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Comment on Where did Ghost Hill get its name? by Dan

Dan — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:05:19 +0000

Hi Peter, the woods are still there but all the fields have been long built on (in the early 90's). It's only just occured to me that a map dated 1891 refers to Ghost Hill Plantation, but this story about Ghost Hill would be from 1914-1918... So the name must predate that. Happy memories!

Comment on Where did Ghost Hill get its name? by Peter Wilson

Peter Wilson — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:29:47 +0000

As a child (age 10) i used to live in cyprus close until 1980. We used to go across the fields to Ghost Hill wood and would often look for people who had metal dectors to see what they could find. The stories of a practice range were the same as we were told which is why peple went their with thier metal detectors.

However the story we were always told was about the hanging man not found for months.

Now as a kid we used to be able to scare ourselves quite easily… but sometimes the metal detectors would go mad.

I have not been back to that area since 1980 and looking on Google maps looks like the whole area is now houses, whch was always going to be the case as there was a road put thru the fields unmade for years. But a shame if the actual wood has been lost.

Comment on James Wardle (1839-1914) by joan martelli

joan martelli — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 20:20:26 +0000

Hello-

Very excited to see the second picture here. I am actually trying to find out about a man named Captain Frederick Woolley who died at sea in October 1867. It’s been a challenging adventure. I do know he had brothers named John and Ernest. Is there a possible link? Can you tell me any more about the picture of the Woolley’s? Much obliged!

Comment on What I do for a living by Rosemarie Salmon

Rosemarie Salmon — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:46:06 +0000

Hi Dan,
I read with interest your page about the Killick family. My ex-husband’s family, also have a connection to Cpt.James Killick, through his maternal family line. His Great Aunts were Amy Killick (spinster)and Jo Wilson (nee Killick).

Comment on Where did Ghost Hill get its name? by Steve

Steve — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 22:55:23 +0000

I used to live in Drayton in the 80s before all the new houses were built. The locals told me that Ghost Hill got its name from a battle the Saxons had with the Danes, way back. I seem to recall being told that on a foggy night you can still hear the Vikings banging the flat of their swords against their shields.

Comment on Starting out in survey design by Dan

Dan — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:31:35 +0000

Hi Caroline – ummmn, you might have been viewing the post from the front page where half a dozen posts are presented together, but then you couldn’t have posted a comment? If you view a post on its own by clicking on the title – then at the bottom of the post (and just above the comments section) there is a Like button.

Thanks for visiting!

Comment on Starting out in survey design by Caroline Millar

Caroline Millar — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:32:19 +0000

Where is the like button?

Comment on About Planet Dan by Dan

Dan — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:36:14 +0000

Thanks for the note, David. Please feel free to link to how Ghost Hill got its name (the link is http://planetdan.co.uk/2009/07/14/where-did-ghost-hill-get-its-name-part-2/ ). Have fun! Dan

Comment on About Planet Dan by David Haycock

David Haycock — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:21:12 +0000

Hi Dan,

I was doing a quick search about ghost hill on google and you website popped up pretty close to the top and it has some very interesting information in it. I’m not sure if you have every heard about geocaching (if not please visit http://www.geocaching.com) but I’m looking at placing a geocache on Ghost hill and was hoping you wouldn’t mind me linking into your website about how Ghost Hill got it’s name.

I’ll look forward to your reply.

David Haycock

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