Lea Hamlet situate on the Perlieu - the answer? (General)

by Haydn , Leicestershire, Sunday, March 25, 2012, 14:30 (4409 days ago) @ Haydn

About two years ago, I posted a request to where this could be. At the moment I am revisiting some of my old searches and this place has cropped up again.

However, with a bit of help from Admin, I think the reference on the 1861 Census refers to an interesting place called Knacker's Hole, south of Bill Mill above the Hope Mansell valley. It is mentioned in the Gloucestershire records at British History online. It seems (to me) that it was a small island of Gloucestershire surrounded by Herefordshire!

My direct ancestors were last there in acout 1876, but others may have been there in 1841, when it was called 'Nackers', but beyond that I can find no other official records mentioning the place. There is a Knacker's Hole Grove near Little Perlieu on today's OS Map, however.

Does anyone have any other information? Thanks for your help.

Haydn