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From: "Roy Stockdill" <>
Subject: Re: Aston Ho?
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 12:03:49 +0000
In-Reply-To: <20040131181827.18883.00001253@mb-m28.aol.com>


> From: (Mgtfjagxk)

> Thank you Roy, but I already have the 1881 census info. My original request
> was where is Woodford, Essex? My Roadmaster Map Book listed about 5 Woodfords
> but none saying Essex. Someone kindly sent me a map, I then checked my book and
> it is listed under G. London. Also I was wondering if (Aston Ho) means (Aston
> House)? I am still wondering where this Aston name comes from as 3 of my
> HARRIS have it as a middle name. Thanks again.
> christine>

Your original request wasn't very clear, I'm afraid, which is why I
inadvertently resupplied the data!

Yes, Aston Ho undoubtedly means Aston House. To find out why it is so
called you will have to do more research. Perhaps it did once belong
to an ancestor who built it, and the fact that you have the name as a
middle name in the family suggests this could be the case. I suggest
tracing it in earlier censuses and also getting some wills to see if
they give a clue.

You could also try contacting the Essex County Record Office at
Chelmsford, or a local library at Woodford, to see if they have
anything. Perhaps it was mentioned in a local history book or
something?

As for Woodford now being in Greater London, I am afraid you are yet
another researcher who has fallen foul of the many boundary and
administrative changes that have taken place over the years. As far
as I am concerned - and for all strict genealogical purposes,
especially at the time you are talking of - Woodford is in Essex and
should be regarded as such. All records you find relating to the
period under discussion will say "Woodford, Essex" since Greater
London is a modern invention.

Roy Stockdill
Web page of the Guild of One-Name Studies:- www.one-name.org
Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History:- www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html

"It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of
people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean
advantage of them."

- P. G. Wodehouse

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