Hi, Listers Watching the programme on the volcanic explosion of Mt Tambora and the claims that it affected wide swathes of the world inc England, causing a doubling or more of the deaths in 1816 through starvation and cold, I wondered about Hawkesbury. Just done a quick but fairly accurate count from the Hawkesbury burials list with the following results 1815 1816 1817 1818 21 18 21 13 Interesting. I'll look at Bitton later to see how that compares. Cheers Brian Morgan