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From: Gordon Childs <>
Subject: Re: Pound, IOW
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 19:23:40 -0400


Donna,

By coincidence, my BALLARD ancestors were also found living at Pound,
Swanmore, Ryde in the 1851 census (film HO107/1663, page 32).

Swanmore is a 'suburb' of Ryde, about a mile south of the seafront, with
Swanmore Road being a continuation of the High Street. It was formed into
an ecclesiatical parish in 1864 - its church of St Michael and All Angels
opened in 1862. An early 1800's map shows a Pound Farm just to the west of
Swanmore Road - an area now occupied by schools. Interestingly, a later
map shows a Playstreet Farm in the vicinity, but the scale of the earlier
map does not allow me to confirm if this was the former Pound Farm.

Hope this helps.

Gordon Childs,
Bexley, Kent

Main IOW names:
BALLARD, CARLEY, CHILDS, COLE, LININGTON, SAUNDERS, SIMS, SPRAKE, URRY &
WHEELER


Website: www.childsweb.net

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