From: "Frank Lake" <flake@netrax.net>
Subject: Re: [lake-surname] English LAKEs
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 21:50:59 -0400

There was a mill operated by Lakes in the 14 - 1600's near the Roman Road
just north of Broadstone, near Poole, Dorset.

I have not found Broadstone yet but the only road that looks straight enough
to be Roman appears to run N & S somewhat closer to Christ Church (Hants.)
than Poole then up to near Salisbury. I am looking on my 1840 Moule county
map which is not known for its accuracy but has some names that later maps
do not.
Have you seen the site where you can download the OS 6" to the mile maps
with dates from 1860-1890? http://www.old-maps.co.uk/index.htm
It is best to save the maps onto your hard drive before printing them. There
is no zoom out, you need to know where you are because the scale is about
one or two miles to my monitor screen.

The LAKE place name I remember is on one of the main roads from Ringwood to
Bournemouth, on the outskirts of Bournemouth.

There is a place called Lake somewhat east of the center of the Isle of
Wight and another just to the north of Dorset in Wiltshire. I assume,
probably incorrectly, that Sir Thomas's ancestors came from one or the other
but maybe from your millers. His father was a Southampton tradesman, or so
his enemies at court claimed. I would be interested in the details of your
millers and the Cheeke / Bridges / Seymour /LAKE connection. I may just pass
on the Cromwells. I always wondered who was the worst, Wolsey or Cromwell.
Probably both.

I am afraid I have no definite plans to visit England and the SoG, just a
goal. That may have been different if I had won the office draw today - two
airline tickets to Europe.

Frank

> There was a mill operated by Lakes in the 14 - 1600's near the Roman Road
> just north of Broadstone, near Poole, Dorset.  I think the owners succombed
> to the plague or migrated.
>
> Its hard to find material otherwise for the Dorset Lakes.
>
> There were Lakes married into the Cheeke / Bridges / Seymour families, some
> of whom had land in the counties you mention.