Lix Head / Six Head CRITCHLOW

[suelesterry]

Hi
Has anyone any knowledge of this area? I'm trying to work out my Critchlow ancestors. My 3 x great grandmother Mary Critchlow is stated in the 1851 census as being born in ?Head in about 1800.
I have found a lot of Critchlow families in the Alton and Farley area and wondered how big Lix Head was.
Many thanks
Sue

[ShaunJ]

Probably Lickshead

LICKSHEAD (obsolete) 5 mile west of Ramshorn (SK 0844). Likshead 1705 Alton ParReg, Lickshead
1753 SRO D240/D/229, Lixhead 1834 White, Lickshead 1834 O. S. A curious name of uncertain origin.
See also Licks Wood.
LICKS WOOD' V2 mile south-west of Ramshorn (SK 0844). Lick's Wood 1834 O. S. See Lickshead

Horovitz, David (2003) A survey and analysis of the place-names of Staffordshire. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11557/2/397633_VOL2.pdf

[trish1120]

As the info posted by ShaunJ mntions Alton this may be her;

MARY Critchlow baptised 19 May 1800, Alton, Staffordshire to JOHN/JANE
(Familysearch.Org)

I presume she married John HOLMES 1820 Alton?
Hannah Critchlow was a witness
(FreeREG)

1861 Mary Holmes is born c 1802 Ramsor, 1871 c 1799 Ramsor (as indexed on Anc.)

Trish

[suelesterry]

Many thanks for your help. It's beginning to fall into place now. I think Mary's parents were probably John Critchlow and Mary Riley who married in Alton in 1799. She did marry John Holmes. I now need to find out who witness Hannah Critchlow was.
Sue

[aitch]

You've probably got an answer to this now, but here's a map of Lickshead (between 1845-1889) and a Google image of the same place now in case it helps.
There were lots of Critchlows in that area and John Critchlow (b 1806) certainly farmed at Lickshead (Lixhead) at that time

[suelesterry]

Hi
Thanks for that. Yes I had sorted it out now but its very interesting to look at the now and then maps
John CRITCHLOW b1806 was my 4 x great uncle.
Am gradually filling in the tree but there are so many CRITCHLOWs in the area
Best Wishes
Sue