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From: "Geoff Beach" <>
Subject: Re: [SoG] Golden Ball area?
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:42:11 -0000
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Just to add to general confusion, there is a Golden Hill, north of
Tuntstall, Stoke on Trent, and a Golden Valley to the west of Cheltenham.
Not one of my most helpful comments!!
Geoff Beach
South Wales
http://www.familyhistory-uk.com

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Subject: [SoG] Golden Ball area?


> I have been in touch with an American researcher who reports that the
family
> she is researching is said to have come from the "Golden Ball area in
England"
> - per a genealogy/history text of some sort. While I have not seen the
> original text - so cannot verify that this is a complete transcription - I
am
> unable to explain what area this might refer to. Out of curiosity, I ran
it
> through Google - came up with lots of pubs, a street in Norwich, a hill in
Wiltshire
> and the golden ball atop the church in West Wycombe, Bucks. Nothing seems
an
> adequate explanation. Does anyone have an inspiration or the knowledge to
> answer this?
> Mary T
>

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