Following on from Mark's post yesterday there are 3 addresses near Melksham containing the place name Monkton as shown in the Royal Mail Post Code finder 167 Monkton Cottages, Monkton, Broughton Gifford, MELKSHAM, SN12 8PA 168 Monkton Cottages, Monkton, Broughton Gifford, MELKSHAM, SN12 8PA Monkton House, Monkton, Broughton Gifford, MELKSHAM, SN12 8PA As you can see, Monkton is a hamlet very close to the village of Broughton Gifford where the closest market town is Melksham. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Monkton,+Broug hton+Gifford&aq=&sll=51.369235,-2.161045&sspn=0.018862,0.055575&ie=UTF8&hq=M onkton,&hnear=Broughton+Gifford,+Melksham,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.366422,-2.15 8685&spn=0.018863,0.055575&z=15&iwloc=A The IGI Family Search has filmed the parish registers of Broughton Gifford (16665 - 1885), so to answer your question it looks as if the parish is Broughton Gifford. As far as James Smith is concerned, there are two entries (both almost the same) for him showing his baptism at Broughton Gifford on 15 Aug 1806. The birth date entries are 4 years apart but that may be due to a transcription error. (see https://www.familysearch.org/search/records#count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Asmit h~%20%2Bany_place%3A%22broughton%20gifford%22~%20%2Bany_year%3A1750-1826&col lection_id=1473014 Again, on Family Search there are two entries for a Worthington Brice that may be of interest here https://www.familysearch.org/search/records#count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AWo rthington~%20%2Bsurname%3ABrice~%20%2Bany_year%3A1750-1826&collection_id=147 3014 HTH -----