On Wed, 08 Jan 2014 18:51:37 -0000, Sandy Gianni <slgianni@newkenmore.com> wrote: > I've wondered if Bristol had been in Somerset. Thank you. This is the > way it was written in my grandmother's family Bible. We'll never know > how it > was that she thought that, I guess. Grandma was the only daughter and > her mother was older when Grandma was born. Hi Sandy, Your family once lived in Bedminster, across the River Avon from Bristol, and Bedminster used to be in the county of Somerset so that may be why Somerset was written in your family Bible. The matter of Somerset and Bristol and Bristol being a City and a County has been discussed on this list before: When a question was asked if Bristol was in both Somerset and Gloucestershire, Stan Mapstone sent a reply to the list, on 3rd. November 2006, which may help clarify the matter. This can be found in the Bristol_and_Somerset archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/bristol_and_somerset/2006-11/1162573314 Josephine

I would normally lurk and read archives for quite a while before posting to a list but thought I could ask a simple question which threw me right into the mix here : ) Sandy Sheldon Gianni Buffalo, Niagara Falls, NY ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] Bristol, a City and a County > On Wed, 08 Jan 2014 18:51:37 -0000, Sandy Gianni <slgianni@newkenmore.com> > wrote: > >> I've wondered if Bristol had been in Somerset. Thank you. This is the >> way it was written in my grandmother's family Bible. We'll never know >> how it >> was that she thought that, I guess. Grandma was the only daughter and >> her mother was older when Grandma was born. > > Hi Sandy, > > Your family once lived in Bedminster, across the River Avon from Bristol, > and Bedminster used to be in the county of Somerset so that may be why > Somerset was written in your family Bible. > > The matter of Somerset and Bristol and Bristol being a City and a County > has been discussed on this list before: > > When a question was asked if Bristol was in both Somerset and > Gloucestershire, Stan Mapstone sent a reply to the list, on 3rd. November > 2006, which may help clarify the matter. > > This can be found in the Bristol_and_Somerset archives here: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/bristol_and_somerset/2006-11/1162573314 > > Josephine

Hi Josephine Regardless of what the legal case is at any point in time and with all due respect to Stans post Over many years it seems that many thousands of people considered that they were born in Bristol, Somerset So I can well understand someone entering Bristol Somerset in a family bible, even if it never was, its how they thought of it Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > Hi Sandy, > > Your family once lived in Bedminster, across the River Avon from Bristol, > and Bedminster used to be in the county of Somerset so that may be why > Somerset was written in your family Bible. > > The matter of Somerset and Bristol and Bristol being a City and a County > has been discussed on this list before: > > When a question was asked if Bristol was in both Somerset and > Gloucestershire, Stan Mapstone sent a reply to the list, on 3rd. November > 2006, which may help clarify the matter. > > This can be found in the Bristol_and_Somerset archives here: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/bristol_and_somerset/2006-11/1162573314 > > Josephine

On Wed, 08 Jan 2014 23:12:33 -0000, Nivard Ovington <ovington.one@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Josephine > Over many years it seems that many thousands of people considered that > they were born in Bristol, Somerset > So I can well understand someone entering Bristol Somerset in a family > bible, even if it never was, its how they thought of it Hi Nivard, You've reminded me that I used to give the wrong birthplace, when I was young and studying Welsh, because it was easier for people to understand Bryste (Bristol) than Sir Caergloyw (Gloucestershire). I always knew the difference, though, even as a child. I used to enjoy going up to a boundary marker for the City and County of Bristol and putting one foot in Bristol and the other foot in Gloucestershire. Josephine