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Janet

Janet Report 20 Jun 2003 15:21

Could anyone tell me what district this would be in? Thankyou janet

Vera

Vera Report 20 Jun 2003 16:20

Janet Try this A place-name index which relates each place-name to its County and Registration District ( http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/civreg/places). Yvonne I looked for Wallingford on this site and it gave me Berkshire. Is that right? Vera, Manchester, LAN

Janet

Janet Report 20 Jun 2003 16:29

thank you both i was not sure though if the two places were the same, that is what confused me...

Unknown

Unknown Report 20 Jun 2003 18:33

The Oxfordshire/Berkshire boundaries are very convoluted. I do know that Wallingford is not far from Oxford as I had a fun weekend there in 1968 with a hardboard punt. Jim, Gosport. HAM

Sue

Sue Report 20 Jun 2003 19:18

Jim Do we really need to know that? Only joking. Did you have fun? Sue at Langley Vale Epsom Downs (home of the Derby) Surrey

Tracy

Tracy Report 20 Jun 2003 22:17

Yes I can confirm that my grandparents were from there and they changed the boundreys from berkshire to oxfordshire

Janet

Janet Report 20 Jun 2003 23:06

Thank you so much every one will be most useful to me in my search... thank you Janet

Kim from Sandhurst

Kim from Sandhurst Report 20 Jun 2003 23:26

have you tried going on www.old-maps.co.uk? I have found it really helpful when trying to locate which county places used to be in. Kim Sandhurst Berks

Martin

Martin Report 21 Jun 2003 08:58

You can search place names in England at http://www.gazetteer.co.uk/ There is a similar site for Welsh places (it is actually much more comprehensive as it has street names). http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ can sometimes be messy when trying to search for a place. I usually find a modern address in the same area (using a WWW search - there is almost certainly going to be a reference to the place) then enter the postcode into old-maps. Martin Briscoe

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Unknown

Unknown Report 21 Jun 2003 09:10

Hi Monica, I like sleeping, will you sponsor me? Jim,' Gosport, HAM.