[WED]Heath House

[John V Hayward]

In the baptisms 1813 - 1900 there are a large number of families living at
Heath House. Looking at the currant Explorer map (1:25 000), there do not
seem to be a great number of houses there. It appears to be an area, rather
than and individual house, although there may be a house of that name as
well.

John V Hayward


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stanley Castle" <scastle@cocklake.demon.co.uk>
To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 11:01 AM
Subject: RE: [WED]Heath House


> Elaine
>
> To find out who lived in which house may not be easy. One needs to be able
> to go to the Somerset Records Office to do some of the searches.
>
> The first source to look at is the Wedmore Tythe map of 1837 and its
> associated paperwork. From these you can find out the names of the owners
> and occupiers (in about 1837) of the land. Each parcel of land is given a
> number on the map and the locations of the houses are drawn on the map so
> you can associate a parcel of land with a house. If the house still stands
> you should be able to locate it on the upto date Ordnance Survey map.
>
> Fortunately the 1841 census was done close to the time of publication of
the
> Tythe map. This will enable you to tie up the Tythe roll names with the
> census names and if the people have not move between 1837 and 1841 you can
> place them in a dwelling with some confidence. Where there are gaps
(because
> people have moved) you might be able to fill them in by working out the
> route of the census enumerator. He may not have gone round in a systematic
> way but he might have.
>
> If you look at the subsequent census data you might be able to work out
who
> lived in some of the houses in the later years because a lot of people,
> especially the farmers tended to stay put. You may again be able to fill
in
> the gaps by working out the enumerator's route, (beware it could be a
> different route every census). You can get confirmation that you have got
> some of the occupants of the houses correct if you can get a look at the
> deeds of the property, (this is difficult, you really have to know the
> people living in the houses now and persuade them to let you have a look
at
> their deeds, if they have them, but most of the deeds are in Building
> Society vaults).
>
> You can find out who was living in the houses in 1791 by going to the
parish
> map and documents used for assessing the Poor Rate. On this map the
parcels
> of land have a different numbering system from those on the Thythe map.
>
> The above is basically the way I populated the houses in Cocklake as
> published in my ebook 'The History of Cocklake'.
>
> Stanley Castle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wedmore-admin@lists.tutton.org
> [mailto:wedmore-admin@lists.tutton.org]On Behalf Of Elaine
> Sent: 15 February 2003 01:41
> To: Mailing List Wedmore
> Subject: [WED]Heath House
>
> I know that Heath House is an area near Wedmore and not an actual house,
but
> does anyone know how I would find out which house in Heath House someone
> lived in ?  The baptism records just seem to say Heath House or Heath as
> does the census.
>
> Also, how did it come to be named Heath House (Heathhouse) ?  Was there
once
> one big house there owning all the land ?
>
> Elaine
> Bothell, WA
>
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