Coombe head Farm

[cardiff]

Hi anyone living near Downside/ Blackwell
 Looking for a farm Coombe head Farm Downside Blackwell Somerset  I know it has been visited in the last 30yrs.
Anyone got an idea how to find it and who now lives there.
cheers cardiff

[marquees]

Coombe Head Farm
Brockley Combe Road
Backwell
BRISTOL
BS48 3DG

I drive past this farm several times a week - still very much a busy working farm.

[cardiff]

HI
 Thank you so much
cheers cardiff

[Marshall1396]

Hi
I know its been six years but I was wondering if you are still looking for who lives at coombe head farm?

[cardiff]

hello
 Thanks for your reply even thought its been many years its always good to get some feed back.
 A cousin of my husband married someone who was born there, he and his ggrandmothers sister married this man and moved to the USA.
 I am replying to you from memory.
If you have any info of the farm then yes it I would be interested to hear.... need to look up some old files though to match anything up, relating to what info you may have
cheers cardiff

[Marshall1396]

Well I currently live on the farm, and I know it was brought by my great-grandparents but i'm not sure what year that was. I'm going to try and find out more information as we have an old relation (Joan Brean) In the village who will be able to tell me exactly who owned the house, and I can get back to you if you are interested in it.

[cardiff]

Hi
How interesting
 will look at my  info in next few days and get back to you , that may give you a start .
cheers cardiff

[cardiff]

Hi
I have tried to sort out whos who?
I have following Francis Lewis born 1820 baptised Coombe head farm Backwell somerset
parents names father-  Fredrick lewis  mother - Ann Hawkins
 Francis lewis went on to marry Harriet stokes they had a child Frank Richard Lewis b 1860
 Frank Lewis =m= Francis Ann Dove ( this lady is my husbands g g grandfathers sister)
 they emigrated to The USA
A letter sent to their grandson JUne 12 1980
Reads Dear Richard have been spending  daywith relatives at west town and coombe Head Farm had to sent you a card from here signed poss jen / jan Miner?
with a photo of I believe to be Coombe Head farm
I need to look at more info but does this make any sense?
cheers cardiff

[Marshall1396]

Hi
It does actually make quite a lot of sense.
We received a letter from Janet Miner in 1982 which she said that she visited the farm two years ago (matching the date of your letter) the relatives she spent the day with were my parents and in the letter she asks for some information on the farm. However since my mother passed away a year ago i'm not sure if we ever replied.
She also says in her letter that she is writing the genealogy of Frank Lewis and his wife but as we never replied I don't know if she ever completed it.
Frank Lewis's sister was my great-great-grandmother so that's how our families are connected. Frank Lewis emigrated to the USA but his sister Eliza Lewis stayed behind and married my great-great-grandfather Henry Merrick.

I hope this helps