Hello Joy, The following extract from the Victoria County History, coupled with John Kane's reply, may throw some light on your query: The road from Pershore to Evesham runs through the parish from west to east, and from it at a short distance from the village of Cropthorne a road branches off southwards to Smoky Farm. From: 'Parishes: Cropthorne', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 (1913), pp. 322-329. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43131. Date accessed: 01 March 2008. (Apologies for the repeated message - I was too quick with the send button before checking spelling etc.) Regards Arthur ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Hungerford" <[email protected]> To: "WOR" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 3:05 PM Subject: [WOR] WOODWARD at a Cropthorne Farm > Hi Knowledgeable Ones > > I see that my 2GGF, William WOODWARD, was an Ag Lab in 1841, living with > the HOUGHTON family at ?Somohey Farm, Cropthorne. > > Could someone please tell me what the actual name of the farm is? [The > enumerator wasn't the neatest writer I've come across]. > > Kind regards > Joy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >