tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11101950.post9176641431430745987..comments2023-11-02T15:31:22.535+00:00Comments on Michelle Styles:: On SettingMichelle Styleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03400990189443593076noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11101950.post-52892861376451233462007-04-08T15:48:00.000+01:002007-04-08T15:48:00.000+01:00The setting is also important to me as a reader. A...The setting is also important to me as a reader. And the details you gave in Sold and Seduced really fixed the period for me - down to using wine-dregs as blusher. (We haven't had the Classics A level conversation yet, have we? June...)<BR/><BR/>How far away are you from your records office? Because they should have a copy of the 'Domesday' map (i.e. the Valuation Survey of 1910-5) and if you can get hold of the map and a copy of the schedule that goes with it, you'll find out a lot about your property. The earlier ones have more detail (later ones skimped a bit as they were running over time) and there may be details you weren't expecting - the ones for Mill House even said exactly how many fruit trees were on the property.<BR/><BR/>The burn might also be shown and named on the tithe maps, or on any enclosure orders, and if there were any road orders in your vicinity (i.e. 'stopping up' or opening footpaths and highways) they might mention one near you and that might name the burn. <BR/><BR/>I owe you a parcel anyway so I'll enclose something else that might be useful for extra sources. (Look at the top of my blog for a clue *g*)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com