Deb Clark Moore
19-01-2005, 8:37 PM
Hello all.
I have been fortunate enough to have had recent contact with family members here in the US that are related through my great grandfather's brother from England. That branch of the family moved from Burwell, Cambs to West Dereham, Norfolk in 1889.
The family members here in the US have some old letters written from the family in Norfolk to the family in the US and I have a question about the address that was used by the family in Norfolk.
The address is as follows:
Hilgay Road
West Dereham
Kings Lynn
Norfolk, Eng.
My question is why is Kings Lynn in the address? I visited the area last year and Kings Lynn is a quite a ways from West Dereham! Why wouldn't the address simply read Hilgay Road, West Dereham, Norfolk England? This one has me stumped. I'll be visiting the area again this summer and would like to search this area and see if I can locate their old family home, but the Kings Lynn thing has me very perplexed.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Deb Clark Moore
Chicago, USA
I have been fortunate enough to have had recent contact with family members here in the US that are related through my great grandfather's brother from England. That branch of the family moved from Burwell, Cambs to West Dereham, Norfolk in 1889.
The family members here in the US have some old letters written from the family in Norfolk to the family in the US and I have a question about the address that was used by the family in Norfolk.
The address is as follows:
Hilgay Road
West Dereham
Kings Lynn
Norfolk, Eng.
My question is why is Kings Lynn in the address? I visited the area last year and Kings Lynn is a quite a ways from West Dereham! Why wouldn't the address simply read Hilgay Road, West Dereham, Norfolk England? This one has me stumped. I'll be visiting the area again this summer and would like to search this area and see if I can locate their old family home, but the Kings Lynn thing has me very perplexed.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Deb Clark Moore
Chicago, USA