On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 20:20:18 -0800 Evelyn Isley wrote: > Did Bishop Green come under Hampshire back then and Berkshire > area now? Bishops Green was and is part of Ecchinswell Parish. The County boundary follows the course of the river Enborne and this goes throught the middle of modern Bishops Green so some of the houses will be in Greenham Common, Berks. I cannot see any Pococks recorded for Ecchinswell in 1851, 1881 or 1891 but there is a Charles age 67, farmer born Greenham at Bishops Green Cottage, Greenham, Berks in 1881. Charles age 37 Farm Bailiff, wife Mary and 5 children, youngest Louisa 5m. are listed for Greenham Common in 1851. In 1881 the Charles of Bishops Green Cottage has wife Ann and 29 year old dau. Louisa (unmarried with 11m old Ernest) in household so it looks like the same family. Also in Greenham Common in 1851 is John 49, woodman, born Adbury (this is just across the border in Hants and a little west of Bishops Green and a George 43, butcher, born Greenham. There was a lot of toing and froing of these 'border' families and I think that half the time they weren't sure where they were born. But it does look as though your Pocock family were a Greenham rather than Ecchinswell family. -- John Lewis <jayellatntlworlddotcom> from Bournemouth, Dorset, UK. using Debian GNU/Linux and GeneWeb genealogy software