On Sat, 8 Mar 2003 13:45:30 -0000 Peter Goff wrote: > Bishops Green is about half a mile off the A339 road by > Greenham Common. It is just over the border into Berkshire but > is included in Sydmonton and Ecchinswell Parish Council area. I was about to dispute Peter's statement when I had a look at my 5th Edition of the 1" OS map for Newbury & Reading (published in 1932), which does show Bishop's Green to the _north_ of the County boundary/River Enborne. It looks as though there was a church/chapel there too as there is an x at the end of one lane. Modern maps show Bishops Green as being south of the boundary line. If memory serves me correctly an estate of 'Married Quarters' for the Greenham Common airfield was built in the 1940s on the south side of the river, separate from the original Bishop's Green and this estate has become the Bishop's Green of today. There are very few houses on the north side of the Enborne but the Bishops Green Cottage I mentioned in my earlier email could be one of them. Bishop's Green as part of Ecchinswell Parish is confirmed by the many baptism entries in the St. Lawrence register which give this as abode of father. (As an aside, the real confusion arises when Sidmonton is given as abode. North Sidmonton Farm is several miles north of Sidmonton Court and St. Mary's Church and sometimes it is only from looking at previous entries that it is possible to be sure the family lived in Bishops Green/Sidmonton Common area rather than at Sidmonton Court) -- John Lewis <jayellatntlworlddotcom> from Bournemouth, Dorset, UK. using Debian GNU/Linux and GeneWeb genealogy software