Hi Barry, Several mails about this in the list archives, but in1889 Grimsbury, Nethercote & Huscote & Spital Farm all in N'hants were transferred to Oxon. HTH Angela co admin Banbury > I have John Thomas Brookes' family in my tree living at 72 Merton Street, > Grimsbury. > All their children born there were registered in Banbury but in the 1901 > census their birth place is listed as Grimsbury, Northants. At the top of > the page it says Admin County Oxford, Banbury, Grimsbury. Parliamentary > Division: South Northants. Ecclesiastical Parish: Christchurch South. > In the 1891 census the civil parish is given as Warkworth, Banbury, Hamlet > of Grimsbury. The rest as above. > Does anyone know if the county boundary got moved or were births listed in > the census according to Parliamentary Division? >>From my paper round days, I remember all the houses in Merton Street being > within the town and county boundaries! > Barry