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Somewhere near Holmfirth?
« on: Saturday 19 January 13 12:39 GMT (UK) »
I have traced a relative Joseph Eastwood to his baptism at Holy Trinity, Holmfirth on 29 Dec 1739. The entry in the PR looks something like " of Snittlehouse in U "  Can anyone decypher this please?
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Re: Somewhere near Holmfirth?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 19 January 13 13:13 GMT (UK) »
I've looked back at previous pages of the register on Ancestry & on page 1 it clearly says 'Sinderhills in W' on one of the entries. The 'W' will probably mean Wooldale
Personal family names: CONNELL (Leeds) RIMINGTON (Leeds, Skipton) RHODES (Leeds) PICKERSGILL (Kirklington, Masham, Leeds), DAWSON (Silsden, Bradford)
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Re: Somewhere near Holmfirth?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 19 January 13 13:26 GMT (UK) »
Thanks very much Jaysholme.  I did try looking for other similar entries but obviously missed or did not register the one that you found.
It does not help if you do not know the area at all
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Re: Somewhere near Holmfirth?
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 19 January 13 14:32 GMT (UK) »
The baptism is also recorded in the Almondbury parish register in a much more clear hand.  Joseph was from Overthong, which I believe is the old name for Upperthong. 

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Re: Somewhere near Holmfirth?
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 19 January 13 15:20 GMT (UK) »
Cinder Hills is off on the left of Dunford Rd as you leave Holmfirth, the road leads to Paris, Scholes, and Jacksons Bridge.
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Re: Somewhere near Holmfirth?
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 19 January 13 15:40 GMT (UK) »
Clearly the entry found by Sandra in the Almondbury PR is obviously the same person, so he must be from Overthong (Upperthong)   However this does not agree with the suggestion of Sinderhills in Wooldale - if my limited geography is correct, Upperthong is not in Wooldale but on the opposite side of Holmfirth.
I believe that the entry reads "in U" rather than "W", any ideas of an area near Upperthong that starts with U?  On the basis that the "house" part of the name is clear, I have spent some time looking at all the entries for Holmfirth in 1739 & the only two possibilities I can find are Kilnhouse & Hollinghouse.  But neither really seem to fit.
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Re: Somewhere near Holmfirth?
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 19 January 13 15:55 GMT (UK) »
Not seen the register but it could be Cinderhills, Underbank
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Re: Somewhere near Holmfirth?
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 19 January 13 16:32 GMT (UK) »
Cropped version of Holmfirth entry:

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Re: Somewhere near Holmfirth?
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 19 January 13 17:03 GMT (UK) »
If the baptism is in the Almondbury PR for Holmfirth Chapelery the U must mean Upperthong ( Almondbury did not serve the Cinderhills side of Holmfirth).
I've had a look at the whole page on Anc***y- all the entries on that page are for the same side of the town: Holme, A=Austonley and U=Upperthong.These are areas rather than just the small hamlet/village.
Places with U are Upperbridge and Hill.
But I can't decifer what the address is that you're looking for "*****house".
Do you have any siblings for Joseph? any entry for them might be clearer. or even do you know where the family were in 1841? folk often stayed in the same place for generations.
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