On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:02:42 -0000, Lenore Hailstone <lenhai@charter.net> wrote: > My ancestor, William Hailstone is said to be born either in Bottlesford, > or Hilcott. I have found Bottlesford, but have not been able to find > records for Hilcott, or anything else about it, either. My search > brings up Pewsey. Can anyone help me with some information on Hilcott? Hi Lenore, Sharp's Gazetteer of 1852 notes that Hilcott was a tything, in the parish of North Newnton, with a population of 262. Presumably these population figures are based on the 1841 census. The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1874, besides giving the same information above, states that there was a school-house used as a chapel of ease and a Primitive Methodist chapel in Hilcott. The Genuki page for North Newnton is here: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WIL/NorthNewnton/ Links to maps showing Hilcott are here: http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/gazplace?CCC=WIL,GR=SU110580,PLACE=HILCOTT Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com