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Offline andy_smed

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Query concerning a place name?
« on: Monday 14 March 05 22:39 GMT (UK) »
Has anyone ever heard of place called Laytwickiel in Cornwall?

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Andy
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Re: Query concerning a place name?
« Reply #1 on: Monday 14 March 05 23:21 GMT (UK) »
Hi Andy,

Sounds to me like it is Lostwithiel.

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Re: Query concerning a place name?
« Reply #2 on: Monday 14 March 05 23:53 GMT (UK) »
Thats the closest I think we will get.

Thanks Nell

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Re: Query concerning a place name?
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 17 March 05 01:11 GMT (UK) »
I second Lostwithiel as I thought that before I read the next answer down !!! :o

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Re: Query concerning a place name?
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 23 March 05 20:07 GMT (UK) »
its probably lostwithiel you are looking for andy. contact me by email kali
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Re: Query concerning a place name?
« Reply #5 on: Friday 25 March 05 12:19 GMT (UK) »
Hi,

Like everyone else I would say Lostwithiel. I live about 4 miles from there so if I can help in any way let me know.

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Essex: HARVEY, SMITH. ONG, HUMM/HUME
Norfolk: TUCK
Lincs: ADAMS, HOLLAND.

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Re: Query concerning a place name?
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 26 March 05 15:01 GMT (UK) »
Hi Sue, thanks for that and thanks for your very kind offer. I'll keep it in mind.

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Andy
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Allin - Sutcombe, Devon * Blake - Cornwall, Cardiif * Campbell - Durness * Cockburn - London and Scotland * Elsey - London * Facey -  Holsworthy, Devon * Falconer - Durness and Eddrachillis * Hartfall - Gosport * Hopkins - Barry and Sully * Howell - Cheptow * Larkin - Bromley, Kent * Lambert - Sturminster Newton, Dorset * McDonald - Compton Gifford, Plymouth * Moxley  - St Arvans * Smith - Bethnal Green * Taylor - Portishead * Wickenden - Southsea * Yeo - Cornwall and Devon

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Re: Query concerning a place name?
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 19 June 10 07:20 BST (UK) »
Can someone clear up a place name for me please.
My grtgrandfather, Arthur Emmett b.1861 (gardener) came from St Anthony, but also is listed Bohovrow or Bohortha. Which would it be and also is this place the name of a farm, residence or village?
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Re: Query concerning a place name?
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 19 June 10 12:32 BST (UK) »
It's Bohortha - and it's the name of a small village in the parish of St Anthony in Roseland near Porthbeor beach.

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