This is not a person search, it is an attempt to locate a house that has since been renamed in the Wiltshire village of Winterbourne Stoke.
My ancestors the Grants, lived in a house called Toomers in Winterborne Stoke for half a century, perhaps more.
In 1840, my ancestor, farmer George Grant (1757-1840) left it to his son John Grant and grandson Jakob who were living there at the time and it is presumed it was handed on to various members of the Grant family for a good many years after that. The Tithe apportionment of 1841 has John living in plot 147, but I do not have a copy of the original tithe map to compare it with, only a later map done by the Ordnance Survey and another done for the 1910 property survey which both outline plot 147 as it was in those years. Two decades ago I felt sure that I had positively identified Toomers, but now that identification has been called into question.
I do have a copy of a page from the 1841 census (HO 107 1167 p5) which shows John & family, but is otherwise unhelpful for it just gives the address as 'Stoke.' Are there any later Winterbourne Stoke censuses, street directories or electoral roles that not only give an address, but also show the name of the house the family is occupying? If I can find Toomers on any one of those and then relate it to neighboring properties which may still carry their original names, it may help me discover whether I did correctly identify the house in the first place or was hopelessly wrong.
Regards Roy G
