Further to my earlier musings I have changed my mind. The Broughton Gifford reference is more than likely correct. It is much closer to Melksham. I have also looked at the Ordnance survey map and the only reference today to Monkton is to Monkton House which is near Broughton Gifford. All these can be found on Wikipedia. Funnily enough Melk is probabably derived from the Old English for milk. Harry On 28 May 2011 07:11, Judy Bingham <pickleweek03@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi -- I have a will of Worthington BRICE dated 1826 and in it he states the > following: > > "nephew James Smith of Monkton near Milksham in the county of Wilts." > > Can anyone tell me more about this and if Monkton is the parish? Would > really appreciate it. > > Judy Bingham > Fullerton, California > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >