Can someone pinpoint where this house is? NOW WITH PHOTO

[PaulStaffs]

Nick, don't wish to be rude but I can't see an Arthur & Eliza marriage or census entries but I can see John & Eliza...

Marriages Mar 1863
WOOD    John        Malton    9D   485   

With a son Arthur on 1891...

RG12/3974/116 p11


I've found another Ormonde Cottage but not able to check out any details 'til I've know who i'm looking for exactly

[dobfarm]

Theres one in Southsea

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3ZNDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP12&dq=ormonde+cottage#v=onepage&q=ormonde%20cottage&f=false

[nicktothewood]

That is correct John was married to Eliza. Arthur was my great grandad (one of their sons).

As I said, I doubt that the Wood family would be living in it. It is more likely that a wood family member was a servant there. I brought up Eliza because it was in her lifetime, however she wasn't in service by the looks of the census after she was married. The date of the photo looks around 1890 so I doubt it could have been taken when she was in service (1860's sort of time).

They only had one daughter Emily Wood, but she was never in service because she was disabled. So all I can think of is John or Elizas siblings maybe?

Regards, Nick.

[PaulStaffs]

Not getting any further Nick but there's an Ormonde Cottage at Normanton on Trent (near Newark), about the nearest I've found to Yorks so far!

It's in postcode: NG23 6RQ

Good luck,

Paul

[nicktothewood]

hmm thanks for that paul that is a possibility, I guess if a family member was in service it wouldn't have to necessarily be near yorkshire, they may have travelled away?
I dont know how I'm ever going to find out for certain!
should be some sort of public house name search, I wish  hah

Thankyou dobsfarm as well for finding the one in southsea.

Regards, Nick.

[nicktothewood]

Two years on and I have yet to find where this godforsaken house is! Google street view has been a great help in looking up Ormonde cottage postcodes but still to no avail. Can anyone help??

Nick.

[IgorStrav]

Hi Nick, congratulations on your persistence!!

I love the way such a substantial house is called a cottage.   
And it is of course possible that it's been demolished in the time since the photo, and that's why you can't find it on Google.

One thing occurs to me, what about doing a detailed scan in closeup of the figure, to see if we can date it rather more closely - the photo restoration board dating experts are very good at this.

Is it a dog, standing next to the servant?

[nicktothewood]

Hi there, yeah it is a dog and either a nurse/servant? (still havnt verified that yet)

Nick.

[Sinann]

There doesn't appear to be anything behind the house, so could it be backing onto the sea or on a hill.