Hello, It matters not which term is used. "The parish church of."... or "the parish church at"... or "the parish church in"...since the church in question is the church of that parish in which it stands. So often I notice that researchers of family history do not understand the position of a village in relation to a parish and/or parish church. A village will be IN a parish. There may in fact be two villages within a parish. The parish church is normally found in the oldest part of the parish but note, there is only one parish church for that parish. If a second village has grown as a result of population shift within the parish there may well be a chapel of ease (daughter church) built in the second village but it will not be a parish church. It may become so if subsequently the area in which it stands is made into a NEW parish. The mistaken information I notice in family history notices is the reference to a family or person in the village of ....when in fact the family may be in the parish but not in the village.A village is in the parish but is NOT the parish while the parish contains the village. The records that family historians use are, PARISH records. Note. Since 1895 when the state created civil parishes, many boundaries have changed and the area of a civil parish may not be the same as the church parish. Ordnance Maps when showing parish boundaries show only the civil parish boundary. Good huntin, Dennis Bramble. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Moorhouse" <brucemoorhouse@sympatico.ca> To: <eng-durham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 9:19 PM Subject: [ENG-DURHAM] Egglesfield Parish Church > > Hello: > > > > > > Can someone tell me what the name of the parish church of Egglesfield is? > > > > British history on line says its St.Mary the Virgin > > Other sources say St. John the Baptist. > > > > Pictures on these sources look identical and the information re date of > origin etc also seem to be identical. > > > > Some times when looking up Parish Churches I simply see Parish > Church....... At other times I see Parish Church of.......... And > even when I see these I don't know if they mean THE PARISH CHURCH of...... > or A Parish Church in............ > > > > Can someone help me in my dilemma? > > > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > > > > Bruce Moorhouse > > brucemoorhouse@sympatico.ca > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-DURHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ______________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by Netintelligence > http://www.netintelligence.com/email >