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WillieMossop Posts: 12 Joined: 25th Apr 2009 Location: UK	quotePosted at 16:09 on 28th April 2009 Hello Anna, Thanks for the welcome, I shall be posting pictures at some point. Sykes is a common name in this area it's an old Anglo Saxon name. Does it means someone who lives by a stream or Marsh ?...something like that. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Barbara Shoemaker Posts: 1764 Joined: 4th Jan 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 16:11 on 28th April 2009 Welcome, Willie! I look forward to seeing your pictures. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Xxxx Xxxx Posts: 292 Joined: 22nd Mar 2009 Location: Canada	quotePosted at 21:11 on 28th April 2009 Yes, Willie...Sykes means 'Boundary Stream'...or a stream without gravel... or possibly a fenland watercourse....Authwaite is another family name.. ( thwaite ) I think it means.. in the ash grove. What does Mossop mean? My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
WillieMossop Posts: 12 Joined: 25th Apr 2009 Location: UK	quotePosted at 23:07 on 28th April 2009 Apparently Anna.....Mossop again is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational name from some minor or unrecorded place, perhaps a "lost" village..... Origins of peoples surnames like place names are quite interesting. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Xxxx Xxxx Posts: 292 Joined: 22nd Mar 2009 Location: Canada	quotePosted at 23:52 on 28th April 2009 The author, J.L. Carr, ( A Month in the Country ) may have chosen names for characters, from a sense of place and historical significance...Laetitia Hebron, who's forbear ( Piers )attended one of the crusades....discovery of his lost grave is part of the unearthing of a mystery and 'Mossop', a man of the countryside, does know something is hidden and until now....lost. http://www.amitc.org/ My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Cathy E. Posts: 8474 Joined: 15th Aug 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 16:39 on 5th May 2009 Hi Willie! Welcome to Poe from me too. My grandmother was born not too far from you in Littleborough on James Street in 1902. Wish I could there there to see the area and what it is like. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
WillieMossop Posts: 12 Joined: 25th Apr 2009 Location: UK	quotePosted at 15:38 on 8th May 2009 Hello Catherine Thankyou for the welcome to Poe, I know Littleborough quite well having lived there from 1982 to 1984, I used to live on Calderbrook Road. There is a James Street near Smithy Bridge Road. I enjoyed littleborough for the short time I lived there it's a nice little town with lots of stone buildings surrounded by some lovely countryside. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
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