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From: Eve McLaughlin <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Hay Salesman
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:50:46 +0100
In-Reply-To: <000201c0b818$93a40620$86ea3acb@oemcomputer>




>I have just received my gg grandparents marriage certificate and the father of
>George KING - William - is listed as a HAY SALESMAN.
> Two questions - I suppose a Hay Salesman is just what it says (or am I
>wrong)
yes - loads of horses around, and cows, even in London, all needing hay.
He would probably have sold in quantity, to main stable owners, dairies
etc, and let hay binders parcel up small amounts for sale to casuals,
>and can anyone tell me if Lavender Place and Coburg Place are still in existence
>in the parish of Paddington
here is a Cobourg St near Euston station, not far from Paddington, but
not exactly IN. No Lavender Pl.

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Eve McLaughlin

Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

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