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Ever heard of a Gosshouse?

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Thelma

Thelma Report 20 Sep 2007 20:16

A Gosshouse was mentioned in an ancestors Will but what was it I would like to know and if anyone could explain I would be very grateful. Thelma

Sam

Sam Report 20 Sep 2007 20:18

Are you sure it doesn't say Dosshouse?

dosshouse - a cheap lodging house

Sam x

Thelma

Thelma Report 20 Sep 2007 20:20

No Sam,

I'm certain it is Gosshouse.

Thelma

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 20 Sep 2007 20:24

Can you give the context or a sentence with that word?

Where and when was this?

Rose

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I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!

Huia

Huia Report 20 Sep 2007 20:50

Or a goose house? Perhaps in those days (whenever it was) the local dialect for goose was goss.
Just a wild guess in a wildgoose chase.

Researching:
Avatar: Red poppy holding a yellow poppy.

Thelma

Thelma Report 20 Sep 2007 22:17

On further inspection it was not a Will but it was a Lease worded as follows:
Lease for 3 Lives of a Cottage now used as a Bakehouse with the Gosshouse and Garden. I think Huia has got it about right as the Lease was drawn up in 1794 in Wiltshire. So it could well have been as she suggested, a Goosehouse, allowing for the dialect and the spelling at that time.

Thank you everyone for your kind interest and help. Thelma