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Hi,
 
In case anyone else is interested in knowing sources of information to
answer questions similar to the one a patron asked us last week about the
location of an English monastery, I'd like to forward to the List the two
very helpful responses I received from gracious people in the map community
far, far away.  Thank you both so much!
 
Jane Carlson
University of Iowa
 
 
1)
 
Dear Jane,
Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1897) states:
"Parkminster: pl[ace]., pa[rish] of Cowfold, Mid Sussex. Here
is St. Hugh's Carthusuan Monastery" - and it certainly shows
up on the O.S. Maps.  Grid ref. for Parkminster Farm is TQ2020.
Hope this helps.
 
Judith Scurfield
Judith Scurfield,
Map Librarian,
State Library of Victoria,
328 Swanston Street,
Melbourne,
Victoria 3000,
AUSTRALIA
Phone +61 3 9669 9954
Fax   +61 3 9669 9012
 
 
2)
 
>Date:   Mon, 18 May 1998 11:16:55 -1000
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>Subject: Re: Location of English monastery
 
Hi Jane,
 
I think this might help.  It's in West Sussex.
Check out this website:
 
     http://max.roehampton.ac.uk/link/AandB/prkmnstr.htm
 
 
Aloha,
Ross   d:)
 
 
On Sat, 16 May 1998, Jane Carlson wrote:
 
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> A user came in this afternoon with some information about "The Carthusians"
> which he had printed from a web site:
> http://britannia.com/church/carthus.html      It states that "the
> Carthusians have a large Charterhouse, St. Hugh's, near Parkminster."
>
> The user would like to identify exactly where this is.  We have not been
> able to help him with this question so far.  Might anyone out there kindly
> be willing to assist us?
>
> With much appreciation,
> Jane Carlson
> Map Collection Assistant
> University of Iowa Libraries
> Iowa City, IA
>