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This is all most intriguing!! Thank you for the info.
Yes, I do know the area as I went to Thornbridge (Between Ashford and Gt.Longstone) when it was a teacher training college and since then (I left in 1969) my husband and I, along with our daughter when she was still at home, have taken holidays in the area whenever we could. We love the area so much - especially the Monsal, Ashford, Gt. Longstone triangle, plus Chatsworth and Edensor, of course - and when we realised we had ancestral links with the area our feelings just seemed to sort of 'click' into place!
I envy you living there, although mid Wales is also stunning! (I'm half Welsh...not as easy to research!)

Derek, I have EDWARD HOOSON Christened 4 Nov 1690, Bakewell. Does this mean Bakewell the town? Or does it represent the Parish? His father is THOMAS HOOSON Christened 1677 in Bakewell. I have his wife as Elizabeth Crossland. Before that Hooson, I have THOMAS HOUSEN, 1654 Bakewell.
As you have documents, could you please check these men as to where they were born? I'm not sure if you can do this but I would appreciate any nhelp at all.

(Incidentally, my Derbyshire ancestors were both survivors of the Eyam plague. It's fascinating to think that neither my husband nor myself had any idea we had Derbyshire ancestors! How odd that our ancestors were so close to each other!)

Dear All,

I cannot thank you enough. I'm not able to be a frequent visitor here but whjat a superb surprise awaited me. What you have left for me to follow up has been extremely useful and interesting. Again, my thanks! 

I'm searching for evidence of the HOOSON family living in the (Bakewell, possibly) Great Longstone and Little Longstone area of the Peak District. I know there was a small area in Little Longstone named Hooson but I have not seen where it is on any map.
ANY help would be most gratefully received.