Frost family <Broad Oak> (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Monday, May 01, 2006, 08:42 (6773 days ago) @ Sonia Parry

Looks like Solomon F ( circa 1785 ) may be from Broad Oak ( near Garway) Herefordshire / Monmouthshire borders.

http://www.old-maps.co.uk/
co-ords 348049,221285

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"GARWAY, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Wormelow, county Hereford, 7 miles N.W. of Monmouth, its post town, and 12 S. of Hereford. The Pontrilas station, on the Hereford and Abergavenny branch of the West Midland line of railway, is 5 miles to the N.W. of the village. Garway is situated on the river Monnow, and contains the hamlet of Broad Oak. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Hereford, value £81. The church is an ancient stone structure with square tower, and has a fine Saracenic arch, said to have been built by the Knights Templars. The parochial charities produce nearly £60 per annum, the principal of which is Scudamore's, for the assistance of poor widows, and for apprenticing children. The Baptists have a chapel, and there is a National school for both sexes, also one belonging to the Baptists. Lord Southwell is lord of the manor. Garway Court is the principal residence."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)

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