local knowledge to translate location

[Carole A]

Can anyone with local knowledge translate a possible location in these two census entries? Thanks, Carole

[kerryb]

Hi Carole

I'm just wondering if its Horsford http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/h/horsford/ and the second one is a phonetic spelling?  But there is also a Horstead with Stanninghall.  http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/h/horstead/

Kerry

[lizdb]

I'd say it was Horstead, the ending of each looks like 'sted'

second one must 'ave dropped the 'aitch!


See http://www.coltishall-norfolk.co.uk/

(sorry, link seems to take you to Cotishall, though heading says Cottishall & Horstead, and so does map if you click on 'map' at the side)

[Carole A]

Thanks for those two suggestions, they could well have dropped the aitch, the gentleman in question (John Barber) ended up in Marylebone!

[lizdb]

Horstead has a mill

see http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/horstead.html

and here is a map

http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Maps/horstead%20map.html

[suffolk*sue]

And probably prounounced as it was written.

"Hosted" bor.