and others which are availble for children to isit and see them. History he Rowe family settled the area in the middle of the 17th century and were ranted the neighbouring property of Ballyharty ( q.v.) he OLD Ballycross house was built c 1840 by John Rowe, who was an dventurous landowner and he reclaimed hundreds of acreage of submerged ands around Ballyteigue. He owed upward of 8000 acres, Rowe street in exford bearing his name today. n John Rowes death in c1875, the house was reputed to be left to his wife ho was nee Bolton of the Island Co Wexford. Furney family records indicate that their family lived there in the later 9th century, moving between this house and Hill Castle and being still in esidence at up to around 1901 at Ballycross or later. The Furneys were connected to the Leared family of Juliamount and GLenville. Frederick Hughes occuppied the house from 1905-1922, and felt obliged to eae due to the Civil war activities in the area. Another family connection a Mr. Stewart lived there and he married a Misse eane Drake . Local folk lore says that the house was once occupied by Commander Cummings ho specialised in pig breeding. After the house was demolished in 1948 a new dwelling was built around the ervant quarters, his accidently burnt down and was rebuilt by the Von Engelbrechten family ho came from Germany, this is the family who has established the very rilliant and productive apple farm and animal farm at Ballycross. I do have photos if you are interested in the house and area but mainly of he apple and farming area of Ballycross. his is further reading on the internet ttp://www.ballycross.com/index.php/image-gallery This site hold images and updates on the Ballycross Apple Orchard. Yours In Gen ara eel free to contact me if you would like me to upload the photos for you to cess this applies to anyone interested in any photos I have on Wexford, if ou think I may have something to interest you then contact me, just because hese days I have learnt to be silent, does not mean I am not interested in ll things associated with Genealogy in Wexford. use BullGuard Spamfilter to keep my inbox clean. t is completely free: www.bullguard.com/freespamfilter exford Surnames List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/wexford.html ------------------------------- o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEXFORD-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message