Hi Sally A google search for Quinton+Dorset throws up quite a few suggestions including Fifehead St Quinton and Frome St Quinton both are fairly close to Bryanston. A search for Quainton shows a few more possibilities. Regards Pat W Bruton Somerset Researching Somerset -BEALE-KEEN-BRISTER-WILLIAMS-STOCK-HAWKEY -HAWKINS-BATSON Dorset - KEECH-DUNHAM-ACKERMAN-IRONSIDE-LEA-WALLIS-HOUNSELL-SAINT-RUSSELL-WOODSFO RD Durham - WARDELL-CHAPMAN-METHLEY Yorkshire - JEFFREY-DOBSON-DOYLE-MAUGHAN-CLIFFORD-BARKER-WADE-SWALE-ENGLAND-BECK-WAR DMAN-CARMALT -----Original Message----- From: Mike & Sally Wills [mailto:dreamweavers@ozemail.com.au] Sent: 27 October 2004 23:44 To: ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DOR-LIFE] Locating Place name ~help please Hello List I am really stuck on this Dorset place name, I hope someone closer to home can help me please. I am trying to establish the birth place of the wife of Isaac Adlem born 1816 / 18 Tollard royal Wilts, On various records including census returns it is noted as: Quintame ~ Quaintance ~ Quintence ~ Ilberton ( Ibberton ) Parish ~ Bryanston . I have only come up with Quainton Dorset & Quinton Dorset, another thought is maybe it is a farm or house name. Just to make matters more interesting she is sometimes known as Sarah or Jane or Sarah J. which gives cause to suspect this may be two seperate wives, though the age remains fairly constant. Unless your local knowledge can link any of the above names & make some sense, fingers well and truly crossed as I am stumped Kind regards Sally Stainer Wills ~ W. Australia OPC Ashmore Dorset. ==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== For Looks Up in Dorset resources by list members, http://www.melcombe.freeserve.co.uk/dorset/lookups.htm ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.779 / Virus Database: 526 - Release Date: 19/10/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.779 / Virus Database: 526 - Release Date: 19/10/2004