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Huguenot Marlands

posted by Neil Marland(R), 30.08.2008, 22:09

» » Hello Cathy and anyone else interested.
» »
» » I was in Dublin last week and walked past a Huguenot Cemetery. On the
» » memorial plaque was a list of names of those buried there including
» » Marlande.
» » Does anybody know whether there is a connection? Maybe the original
» » Marlands of Rochdale were Norman and left behind French relatives.
» Hence
» » Maurice Marland the resistance hero.
» »
» » Look forward to any replies.
» »
» » Jean
»
»
» Hello Jean
»
» I don't know if there is a connection but seems there may be a trend
» appearing (see my post of 20/10/07).
»
» If you search on Roger de Poitevin (an Anglo Norman), that will give you a
» big clue as to how much French influence there was in the Rochdale area.
» The Poitevin is a marshland area in Brittany, just north of La Rochelle
» (which uncannily sounds like Rochdale)and South of the French place called
» Marland.
»
» Roger (the 3rd son of the Earl of Montgomery)married a French lady from
» Poitiers, I think, and his / ancestors (can't remember which)were good
» mates with William The Conqueror. Roger seems to have done well out of this
» by receiving vast large land tracts in Lancashire (including Rochdale)
»
» Like I said, I don't know but there could be a bigger picture.

Also, it looks to me that while Roger de Poitevin was the overlord of Rochdale area that the river and tributaries were given French names i.e Norden Brook, Sudden Brook and the Roch - Norden and Sudden villages are tightly squeezed between / around Marland village and Rochdale.

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