Victoria Wisternoff <[email protected]> wrote: I would like to know if Johnston Hall in Johnston and Fern Hill in Harroldston St Issels still exist? I have found family living there in the 19th century - CARROWs in Johnston Hall and VAUGHANs at Fern Hill. I would also like to know if any pictures exist of these places. =================== Dear Victoria, The modern 1:25,000-scale Ordnance Survey 'Outdoor Leisure' map of South Pembrokeshire (sheet 36), published in 1995, identifies a 'Hall' in the village of Johnston (at co-ordinates 193300,210300) suggesting that the hall still exists. The 1:10,560-scale Ordnance Survey map published in 1868 (available at www.old-maps.co.uk/) confirms that this is what you refer to as Johnston Hall. The hall is less than 200 yards south of St Peter's Church in Johnston. The GENUKI website (at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Johnston/) offers the following information, extracted from "A Topographical Dictionary of Wales" (S. Lewis, 1833): ------quote begins------- Johnston Hall, an ancient mansion of the family of Edwards, and for a long time the residence of the late Lord Kensington, is now the property of the present lord, and is in the occupation of Thomas Bowen, Esq. -------quote ends--------- Kind regards, John ---------------------------- John Ball, Ystalyfera, South Wales, UK E-mail: [email protected] Homepage: http://home.clara.net/wfha/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://home.clara.net/wfha/wales/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.593 / Virus Database: 376 - Release Date: 20/02/2004