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Hi. I can confirm that this is definitely 14 Spaxton Road. Margaret, I could be completely wrong but a quick genealogical check gives me this. Your GGF was Charles Nation b.1816 d.1884. He married in abt 1844 Ann (possibly Prosser) (b.1822 d.1909).

The youngest son of this couple was Harry b.1859 who married in 1896 Elizabeth (Emma Ann) Yeandle. I think they would be your grandparents? They purchased Clayhill Farm between 1901 and 1911. One of their sons Charles George b.1892 eventually sold the farm in abt 1943 to the Irish family. I have assumed that his sister was your mother?

So in summary these dates don't seem to agree with the historical date of 1885 you've inherited about Hillcott. I know that Constance Mary Priestley and an Edith Vale sold Danesborough in 1935 and moved into Hillcott. Incidentally Hillcott was previously known as Hill View and a retired farmer named Henry Sperring lived there in 1901.

Do you know the approximate date of this photo or the date when your family stayed there. Perhaps when Clayhill was sold Charles George moved in to Hillcott with his family? This seems unlikely as it looks like Constance lived in Hillcott until she died in 1947.

I've searched in every online nook and cranny that I can find to try to find the death date of the above person who was a Cork resident at the beginning of the 19th C. The last reference to him was in 1824 living in George's Street, then aged about 66. I know that his daughter got married in St. Nicholas in 1818 so am assuming that when he died it may have been in this church that he was buried.

As far as I can determine the burial records for this church are held by the RCB in Dublin. Does anyone out there have access to these records, or perhaps there is another source?

Thank you for any suggestions!

Please could some kind soul who has access to the original Herefordshire PR's have a look at the burial record of a James Winston dated 20 Jan 1694. What I am particularly interested in is whether there is some reference to who he was ie 'son of' or 'Junior' or 'Senior' or possibly his abode.

Many thanks!

Good point- mustn't get ahead of myself!

Have now found the index!