Dear all, I'm forwarding this to the list from my brother. A little reminder that the list does not accept attachments or any text format other than plain text. Oh,... and I've found a copy of Pathfinder Cranswick that I was looking for... 56 UKP, must be a collector's favourite ? Rich C. [[email protected]] wrote : A couple of years ago I invested far too many pounds in a "family history search" in Scotland (holiday whim) - came out with 2 ancient Cranswicks, though they sent me a family tree which, unusually is identical to that of the Yorkshire crest (hmm) ..."William de Crauncewyk, mercer, appears in documents in the reign of Edward II (1307-27) John de Crauncewyk was registered in the first population census of 1273 AD as living in the county of Yorkshire." I've read bits that point to the area around Cranswick (E Yorks) being ruled by a French knight who fought for the King & was given land as a reward. The De Crauncewyk would certainly fit, though personally I'd prefer to be Scottish. A few bits I found about the Cranswick Village, where the earliest traced Cranswick originates (Roger C, b circa 1669) AD Mills "A Dictionary of English Place-Names", Oxford Press 1991 p184 "Hutton Cranswick: Hutton - a common name 'Farmstead on or near a ridge or hill-spur' Old English (450-1100) hoh+tun; (Hottune 1086 Domesday Book). Distinguishing affix from it's proximity to Cranswick (Cranzuic DB 1086) which is possibly '[dairy] farm of a man named Cranuc'(Old English personal name) + wic." E Ekwall "Concise Oxford Dictionary of Place-Names", 4 Ed, 1960, p128 "Cranswick E Ridings, Yorks [Cransuuic, Cransvic DB, Cranzwic Yorkshire Charters 1200-1216, Crancewik Norfolk Charters 1198-1202]. Apparently "Crane's wic". The combination is somewhat curious and possibly the original name was Cransae-wic - wic by the lake Cransae, c.f. however Cranworth" Two other entries I haven't been able to get my mitts on yet are.. "Early Yorkshire Charters" Ed. Farrer, Edinburgh, 1914 and "Feet of Fines for the Co. of Norfolk 1198-1202", Barbara Dodwell, London, 1952 Enclosed [No they're not... Rootsweb doesn't allow attachments... Please mail Rich direct for copies of the pictures - Steve] are a few snaps of my 5 min visit to Cranswick. Hardly a thrilling place but the duckpond is nice.. Would have loved to book into a guest-house there just for them to ask the name, but the place is barely big enough for shops. Anyway, enough pontificating - got essays to write... TTFN fellow Cranshaws (they never spell it right) Rich ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie