Hawkesbury People & Places
Pitt Town Bottoms
Locality
The names of the twenty-two settlers who were granted 30 acres of land at Mulgrave Place by Francis Grose in November 1794 were: 1 Giles Moore (Mower) 2 Daniel Barnett 3 William Pawson 4 Joseph Butler 5 Thomas Howell 6 James Rous (Ruse) 7 Charles Williams alias Christopher Magee 8 James Wimbow (Wilbow) 9 William Snailham 10 J Acres (Thomas Akers) 11 William Douglas 12 James Wright 13 John Fenlow alias Harvey 14 Peter Bond 15 John Owen 16 Edward Cunningham 17 Richard Davis 18 James Roberts 19 Thomas Saunders 20 James Webb 21 Joseph Welstead 22 Thomas Caldwell
Reference: Introduction
First farms established at Mulgrave Place 1794, After 1800 this area was referred to as Bardonarang, and is now known as Pitt Town Bottoms. That is the area on the bank of the Hawkesbury River below the present site of Pitt Town.
Source: GNB - Geographical Names Board
A locality about 2.5 km W of Pitt Town. Boundaries within the Hawkesbury Council area shown on map GNB 3716.
Location of Pitt Town Bottoms
Topographic Map: WILBERFORCE
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