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Pitchers Point, St Mary Rotherhithe
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Heather | Report | 9 Jul 2005 10:47 |
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Many thanks Brenda, I thought if anyone would know it would be you. I have just emailed dockland ancestors (where I have bought many a cd and info!) to ask them if they have any ideas. Dad tells me that a Pitchers Point was sometimes where there was a standpipe to get your pitcher filled with water (good old dad, eh, like having a real link to the past) but he doesnt know of a place with such a name. I am hoping I can tie these people into the Dixons of Rotherhithe to present dad with an updated tree (I have redone a lot of it since finding that the tree passed to me by a chap in the US was based on likely IGI entries from 1820 back!) PS Brenda, know what you mean about strange sites - what on earth can that be?? Thank goodness we dont know and dont want to! |
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Phoenix | Report | 9 Jul 2005 10:42 |
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Hi Heather I did see you post about this on another thread, then couldn't remember where I'd seen it. The short answer is that I haven't a clue where it was. With a name like that, could it be a wharf or quay or other riverside feature, where Pitcher conducted his business? If that were the case, it might have changed its name over time. I have an A - Z of Georgian London. When I can locate it, I'll look to see if Pitchers Point is mentioned. Like you, I have Googled, found some VERY strange sites, but saw nothing of relevance. |
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Heather | Report | 9 Jul 2005 10:27 |
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Ive googled til Im googled out on this. I have found a reference on A2A to a John and William Dixon of St Mary Rotherhithe being indicted for impeding the Thames traffic at Pitchers Point. I am hoping this John Dixon is the GGFx4 I have been searching for, father to my William Dixon. Now my dad (91) remembers his grandfather, another William Dixon, telling him that his grandad (following this?) owned a little warehouse on/off Rotherhithe Street, St Mary Rotherhithe. BUT before I jump to any conclusion, I would like to find out where Pitchers Point would be on the Thames and whether it would therefore be likely that wood from a warehouse at Rotherhithe Street could have fallen in the Thames to impede the traffic. Anyone with local knowledge please? |
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